NEWS & EVENTS

Nikolka’s company deploys on a crossroads. There is no sign of the troops they were to reinforce. The enemy is nowhere to be seen. There is shooting from all directions…

On the 14th of December, Nai-Turs’s unit was positioned on the Southern Highway leading into the city. At about 3 o’clock in the afternoon, the Reds under Kozyr-Leshko began their attack.

Bolbuton’s forces pursue the retreating cadets up to Reznikovskaya Street. There the cadets are met with reinforcements, including one of the four armoured vehicles under the Hetman’s control. And where are the other three you may ask?

At daybreak, Colonel Kozyr-Leshko, commander of a regiment of Petlyura’s cavalry, awakens in the village of Pelyukha, and receives the order to advance. Not partial to milk or tea, he opts for vodka for breakfast – as do many of the troops. But will this habit help in battle?

Hetman Skoropadsky hastily flees Kiev under the guise of an injured German soldier, an escape set to have a discouraging effect on the Mortar division. And the fate of the city you may ask?

With each turn of the page, “The White Guard” moves closer to an armed clash. The Whites are trying to rally the young generation to fight against the Bolsheviks. And they will fight. But their experience is lacking… In the words of Malyshevsky, of one hundred and twenty cadets, eighty do not know how to hold a rifle in their hands. Do they have any chance against a “red attack”?