History of the Pygmy Wars

A look at one of the great adventurers of the Russian Civil War and his involvement in one of the least known campaigns.

While the campaigns of Denikin in the Ukraine and Wrangel near Tsaritsyn were under way, there was also quite a lot of fighting around Astrakhan. This section links some information relating to that – although not in anything like a systematic manner.

A study of the Freikorps campaigns in the Baltic in 1919, with particular attention to the Battle of Cēsis.

An introduction to the campaigns Poland fought against Galician Ukraine and the Soviets in 1919.

Some details on the war which brought down Bela Kun's Soviet Hungarian government and led to the annexation of the disputed Transylvanian territory Romania.

A translation of Colonel Dobrynin's book about the Don Cossacks' war with Soviet Russia..

The most famous battle of the Soviet-Polish War of 1920 analysed in some detail.

A copy of the memoirs of a Czech Legionary, with excellent details of fighting the Soviets.

Some articles discussing cavalry in the Russian Civil War and Russo-Polish War. They include both technical discussions and examples of actual operations.

Short accounts of the various campaigns by people who were actually there.