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Siege of Kiev

Russia · Warfare / World War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records

1941–1943Date range

3Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1941

Semyon Mikhaylovich BudennyAugust 1941

Kiev · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Defends Kiev, Stalin refuses to allow any withdrawal from Kiev

Joseph Stalin21 September 1941

Kiev · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Orders the evacuation of Kiev, 665,000 Russian prisoners are captured

Semyon Mikhaylovich Budenny1941

Kiev · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Overwhelmed by a double encirclement of his forces at Kiev

1943

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin16 October 1943

Kiev · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Vatutin launches a 4 day breakout from the Burkin bridgehead south of Kiev

Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin20 October 1943

Kiev · Warfare / World War, 2nd

Vatutins attacks from the Burkin bridgehead are repulsed

Names involved

Joseph StalinNikolai Fyodorovich VatutinSemyon Mikhaylovich Budenny

Provenance

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