the battle of lypovec was an armed clash fought between the slovak rychlé brigade and troops of the red army on 22 july 1941 in the set of operation barbarossa. it was the first battle of slovakia with the red army. the soviet defense on the cross of the san river was the unit of the 10th fortified area of 12th army. the defense of lypovets was led by 44th siberian division under the command of general kechenko. this division consist of then two new regiments: the 305th and the 319th; it too participated in the battle two tired infantry regiments: the 25th and the 295th. his task was to lead the delays that fight in a given direction. the rychlé brigády took lypovets with less than 5,000 soldiers, 43 tanks and 123 artillery pieces, but the brigade commander, colonel , blame the 44th red army of taking additional measures. due to the slovak tanks refueling, the soldiers had to carry a disproportionately heavy fight and compensated the disaster with artillery, that decimate the soviets enough to let the slovak soldiers retreat.