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| Autumn 1919. The defeat of Denikin |
| 2022-07-07 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] At the beginning of October 1919, the threat to Moscow became more and more real, on October 8, A.I. Egorov was appointed to command the Southern Front. He recalled: "In these days of October 1919, the fate of the proletarian revolution was decided in the vicinity of Orel and Voronezh." On October 13, the Volunteer Army took Orel. On October 15, the Southern Front once again began to gather forces to prepare a counteroffensive. The situation was so difficult that on October 13 the Central Committee decided to withdraw everything possible from all fronts and direct it against Denikin. Lenin was exceptionally energetic: |
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