1/On January 29, 1918, at the station of Kruty in the Chernihiv region, several hundred Ukrainian youths went out to fight a deadly battle with the Moscow-Bolshevik horde, which was superior in numbers and weapons.

2/According to historical data, in January 1918, the Ukrainian People's Republic was in mortal danger: a Bolshevik uprising began in Kyiv, and the rebels were being helped by their "brothers," the Russian Red Army, from the north.