Storming The Arsenal
On February 1, the Rada announced that it has full control of the city and asked the workers to cease the strike as the only who suffers the most is the civilian population. It promised to come up with several social-economical reforms in the immediate future. Next day the Sloboda Ukraine Kish (Haidamaky) of Symon Petliura entered the city withdrawing from the attacks of the Colonel Muravyov. Also the Hordiyenko Regiment of Vsevolod Petrov was brought to the city from the north front. On February 2 most of the revolt was extinguished except for its main center - the Arsenal factory. On the morning of February 4 the forces of Symon Petliura had occupied the factory after a bloody assault that cost lives of several kish soldiers and workers of Arsenal. Later Soviets would claim that the Petliura forces killed 300 Arsenal's defenders in the yard of the factory.
Afterwards Petliura's resistance was weakened greatly against the besieging Bolsheviks who entered the city on February 4 (occupied Darnytsia neighborhood) and captured the town on 7 February (although sporadic fighting continued for several days afterwards).
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