Crimean evacuation of November 1920

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The Crimean evacuation of November 1920 was the mass withdrawal by sea of General Wrangel’s White Army forces and tens of thousands of civilians from Crimea to foreign ports at the end of the Russian Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
military evacuation
operation of the Russian Civil War
alsoKnownAs Crimean evacuation of November 1920
surface form: Evacuation from Crimea (1920)

Crimean evacuation of November 1920
surface form: Wrangel evacuation
cause advance of the Red Army into Crimea
chronology occurred after the fall of the Crimean front to the Red Army
country Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (de facto territory contested)
destination Bizerte port
surface form: Bizerte

Burgas
Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople

France
Gallipoli
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Lemnos
Piraeus
French protectorate of Tunisia
surface form: Tunisia (French protectorate)

Varna
endTime 1920-11-16
followedBy White Russian émigrés
surface form: White Russian diaspora

emigration of White Russians
end of large-scale White resistance in European Russia
hasCause collapse of the Southern Front of the White Army
defeat of the White movement in South Russia
hasEffect consolidation of Bolshevik control over Crimea
mass exile of anti-Bolshevik elements
hasPart evacuation of White Army troops
evacuation of civilian refugees
naval transport operations
historicalSignificance key moment in the formation of the Russian White émigré community
marked the final large-scale withdrawal of White forces from European Russia
location Crimea
Feodosia
surface form: Feodosiya

Kerch
Sevastopol
Yalta
numberOfCivilians tens of thousands of civilians
numberOfMilitaryPersonnel about 50000 soldiers
numberOfParticipants approximately 145000 people
over 100000 people
partOf Russian Civil War
pointInTime November 1920
significantParticipant Royal Navy
surface form: British Royal Navy

French Navy
Hellenic Navy
surface form: Greek Navy

Italian Navy
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Pyotr Wrangel
Russian Army (Wrangel)
surface form: Russian Army of General Wrangel

Serbian authorities
White Army
civilian refugees
startTime 1920-11-11
usedTransport auxiliary vessels
merchant ships
warships

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Wrangel government in Crimea significantEvent Crimean evacuation of November 1920
Crimean evacuation of November 1920 alsoKnownAs Crimean evacuation of November 1920
this entity surface form: Wrangel evacuation
Crimean evacuation of November 1920 alsoKnownAs Crimean evacuation of November 1920
this entity surface form: Evacuation from Crimea (1920)
Perekop–Chongar operation followedBy Crimean evacuation of November 1920
this entity surface form: Crimean evacuation of White forces