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The Commune of the Working People of Estonia is established as a Soviet puppet state in Narva on the next day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373520023#November", "title": "1918", "revid": 1373520023, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 7", "text": "January 7 – Estonian War of Independence: With Soviet Russian forces just 40 km outside of the capital Tallinn, Estonian forces start a general and successful counter-offensive against the Red Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#January", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 9", "text": "January 9 – Estonian War of Independence: Battle of Tapa – Estonian forces liberate Tapa, Estonia, from the Red Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#January", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Tartu from the Red Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#January", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 18", "text": "January 18 – Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Narva, expelling the Red Army from Northern Estonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#January", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces liberate Valga and Võru, expelling the Red Army from the entire territory of Estonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#February", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 4", "text": "March 4 – Russian Civil War: The White forces in Siberia under the command of Admiral Alexander Kolchak attack the positions of the Red Army in the Spring Offensive. The Whites crush the 5th Red Army under Jan Blumberg, and capture Okhansk, Osa, Sarapul and finally Ufa over the next days.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#March", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – Estonian War of Independence: Estonian forces capture Pskov from the Red Army, and soon hand it over to the White forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#May", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 1", "text": "September 1–October 2 – Russian Civil War, Siberian Front: Admiral Alexander Kolchak launches his final offensive in the Tobolsk operation, defeating the Red Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#September", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 14", "text": "November 14 – Russian Civil War, Siberian Front: Admiral Alexander Kolchak's White forces begin the Great Siberian Ice March from the cities of Omsk and Tomsk to Irkutsk, escaping from the victorious Red Army.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#November", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Polish–Soviet War: The Russian Red Army increases its troops along the Polish border from 4 divisions to 20.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#January", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 24", "text": "April 24 – Polish–Soviet War: Polish and anti-Soviet Ukrainian troops attack the Red Army in Soviet Ukraine.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#April", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – Polish–Soviet War: The Red Army continues its offensive into Poland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#July", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 13", "text": "August 13–25 – Polish–Soviet War: Battle of Warsaw – The Red Army is defeated.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#August", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 28", "text": "August 28–September 2 – Bukhara operation: The Russian Red Army and Young Bukharians overthrow the Emirate of Bukhara, leading to the establishment of the Bukharan People's Soviet Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#August", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 25", "text": "February 25 – Red Army invasion of Georgia: The Red Army enters the Georgian capital Tbilisi and occupies the country, installing a new government and proclaiming the Georgian Soviet Republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#February", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 1921, "year_label": "1921 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – The Red Army crushes the Kronstadt rebellion, and a number of sailors flee to Finland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371086035#March", "title": "1921", "revid": 1371086035, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1922, "year_label": "1922 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – The Red Army occupies Vladivostok.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369983934#October", "title": "1922", "revid": 1369983934, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1925, "year_label": "1925 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 6", "text": "6 August - 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Georgy Zhukov is promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#January", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1943, "year_label": "1943 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – WWII: Main engagement of the Battle of Prokhorovka – The Wehrmacht and the Red Army fight to a draw in one of the largest tank battles in military history.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373526844#July", "title": "1943", "revid": 1373526844, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 22", "text": "September 22 – WWII: The Red Army captures Tallinn, Estonia. Prime Minister in Duties of the President of Estonia Jüri Uluots and 80,000 Estonian civilians manage to escape to Sweden and Germany. The evacuees include almost the entire population of Estonian Swedes. Soviet bombing raids on the evacuating ships sink several, with thousands on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#September", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "January 21", "text": "January 21–22 (night) – At the Grünhagen railroad station, located in East Prussia at this date, two trains, heading for Elbing, collide. At dawn the station is reached by Soviet Army infantry and tanks which destroy the station, killing between 140 and 150 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#January", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 29", "text": "March 29 – WWII: The Red Army almost destroys the German 4th Army in the Heiligenbeil Pocket in East Prussia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#March", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 30", "text": "April 30 – Death of Adolf Hitler: Adolf Hitler and his wife of one day, Eva Braun, commit suicide as the Red Army approaches the Führerbunker in Berlin. Großadmiral Karl Dönitz succeeds Hitler as Reichspräsident (President of Germany) and Joseph Goebbels succeeds as Reichskanzler (Chancellor of Germany), in accordance with Hitler's political testament the day earlier.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#April", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 9", "text": "May 9 – The Soviet Union marks VE Day as the Red Army enters Prague, celebrated in the USSR as Victory Day.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#May", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1956, "year_label": "1956 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 26", "text": "October 26 – Soviet Red Army troops invade Hungary.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022627#October", "title": "1956", "revid": 1370022627, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2014, "year_label": "2014 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "October", "text": "On October 16, 2014, a military parade by the Serbian Army was held in front of more than 100,000 spectators for the 70th anniversary of the Soviet Red Army liberating city of Belgrade from Nazi Germany. The parade was also part of Russian president Vladimir Putin's official visit. Besides Putin who was the parade's centerpiece guest, the main stand featured Serbian dignitaries, president Tomislav Nikolić and prime minister Aleksandar Vučić as well as Republika Srpska president Milorad Dodik and Republika Srpska prime minister Željka Cvijanović.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267493032#October", "title": "2014 in Serbia", "revid": 1267493032, "section": "Events › October"}}]}