Battle of Vystavka

The Battle of Vystavka was the defense of the Allied forces by the village of Vystavka and several neighboring villages against a series of attacks of the Red Army during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, in late January-early March, 1919.

After the defeat in the Battle of Shenkursk, the Allied garrison of Shenkursk fell back first to Shegovary, some 25 mi downriver and then 25 more miles to Vystavka reaching it on January 27. They prepared defenses and withstood several Red Army attacks over the course of the next several weeks. In early March, after heavy bombardment by Bolsheviks, the Allies fell baback 5 more mi downstream to Kitsa. At this moment the Red Army stopped their offensive on the Vaga River front.