Battle of Bogdat

Infobox Military Conflict


caption=Outstanding Transbaikalian partisan leaders
conflict=Battle of Bogdat
partof=the Russian Civil War of the White movement in Transbaikal
date=September 25 to October 19, 1919
place=Near villages Bogdat and Homyaki
result= Tactical White Victory
combatant1=flag|Russian SFSR|1918Soviet partisan units
combatant2=flagicon|Russia White Transbaikalia
commander1=Pavel Zhuravlev
commander2=Grigory Semyonov
strength1=2,000
strength2=4,000
casualties1=500 killed or wounded, about 200 captured
casualties2=185 killed or missing

The Battle of Bogdat or The Bogdat Operation ( _ru. 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.

Reference

* Шишкин С. И. Гражданская война на Д. Вост. — М., 1957;
* Шерешевский Б. М. Разгром семеновщины. — Новосибирск, 1966.