Kharkiv Operation (June 1919)
Part of theSouthern Front of theRussian Civil War
The advance of the AFSR in Spring 1919
Date 20–25 June 1919 (5 days) Location Kharkiv, North-Eastern Ukraine Result White Army victory
Belligerents
1st Army Corps (AFSR) Terek Division Volunteer Army	Ukrainian Soviet Army 13th Army (RSFSR)
Commanders and leaders
Vladimir May-Mayevsky Alexander Kutepov Sergei Toporkov Anton Turkul Andrei Shkuro	Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko Anatoliy Gekker

TheKharkiv Operation was amilitary campaign of theRussian Civil War in June 1919, in which White forces captured the important industrial center ofKharkiv from the Bolsheviks, in preparation for an advance on Moscow.

After months ofheavy fighting in the Donbass and Don region, theRed Southern Front collapsed, allowing the Volunteer Army to launch a major attack towards the North and West. In June, the Whites undertook a successful offensive in the directions ofYekaterinoslav andKharkiv.^[1]

By the second half of June 1919, the main forces of the Volunteer Army (most of the forces of the 1st Army and 3rd Kuban Cavalry Corps, in total 6 infantry and cavalry divisions) under the command of GeneralVladimir May-Mayevsky approached Kharkiv still controlled by the Red Army, and began to prepare for the assault. The main offensive on the city was developed by forces of the 1st Army Corps of GeneralAlexander Kutepov from the south and south-east.
The city was taken after 5 days of heavy fighting.^[2]

As a result of the capture of Kharkiv, the Volunteer Army destroyed an important stronghold of the Red Army on its way to Kursk and Moscow. They also captured an important stock of weapons: armored cars, armored trains, machine guns and ammunition, and seized an important industrial center.
Thus, theAFSR were able to control a strategically important city, while also replenishing its resources and gaining the use of Kharkiv's industrial potential.

On July 3,Anton Denikin promulgated hisMoscow Directive, marking the start of thecampaign against Moscow.^[3]

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