THE BATTLE FOR MOUNT MAKIVKA (1915)
The battle for Mount Makivka was between the 55th Austro-Hungarian Infantry Division, that included a corps of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (USR) and the 78th Russian Infantry Division late in April 1915. Getting prepared for the offensive that was later called Brusilov breakthrough, the Russian commanders tried to occupy the leading high places along the defence borderline of Austro-Hungarian troops. Mount Makivka was on the way of the Russians.
Austrian detachments were retreating and, as the participants recalled, were ready to yield the mountain to the enemy. It was then when the USR troops joined the battle. On April 29, the first combat took place and the USR soldiers stood the Russian attacks and did not let them settle. The Russian losses were about
