Strategic Ukrainian victory Total: 600 soldiers Total: 6,000 soldiers The Battle of Kruty (Ukrainian: Бій під Крутами, romanized: Bii pid Krutamy) took place on January 29[1] or 30,[2] 1918, [2] near Kruty railway station (today the village of Pamiatne, Nizhyn Raion, Chernihiv Oblast), about 130 kilometres (81 miles) northeast of Kyiv, Ukraine, which at the time was part of Nizhyn Povit of Chernihiv Governorate.

Tymchenko left for Nizhyn in attempt to recruit the locally quartered Shevchenko Regiment (800 soldiers) to the Ukrainian side.

[2] On January 30, 1918, the Shevchenko regiment sided with the Soviet regime, the news of which forced the Ukrainian garrison of Kruty hastily to withdraw.

In Soviet historiography, the battle is mistakenly dated on January 29, 1918[2] and confused with the Plysky rail station skirmish (uk:Плиски (станція)).

[2] The Haidamaka Kish of Symon Petlyura (300 soldiers) that rushed to reinforce[2] the Kruty garrison and was delayed[2] due to the Darnytsia railworkers sabotage[2] and stopped in close vicinity at Bobryk railway station.

[8] Ukrainian youngsters lost their lives to stop the Bolshevist army of Russian Lieutenant General Nikolai Muravyov from advancing on Kyiv.Young people, like Spartan soldiers, died for the sake of their motherland in a struggle against foreign aggressors, and it was an example of their sacrifice and selfless love for their native land.

This is also another reminder to our contemporary politicians regarding their responsibility for the fate of their country and people.Near Kruty the Kyiv military cadets and students became the forerunners of the Ukrainian political nation.