White Armies of South Russia

1918-1919

translated by Craig Martelle

Composition of the Volunteer Army at the Beginning of the 1st Kuban (Ice) Campaign, Feb 1918

Supreme Leader – General-Adjutant M.V. Alekseev
Commander of the Army – General of the Infantry L.G. Kornilov
Chief of Staff of the Army – General Lieutenant I.P. Romanovskiy
Assistant Commander of the Volunteer Army – General Lieutenant A.I. Denikin

Composition of the Army:

1st Officer’s Regiment: Gen Lt S.L. Markov
Cadet Battalion: Gen Lt A.A. Borovskiy
Kornilov Shock Regiment: Col M.O. Nezhentsev
Partisan Regiment: Gen Lt A.P. Bogaevskiy
Artillery Battalion (4 Batteries): Col Iksheev
Czechoslovakian Engineer Battalion: Captain I.F. Nemechek
Horse Detachments: Col Glazenap, Col Gershel’man, Lt Col Kornilov

General Total – 4500 soldiers and 8 cannons

Composition of the Volunteer Army on the eve of the Storming of Ekaterinodar, March 1918

1st Brigade Gen Lt S.L. Markov

    Officer’s Regiment: Gen Lt A.A. Borovskiy
    1st Kuban Rifle Regiment: Col Tuneberg
    1st Engineer Company
    1st & 4th Batteries

2nd Brigade Gen Lt A.P. Bogaevskiy

    Kornilov Shock Regiment: Col M.O. Nezhentsev
    Partisan Regiment: Gen Lt B.I. Kazanovich
    Plastunskiy Battalion: Col Ulagay
    2nd Engineer Company
    2nd, 3rd, & 5th Batteries

Horse Brigade General of the Cavalry I.G. Erdeli

    1st Horse Regiment
    Kuban Battalion
    Cherkessian Regiment
    Horse Battery

General Total – 5500 to 6000 soldiers and 14 cannons

Table of Organization for Army of South Russia units, January 1919


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