Russian Army in South Russia

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The Russian Army in South Russia was the White movement force commanded by General Pyotr Wrangel during the Russian Civil War, operating primarily in southern Russia and Crimea against the Bolsheviks.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf White movement army
armed force
counterrevolutionary army
activeDuring 1920
alsoKnownAs Russian Army (Wrangel)
surface form: Russian Army of General Wrangel

Russian Army (Wrangel)
surface form: Wrangel's Army
basedIn Crimea
commander Pyotr Wrangel
surface form: General Pyotr Wrangel

Pyotr Wrangel
conflict Russian Civil War
country southern Russia
surface form: South Russia
disbandedAfter evacuation from Crimea
engagedIn Crimean campaign of 1920
surface form: Crimean campaign of the Russian Civil War

defense of Crimea
follows White movement political program
foughtFor White movement government structures in South Russia
goal overthrow Bolshevik regime
restore non-Bolshevik government in Russia
hasComponent artillery units
cavalry units
infantry units
naval support from White fleet elements
hasEthnicComposition included Cossack units
included various national minorities
predominantly ethnic Russians
hasLeaderTitle Commander-in-chief
headquartersLocation Crimea
Sevastopol
historicalPeriod post-1917 revolutionary period in Russia
ideology Russian nationalism
anti-Bolshevism
monarchism
militaryBranch multi-branch force
notableCommander Pyotr Wrangel
notableEvent evacuation of White forces from Crimea in November 1920
operatedIn Crimea
southern Russia
opponent Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

Red Southern Front (Red Army)
surface form: Red Army
partOf White Army
surface form: White forces in the Russian Civil War

White movement
politicalLeader Pyotr Wrangel
precededBy Russian Army (Wrangel)
surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia
result defeat in the Russian Civil War
supportedBy France
United Kingdom
anti-Bolshevik civilian administration in Crimea
some foreign powers
usedLanguage Russian

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Pyotr Wrangel hasPart Russian Army in South Russia
Pyotr Wrangel participantIn Russian Army in South Russia
this entity surface form: Crimean campaign of the White Army
Wrangel government in Crimea precededBy Russian Army in South Russia
this entity surface form: Denikin government in South Russia
Don Cossack forces alliedWith Russian Army in South Russia
this entity surface form: Denikin’s forces
Yakov Slashchov partOf Russian Army in South Russia
this entity surface form: White forces in southern Russia