1 Jan 1919 Jahr - Bolsheviks enter Ukraine and In most of the Ukraine the Bolsheviks found that the terrain had already been cleared, like Karkov by anarchist Cherednyakov. In the places where they encountered Petliurists, they defeated them by military force and took their place. The decisive encounter between the Bolsheviks and the Petliurists took place in the region of Kiev, which from the time of the entry of the Directorate had been the center of Petliurist political activity and the rallying point for Petliura's troop (Band der Zeit)