The White army, based on Vladivostok, advanced into the north of Primorskaya Oblast, following the railroad and the Ussuri River, occupying cities, towns and villages, and capturing Khabarovsk.

[1] On December 28, 1921, the Whites suffered their first check at a battle 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of Khabarovsk and retreated to Volochayevka and fortified themselves in a position based on Ju-Quran hill.

[1] At dawn on February 10, 1922, in severe cold and deep snow, Blyukher's Red Army attacked the White positions.

This time, the 3rd and 6th Regiments broke through the wire and after fierce fighting the Reds captured Ju-Quran hill around noon.

[1][2] On February 13, Molchanov's White forces retreated past Khabarovsk and the Red Army entered the city.