In 1919, Debaltseve was attacked by an armored train "Power to the Soviets!" (Russian: “Власть Советам!” “Vlast Sovetam!”). The commander of the train was Ludmila Mokievskaya-Zubok (1896 – May 9, 1919, a Russian Red Army revolutionary, an active participant in the Civil War in 1918-1919, the only well-known woman - the commander of an armored train). During the battle for the station, she died. But after the Bolsheviks took control over Debaltseve, troops of Lieutenant General Denikin fought the city back. The Soviet power in Debaltseve was established only by the end of 1919.