. . . "500 students" . "Battle of Kruty" . . . "prisoners 36 (later 28 executed)" . "Battle of Kruty" . "----" . . "Ukrainian People's Republic" . . "Kruty's heroes" . "five-hour battle" . "Soviet Union" . "2,000+ men (reserves)" . "~100 cossacks" . "Kruty" . . . . "less than 260" . "Heroi Krut" . "2armored trains" . . . "Soviet Russia" . . "1,000 men (strike force)" . "Total: 6,000 soldiers" . "artillery battery" . . "Heroes of Kruty" . . "StrategicUkrainian People's Republicvictory, capture ofKyivdelayed and enabled the Ukrainian government to conclude thePeace Treaty of Brest-Litovsk." . . . . . . .