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The9th Army was a field army of theRed Army during theRussian Civil War which existed from October 3, 1918 until June 22, 1921.
The Ninth Army was created on October 3, 1918, from the Povorinsky and Balashovo-Kamyshin sectors of the Southern Front. It was part of: theSouthern Front until October 1, 1919,South-Eastern Front until January 16, 1920, theCaucasian Front until May 29, 1921 and then theNorth Caucasian Military District. On May 4, 1920, the 9th Army was renamed the9th Kuban Army.
In October-December 1918, the 9th Army fought theDon Army ofGeneral Krasnov in the districts of Povorino, Elan and Balashov. In January - March 1919 it participated in theOffensive of the Southern Front and occupiedBorisoglebsk andNovokhopersk. From March, it suppressed theVyoshenskaya Uprising in its rear andconducted defensive battles againstDenikin's troops in theDonbas.
The 9th Army was part of the Special Group ofVasilii Shorin (July 23 - September 30, 1919) and participated in the AugustCounteroffensive of Southern Front, then held the defense on theKhopyor River against the advancing Don Army. In November-December 1919 she participated in theoffensive of the Southeastern Front, crossed the Don and Northern Donets and took Millerovo and Lihuyu.
In January 1920, the army led an offensive in theRostov-Novocherkassk Operation. In January-April she fought in theNorthern Caucasus Operation to complete the defeat of the Denikin's armies, the Dono-Manych operation (January 17-February 6, 1920), the Tikhoretsky Operation (February-March 1920), and the Kuban-Novorossiysk Operation (March 3-March 27, 1920) in whichYekaterinodar andNovorossiysk were taken.
Then the 9th Army pursued the remains of Denikin's troops in the area of Tuapse and Sochi. In August-September 1920, it fought to liquidate theUlagay's Landing force in the Kuban and theTaman Peninsula, against the "Army of the Renaissance of Russia" under General Fostikov and other White Guard formations in the western part of the Northern Caucasus. In February - March 1921 the Army fought on the Black Sea coast against the armed forces of theGeorgian Democratic Republic.
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