Battle of Zhmerynka

{{Short description|Battle of the Ukrainian–Soviet War}}

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{{Infobox military conflict

| conflict = Battle of Zhmerynka

| place = Zhmerynka, Kyiv Governorate, Ukrainian People’s Republic

| partof = the Bolshevik–Ukrainian War during the Ukrainian War of the Independence in the Russian Civil War and the World War I

| date = December 1917 – March 1918

| result = Ukrainian victory

| territory = Bolsheviks were defeated by the Ukrainian and the Austro–Hungarian forces and retreated from the Right–Bank Ukraine

| combatant1 = File:Прапор України з Великим Гербом УНР.png Ukrainian People's Republic
File:Flag of the Habsburg Monarchy.svg Austro–Hungarian monarchy

| combatant2 = File:Socialist red flag.svg Bolsheviks

| commander1 = File:Прапор України з Великим Гербом УНР.png Pavlo Skoropadskyi

| commander2 = File:Socialist red flag.svg Sergey Kashevich{{KIA}}
File:Socialist red flag.svg Pyotr Ptakhin{{KIA}}

| units1 = Ukrainian People's Army

• Free Cossacks

Austro–Hungarian Army

• Unknown Corps

| units2 = Red Army

• Red Guard
• 2nd Guard Corps

| casualties1 = Light

| casualties2 = Heavy

| strength1 = Unknown

| strength2 = File:Socialist red flag.svg 200+{{Executed}}/{{Surrender}}

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{{Campaignbox Ukrainian-Soviet War}}

The Battle of Zhmerynka (December 1917 — March 1918) — battle between the Ukrainian People's Army, Austro-Hungarian forces and Red Army. A detachment of the Free Cossacks led by Pavlo Skoropadskyi from the 2nd Guard Corps of the Red Army took part in the battle. Pavlo Skoropadsky managed to drive the Bolsheviks out of Zhmerynka and force them to retreat from the Right Bank Ukraine, but on March 1 Bolsheviks took Kyiv.

name=eou>[http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkPath=pages\U\K\Ukrainian6SovietWar1917hD721.htm Ukrainian-Soviet War, 1917–21] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231074626/http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CU%5CK%5CUkrainian6SovietWar1917hD721.htm |date=December 31, 2019 }} at the Encyclopedia of Ukraine