Ukrainian Soviet Army

Soviet Army military unit

Ukrainian Soviet Army
Українська радянська армія

Active	November 30, 1918–June 1, 1919
Country	Ukraine
Allegiance	Ukrainian SSR
Branch	Red Army
Type	Army
Size	188,000
Engagements	Soviet–Ukrainian War
Commanders
Commander-in-chief	Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko

Military unit

The Ukrainian Soviet Army was a field army of the Red Army during the Russian Civil War, which existed between November 30, 1918 and June 1, 1919. It was officially the Army of the second formation of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. The commander-in-chief was Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko and the Army counted 188,000 soldiers in May 1919. It operated from January 4, 1919 on the territory of Ukraine as part of the Ukrainian Front.

The Army was disbanded on June 1, 1919 and its formations came under command of Moscow, when the initial positive mood of the Ukrainian peasant soldiers had changed dramatically under the influence of the policy of War communism. This had led to rebellions in parts of the Ukrainian Red Army at the end of April - early May 1919, of which the most serious was that of the 6th Ukrainian Soviet Division, called the Hryhoriv Uprising.

Commanders

Commander

Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko

Members of the Revolutionary Military Council

Volodymyr Zatonsky
Fyodor Sergeyev

Chief of Staff

Voldemar Aussem

Sources

The Civil War in Ukraine 1918–1920. Collection of documents and materials in three volumes, four books. Kiev, 1967.
V. Antonov-Ovseyenko. Notes on the Civil War.