List of Units in the Siberian Army, 9 May 1919, No. 17, Ekaterinburg Staff of the Siberian Army Gen-Maj Bogoslavskiy 1st Immortal Shock Regiment: Col Vlasov General Brigade of the Siberian Army: Forming King of the Serbs Partisan Detachment: Voevoda (Governor) Voskar Jaeger Company: Ensign Latynin Independent Security Company of the Army Staff: Staff-Captain Zakharov River Combat Flotilla: Counter-Admiral Smirnov Independent Sapper Company: Lieutenant Urusov 3rd Battalion of the Railroad Security Detachment: LtCol Paritskiy 3rd Transportation Battalion: Col Lebedev 4th Railroad Battalion: - 7th Battalion of the Railroad Security Detachment: LtCol Papin 8th Battalion of the Railroad Security Detachment: LtCol Nenashev 10th Battalion of the Railroad Security Detachment: - 1st Independent Division of Armored Trains: Junior Lieutenant Shcherbakov Personal Convoy of the Army Command: Cavalry Captain (Rotmistr) Time 1st Cavalry Division Division Commander: Gen-Lt Milovich Chief of Staff: Col Semenov Kazan Dragoon Regiment: Forces Master Sergeant Vasil'ev Tomsk Hussar Regiment: Col Klein Ekaterinburg Lancer Regiment: Cavalry Captain (Rotmistr) Molostvov Simbirskiy Lancer Regiment: Col Oshanin 1st Light Horse Artillery Division: LtCol Khaliletskiy School for preparing Siberian Army Ensigns: Col Dybov 8th Kamskiy Army Corps Gen-Lt Panov Chief of the Corps Staff: LtCol Kononov 15th Votkinsk Rifle Division Col Al'bokrinov Chief of Staff: Cavalry Captain (Rotmistr) von Bach 57th Votkinsk Rifle Regiment of the 17 August Factory: Col Vol'skiy 58th Saigatskiy Rifle Regiment in the name of Czechoslovakia: Col Crier 59th Osinskiy Rifle Regiment in the name of Minin and Pozhar: Lieutenant Zhulanov 60th Votkinsk Rifle Regiment in the name of the Unity Powers: Col Otmar-Shtein 16th Sarapul' Rifle Division Chief of Staff: - 1st Sarapul Rifle Regiment: Forming 2nd Kazan Rifle Regiment: LtCol Ivanov 3rd Laishevo Rifle Regiment: LtCol Zaalov 4th Chistopol Rifle Regiment: LtCol Rodzevich Frontline Brigades 15th Frontline Regiment 16th Frontline Regiment Cavalry Votkinsk Horse Division Artillery 15th Light Artillery Battery: Lieutenant Kurbalovskiy 16th Light Artillery Battery: Col Berens Engineering Units 15th Sapper Battalion 16th Engineering Division Composite Shock Corps Corps Commander: Col Stepanov Chief of Staff: Col Rybaltovskiy 1st Shock Division Division Commander: Col Labuntsev Chief of Staff: - 1st Siberian Shock Regiment: - 2nd Siberian Shock Regiment: - 3rd Siberian Shock Regiment: - 2nd Shock Division Division Commander: Col Boronov Chief of Staff: - 5th Siberian Shock Regiment: - 6th Siberian Shock Regiment: - 7th Siberian Shock Regiment: - Cavalry Independent Hussar Shock Division: LtCol Matveev Artillery 1st Light Artillery Shock Battery 2nd Light Artillery Shock Battery Engineering Units 1st Engineering Shock Division 2nd Engineering Shock Division The Group of General Lieutenant Pepelyaev Chief of Staff: Gen-Maj Surnin Non-Commissioned Officer Battalion Convoy Squadron: - Independent Telegraph Company: Staff Captain Aleksandrov Sapper Battalion: LtCOl Zverev Railroad Battalion: - 2nd Siberian Aviation Detachment: Military Flight Staff Captain Il'ich Air-Balloon Detachment: - Independent Automobile Company: Lieutenant Migai Siberian Division of Armored Trains: - 1st Siberian Dragoon Division: Rotmistr (Cavalry Captain) Yanert 11st Orenburg Cossack Regiment: Col Sukin BR>1st Siberian Spotlight Company: Junior Lieutenant Novozhilov 1st Mid-Siberian Army Corps Corps Commander: Gen-Maj Zenevich Chief of Staff: Col Turbin Split-Squadron Convoy: - Telegraph Company: - Independent Heavy Battery: Lieutenant Bushuev Independent Long-Range Battery: - 1st Siberian Rifle Division Division Commander: Gen-Maj