Northern Eurasia 1920: Nikolayevsk Incident
3 April 1920
3 Apr 1920
Russian Civil War: The White Phase
1816–1914 Late Tsarist Russia
1914–1918 Great War and the Revolution
1918–1921 Russian Civil War: The White Phase
1921–1927 Russian Civil War: The Green Phase
1927–1941 Soviet Union under Stalin
1941–1943 Great Patriotic War: Germany Invades
1943–1945 Great Patriotic War: Germany at Bay
1945–1991 Soviet Superpower
1991–pres Successors of the Soviet Union
Nikolayevsk Incident
31 Jul 1918 Civil War and the Execution of the Tsar
1 Sep 1918 Allied Intervention in Russia
1 Nov 1918 End of the Great War
1 Dec 1918 Kolchak's All-Russian Government
3 Feb 1919 Soviet Russian Counter-Offensives
30 Apr 1919 Revolution in Europe
1 Aug 1919 Denikin and Yudenich Attack
1 Nov 1919 Whites in Retreat
3 Jan 1920 End of Kolchak
3 Apr 1920 Nikolayevsk Incident
19 May 1920 Creation of the Far Eastern Republic
12 Aug 1920 Battle of Warsaw
In January and February, communist partisans and their supporters overthrew the whites across the Russian Far East. However, this was a region that had fallen under Japanese military influence during the Allied Intervention. Initially the outnumbered Japanese garrisons accepted the new situation, but soon tensions led to conflict. On March 12, Japanese troops in Nikolayevsk attempted a surprise attack. The attack failed and a general massacre of the Japanese in the city ensued.