The Trypillian Incident also known as the Trypillian tragedy (

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:Трипольская трагедия) occurred in the summer of 1919 between Ukrainian anti-Bolshevik forces and the Bolshevik Kiev garrison.

Background

A couple of months earlier, the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

captured Kiev during the Soviet westward offensive. After that, many Ukrainians were unhappy with the Soviet occupation, which ultimately culminated in an armed uprising 50 km from Kiev.

The incident

On June 28, 1919, a Bolshevik unit was sent to

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to liquidate one of the largest gangs of

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near

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. A group of 1,500 soldiers was deployed and began clashing with the anti-Bolshevik forces. The Bolsheviks were defeated, and hundreds of Soviet soldiers were massacred, with only a few escaping.

In media

The movie '' The Trypillia Tragedy'' (''Трипольская трагедия'') was filmed in 1926 based on the events of the clash.

References

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