North Caucasus Operation (1920)
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The North Caucasus Operation was a strategic offensive conducted by the Caucasian Front of the Red Army against the White Armed Forces of South Russia in the North Caucasus region between 17 January and 7 April 1920. It took place on the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War and was a Soviet attempt to destroy White resistance.
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Part of Southern Front of the Russian Civil War | |||||||
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Russian SFSR | Mountain Republic | ||||||
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| Anton Denikin | ||||||
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Caucasus Front | Armed Forces of South Russia | ||||||
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The operation ended with the defeat of the White forces in the North Caucasus and the evacuation of the remnants of the Volunteer Army, reduced to a corps, to Crimea. The Red Army advanced to the borders of Georgia and Azerbaijan by the end of the operation, which was followed by an invasion of Azerbaijan.