Armed Forces of South Russia (1)

Order of Battle 29 Sep 1919

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Order of Battle for the Armed Forces of South Russia (VSYuR) as of 15 (28) of September, 1919 and updated on 29 October (12 November), 1919.

As published in White Guard, 1997/2000 No. 1, pp. 72-95 from the original study done by V.O. Kappel in 1919. Additionally, at the end there is a listing of all units in the Siberian Independent Army as of that same date.

Staffs of the Supreme Commander and of the Army

    Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of South Russia: General-Lieutenant A.I. Denikin
    Deputy Supreme Commander (Chief of the Military Administration): General-Lt A.S. Lukomskiy
    Chief of Staff: Gen-Lt I.P. Romanovskiy
    General Quartermaster: Gen-Maj Yu.N. Plyushchik-Plyushchevskiy
    Duty General: Gen-Maj S.M. Trukhachev
    Inspector of Artillery: Gen-Lt N.A. Il'kevich
    Inspector of Formations: Gen-Lt N.M. Kiselevskiy
    Chief of Aviation Gen-Maj I. Kravtsevich
    Chief of VSYuR Equipment: Gen-Lt A.S. Sannikov
    Chief of VSYuR Tank Units: Col Khaletskiy

Military Administration of the VSYuR

    Chief of Administration: Gen-Lt A.S. Lukomskiy
    Chief of the Department of the General Staff: Gen-Lt V.E. Vyaz'mitinov
    Chief of the Joint Department: Gen-Maj Firsov

Units, belonging to the Supreme Command Staff

    Special Officers of the Headquarters Company: Commander Captain Savel'ev
    Security Company: Colonel Karpenko

Volunteer Army

    Commander of the Army: Gen-Lt V.Z. Mae-Maevskiy
    Chief of Staff: Gen-Lt N.P. Efimov
    General Quartermaster: Colonel A.A. Von Goertz
    Duty General: Gen-Maj Benson
    Inspector of Artillery: Gen-Maj Lakhtinov
    Chief of Military Transportation: Gen-Maj Messner
    Chief of Equipment: Gen-Maj Deev

Army of the Caucasus

    Commander of the Army: Gen-Lt Baron P.N. Wrangel
    Chief of Staff: Gen-Lt P.N. Shatilov
    General Quartermaster: Gen-Lt D.M. Von Ziegel
    Duty General: Gen-Maj V.P. Petrov
    Inspector of Artillery: Gen-Lt Makeev
    Chief of Military Transportation: Gen-Lt P.S. Makhrov
    Chief of Equipment: Gen-Maj P.A. Vil'chevskiy

Forces of the North Caucasus

    Commander of the Forces: Cavalry General I.G. Erdeli
    Deputy Commander: Gen-Lt P.A. Tomilov
    Chief of Staff: Gen-Maj E.V. Maslovskiy
    Ober-Quartermaster: Col K.G. Bulgakov
    Duty General: Gen-Maj Maslennikov
    Inspector of Artillery: Gen-Lt N.D. Nevodovskiy
    Administrator of Force Movements: Gen-Maj Solov'ev
    Chief of Equipment: Gen-Maj Artsishev

Forces of the Novorossiysk Oblast (Region)

    Army Commander: Gen-Lt N.N. Schilling
    Chief of Staff: Gen-Maj V.V. Chernavin
    General Quartermaster: Col Darovskiy
    Duty General: Gen-Maj I.I. Vetvenitskiy
    Inspector of Artillery: Gen-Maj Papa-Fedorov

Forces of the Kiev Oblast (Region)

    Army Commander: General of Cavalry A.M. Dragomirov
    Deputy Commander: General of Infantry V.E. Flug
    Chief of Staff: Gen-Lt M.N. Vakhrushev
    General Quartermaster: Gen-Maj A.N. Shuberskiy
    Chief of Equipment: Gen-Maj V.P. Bressler

Forces of the Trans-Caspian Oblast

    Commander of the Forces: Gen-Lt B.I. Kazanovich

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