100th anniversary of the victory of the Ukrainian volunteers over Russian soldiers
On May 3, thousands of people climbed Mount Makivka, which is located in Skole region (Lviv Oblast), in order to honor the victory of the Ukrainian Sichovi Stril’tsi (USS) over Russian troops.
The battles for Mount Makivka took place during World War I on the eastern front in Carpathians between the Austro-Hungarian and Russian units. Sichovi Stril’tsi occupied Makivka on March 22; the battles for it had continued for 60 days.The Mountain Makivka became the key point of defense of the Austrian South army, because it had blocked the best pathways of the Russian army towards the German troops and had not let the Russian Army make their way to Slavs’k and Tuhli through the river valleys.The fiercest battle for Mount Makivka lasted from April 29 to May 2, 2015. The Austrian units retreated under the pressure of Russian troops that occupied half of the Mountain.For four days the USS had been withstanding the pressure of Russian troops and managed to keep the position.
The fierce defense of Makivka allowed the 55th Austro-Hungarian infantry division to fully achieve the strategic objective, in particular: a) prevented Russian troops from breaching the Carpathian passes; a) enabled getting to the operating area to Hungarian plain.
The battles for Mount Makivka took place during World War I on the eastern front in Carpathians between the Austro-Hungarian and Russian units. Sichovi Stril’tsi occupied Makivka on March 22; the battles for it had continued for 60 days.The Mountain Makivka became the key point of defense of the Austrian South army, because it had blocked the best pathways of the Russian army towards the German troops and had not let the Russian Army make their way to Slavs’k and Tuhli through the river valleys.The fiercest battle for Mount Makivka lasted from April 29 to May 2, 2015. The Austrian units retreated under the pressure of Russian troops that occupied half of the Mountain.For four days the USS had been withstanding the pressure of Russian troops and managed to keep the position.
The fierce defense of Makivka allowed the 55th Austro-Hungarian infantry division to fully achieve the strategic objective, in particular: a) prevented Russian troops from breaching the Carpathian passes; a) enabled getting to the operating area to Hungarian plain.
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