Northwestern Army

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The Northwestern Army was an anti-Bolshevik White movement military force that operated in northwestern Russia during the Russian Civil War.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Northwestern Army canonical 5
North-Western Army 1
Northern Army (White) 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf White movement military force
armed force
activeDuring 1919
alliedWith Estonian Defence Forces
surface form: Estonian Army
associatedWithEvent intervention of Allied powers in Russian Civil War
commander Nikolai Yudenich
commandStructure subordinate to General Nikolai Yudenich
conflict Russian Civil War
country Russia
dissolved 1919
enemy Red Army
engagedIn offensive against Petrograd
fate defeat by Red Army
formedFrom anti-Bolshevik forces in the Baltic region
goal capture Petrograd
hasAlternativeName Northwestern Army
surface form: North-Western Army

Northwestern Army
surface form: Northwest Army
hasEthnicComposition predominantly Russian
hasIdeologicalPosition anti-communist
monarchist-leaning
hasOutcome evacuation of remnants to Estonia
internment of troops in Estonia
hasPoliticalSupportFrom Russian Political Committee in Estonia
headquartersLocation Narva
Pskov, Russia
surface form: Pskov
historicalPeriod post-World War I era
ideology anti-Bolshevism
militaryBranch army
notableBattle Denikin offensive on Moscow
surface form: 1919 Petrograd offensive
notableCommander Nikolai Yudenich
operatedIn northwestern Russia
opposedTo Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

Russian SFSR
surface form: Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
partOf Eastern Front of the Russian Civil War
White movement
recruitmentArea former Imperial Russian Army officers
local volunteers in Baltic region
region Baltic Sea coast region
surface form: Baltic region
status defunct
supportedBy Estonia
France
United Kingdom
usedEquipmentFrom British military supplies
French military supplies
usedLanguage Russian

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

White movement hasPart Northwestern Army
White Army hasPart Northwestern Army
White Army hasPart Northwestern Army
this entity surface form: Northern Army (White)
Northwestern Army hasAlternativeName Northwestern Army
this entity surface form: North-Western Army
Northwestern Army hasAlternativeName Northwestern Army
this entity surface form: Northwest Army
Whites hasPart Northwestern Army
subject surface form: White movement
White Guard movement hasPart Northwestern Army
White forces hasPart Northwestern Army