Red Army victory Don Army Volunteer Army Southern Front The Rostov-Novocherkassk Operation (January 6–10, 1920) was an offensive operation on the Don River of the Southern and the South-Eastern Frontof the Red Army against the White Guard troops during the Russian Civil War.

In December 1919, the Red Army had conducted the successful Donbas operation (1919) in which the Donets River had been crossed and the Donbas conquered.

On the night of January 6 to 7, 1920, Red troops captured Taganrog on the Sea of Azov, effectively splitting the White Army into two.

On January 7, troops of the 9th Red Army also captured Novocherkassk, the capital of the Don Cossacks.

On January 16, the Supreme War Council of the Entente decided to lift the economic blockade against the RSFSR.