The Eastern Transbaikalian Front was a Soviet partisan

Partisan (military)

A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation by some kind of insurgent activity...

 front from April 21, 1919 to October 7, 1920.

Initially it consisted of three regiments which had fought against Grigory Semyonov

Grigory Semyonov

Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov, or Semenov , was a Japanese-supported leader of the White movement in Transbaikal and beyond from December 1917 to November 1920, Lieutenant General and Ataman of Baikal Cossacks .-Biography:Semyonov was born in the Transbaikal region of eastern Siberia...

's troops and the Japanese Expeditionary Corps. Its headquarters was in villages Bogdat and Zilovo. By September 1919 the front had already included 6 cavalry and 2 infantry regiments and 1 Chinese platoon

Platoon

A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two to four sections or squads and containing 16 to 50 soldiers. Platoons are organized into a company, which typically consists of three, four or five platoons. A platoon is typically the smallest military unit led by a commissioned officer—the...

, all in all, there were 3,000 soldiers. Its troops took part in the Battle of Bogdat

Battle of Bogdat

The Battle of Bogdat or The Bogdat Operation was the largest battle between the Soviet partisans and the Whites during the Russian Civil War in Transbaikal....

.

On May 22, 1920 the front joined the 2nd Rifle Division of the Amur Front

Amur Front

The Amur Front of the Far Eastern Republic was a front of the People's Revolutionary Army of the Far Eastern Republic during the Russian Civil War in Transbaikal....

. The front together with the Amur Front was responsible for retaking Chita in October 1920.

Chief-Commanders

• Pavel Zhuravlev
  Pavel Zhuravlev
  Pavel Nikolaevich Zhuravlev was a leader of the partisan movement in Transbaikalia from 1919 to 1920 during the Ataman Semyonov's regime.- Early years :...
  
   from April 21, 1919 to February 23, 1920
• Yakov Korotayev from March 2, 1920 to March 21, 1920
• Dmitry Shilov from March 21, 1920 to July 20, 1920
• Vladimir Londo from July 20, 1920 to September 9, 1920
• Vladimir Popov September 9, 1920 to October 7, 1920