Battle of Bogdat

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Battle of Bogdat

Part of the Russian Civil War of the White movement in Transbaikal

Outstanding Transbaikalian partisan leaders

Date	September 25 to October 19, 1919
Location	Near villages Bogdat and Homyaki
Result	Tactical White Victory

Belligerents

Russian SFSRSoviet partisan units

White Transbaikalia

Commanders

Pavel Zhuravlev

Grigory Semyonov

Strength

2,000

4,000

Casualties and losses

500 killed or wounded, about 200 captured

185 killed or missing

The Battle of Bogdat or The Bogdat Operation (Russian: Богдатское сражение) was the largest battle between the Soviet partisans and the Whites together with the 5th Japanese Expeditionary Division during the Russian Civil War in Transbaikal.

In the summer of 1919 the Resistance movement in Trasbaikal threatened the regime of White Cossacks and the Japanese. It was decided to launch a massive offensive on partisan positions in Eastern Transbaikal.

8 Cossack regiments and up to 2,000 Japanese soldiers took part in the operation. The partisans didn't expect such offensive and as a result, they were encircled near villages Bogdat and Homyaki in a day. Bogdat was a home to the headquarters of the Eastern Transbaikalian Front headed by Pavel Zhuravlev. The Whites started encircling manoeuvre and tightening encirclement.

From September 29 to October 19 the partisans were attempting frantically to break through the enciclement. Finally, the two third of the encircled units managed to avoid capture leaving their bases and the Front was saved.