Molchevskiy Chief of Staff count: LtCol Shtal'berg 1st Siberian Engineer Division: Staff Captain Kirenskiy 1st Composite Siberian Artillery Battery: LtCol Rekhov 1st Novonikolaevsk Siberian Rifle Regiment: Col Lastovskiy 2nd Barabinsk Siberian Rifle Regiment: Col Ivakin 3rd Barnaul Siberian Rifle Regiment: Col Yurmanov 4th Yenisey Siberian Rifle Regiment: LtCol Zhuravlev 1st Siberian Jaeger Regiment: Staff Captain Borzetsov 2nd Siberian Rifle Division Division Commander: Gen-Maj Ukke-Ugovets Chief of Staff: Col Ostroumov 2nd Siberian Engineer Division: - 2nd Composite Artillery Battery: LtCol Popov 5th Tomsk Siberian Rifle Regiment: Gen-Maj Kuz'menskoy 6th Marinskiy Siberian Rifle Regiment: Capt Olifer 7th Kuznets Siberian Rifle Regiment: Col Shchetkin 8th Biysk Siberian Rifle Regiment: Capt Johanovich 2nd Siberian Jaeger Regiment: Col Nikolaev 16th Siberian Rifle Division Division Commander: Gen-Maj Sharov Chief of Staff: Col Sukharskiy 16th Siberian Engineer Division: Capt Razumov 16th Siberian Artillery Battery: LtCol Strizhov 61st Perm (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: LtCol Barmin 62nd Cherdyn' (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: Capt Reinhart 63rd Dobryanka (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: Col Polyakov 64th Solikamsk (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: LtCol Pravokhenskiy 17th Independent Siberian Rifle Brigade Brigade Commander: - Chief of Staff: - 17th Siberian Engineer Division: - 17th Siberian Rifle Artillery Battery: - 65th Obskiy Siberian Rifle Regiment: LtCol Serebryannikov 66th Altay Siberian Rifle Regiment: LtCol Verstak 17th Siberian Jaeger Division (as stated, I believe this should be Regiment): - 1st Independent Siberian Assault Brigade Brigade Commander: - Chief of Staff: - 1st Siberian Assault Regiment: - 2nd Siberian Assault Regiment: - 1st Siberian Assault Cavalry Division: - 1st Siberian Assault Artillery Battery: LtCol Strakhov 1st Siberian Assault Engineer Division: - 1st Siberian Frontline Brigade Brigade Commander: LtCol Schnaperman Chief of Staff: - 1st Siberian Frontline Regiment: LtCol Ignatyuk 2nd Siberian Frontline Regiment: Capt Erokhin 16th Siberian Frontline Regiment: Capt Pokrovskiy The Group of General Lieutenant Verzhbitskiy Group Commander: - Chief of Staff: Col Kruze 3rd Steppe Army Corps Corps Commander: Gen-Maj Smolin Chief of Staff: - 4th Steppe Rifle Division Division Commander: - Chief of Staff: - 13th Omsk Siberian Rifle Regiment: Staff Captain Budilkin 14th Irtysh Siberian Rifle Regiment: LtCol Dombrovskiy 15th Kurgan Siberian Rifle Regiment: LtCol Verzhbolovich 16th Ishim Siberian Rifle Regiment: LtCol Kazagrandi 7th Steppe Rifle Division Division Commander: Col Cherkasov Chief of Staff: Capt Zuev 25th Tobol Siberian Rifle Regiment: Col Bordzilovskiy 26th Tyumen' Siberian Rifle Regiment: - 27th Verkhnoturskiy Siberian Rifle Regiment: Capt Kurenskov 28th Yalutorovskiy Siberian Rifle Regiment: Capt Onushkevich 3rd Siberian Assault Brigade Brigade Commander: - Chief of Staff: - 5th Assault Regiment: - 6th Assault Regiment: - Rear Cadre of the Brigade Brigade Chief of Staff: - 4th Rear Cadre Regiment: Col Gede 7th (50) Rear Cadre Regiment: Col Osipov Krasnoufa Frontline Brigade Brigade Commander: Col Pankov Chief of Staff: - 1st Kungur Frontline Regiment: Col Galileev 2nd Kungur Frontline Regiment: LtCol Parfenov Cavalry 17th Orenburg Cossack Regiment: Col Kruchinin Horse Half-Squadron: Lieutenant Neiman Shtakor's Flying Detachment: Junior Lieutenant Bandzyak Perm Cavalry Regiment: - Artillery 4th Light Artillery Battery: LtCol Plotnikov 4th Howitzer Artillery Battery: Col Cherepanov 7th Light Artillery Battery: - 1st Siberian Independent Heavy Battery: Col Rozov Engineering Units 3rd Sapper Battalion: LtCol Popov 3rd Siberian Aviation Detachment: Staff Captain Faddeev 7th Engineer Division: - 4th Siberian Corps Corps Commander: Gen-Maj Grivin Chief of Staff: Col Shelavin 3rd Siberian Rifle Division Division Commander: - Chief of Staff: LtCol Semenov 9th Irkutsk (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: LtCol Kaupin 10th Baikal (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: Col Kukharev 11th Nizheudinsk (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: Capt Boyarskov 12th Verkhneudinsk (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: Capt Popov 15th Siberian Rifle Division Division Commander: Col Shul'kevich Chief of Staff: - 57th Pavlodar (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: - 58th Akmolinsk (Celinograd) (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: Col Solov'ev 59th Sayan (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: Col Tonkoshkur 60th Siberia (Siberian) Rifle Regiment: LtCol Golovanenko Zlatoust-Krasnoufa Brigade Brigade Commander: - Chief of Staff : - 1st Krasnoufa Rifle Regiment: Junior Lieutenant Borshchaninov 2nd Kyshtim Rifle Regiment: Staff Captain Zhuk Cavalry General Tatar Squadron: Staff Captain Kurov Achinsk Cavalry Division: - Artillery 3rd Light Artillery Battery: Staff Captain Smolyaninov Krasnoufa Rifle Artillery Battery: - 15th Siberian Light Artillery Battery: - Engineering Units 3rd Siberian Engineer Division: Staff Captain Bulygin Cadre Units Frontline Cadre Brigade: - 3rd Frontline Cadre Regiment: - 15th Frontline Cadre Regiment: - Siberian Army: The Numbers The Siberian Army was formed on 26 May 1918 in Novonikolaevsk after the overthrow of the Bolshevik authority of the Temporary Siberian Government using the base staff of the Western Siberia Military District. On 13 June 1918, it was the Western Siberia Independent Army and was renamed on 27 June 1918 to the Siberian Army. The staff of the army coordinated the activity of all White Forces in Siberia and the Far East. At the beginning of June, the Army totaled 4000 men. By 18 June, there were 6047 (4332 rifles, 1215 sabers, and 500 unarmed soldiers). At the end of June, 7600 men, 19 cannons, and 30 machineguns. By the middle of July, there were 23,400 men. By 31 July, there were 6970 officers, 28,229 volunteers. By 8 August, there were more than 40,000 men (nearly 10,000 officers and the remainder were volunteers). By 20 September, 1918, the Army had called up about 166,000 men and was already larger than the Volunteer Army. The combat composition of the Army on 1 September was 60,200 men (according to other data, there were only 37,600 men, 70 cannons, and 184 machineguns), and on 1 October, there were 10,700 officers, 59,900 men, and 113,900 unarmed soldiers. The Siberian Army was renamed to the Siberian Independent Army by 24 December 1918. By the end of April, 1919, the Siberian Independent Army had approximately 40,000 soldiers (this is the combat component). By the end of Spring 1919, the Army had liberated Okhansk, Osu, Sarapul, and Izhevsk.: By June, the Army had split into Northern and Southern Groups, Composite Shock Siberian and 8th Kamsk Army Corps', and the 1st Cavalry Division. In July 1919, the Army totaled 350,000 men (56,600 rifles, 3900 sabers, 600 machineguns, 164 cannons, 4 armored trains, and 9 airplanes). More White Armies on the South Front OOB Part 1: Introduction Part 2: General Anton Deniken (Jul-Nov 1919) Part 3: Units in the Siberian Army, 9 May 1919 Back to The Gauntlet No. 21 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Craig Martelle Publications This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. 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