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.


Statements (45)
Predicate Object
instanceOf White movement military force
armed force
activeDuring 1919
alliedWith 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 North-Western Army
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
historicalPeriod post-World War I era
ideology anti-Bolshevism
militaryBranch army
notableBattle 1919 Petrograd offensive
notableCommander Nikolai Yudenich
operatedIn northwestern Russia
opposedTo Bolsheviks
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 region
status defunct
supportedBy Estonia
France
United Kingdom
usedEquipmentFrom British military supplies
French military supplies
usedLanguage Russian

Referenced by (7)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
White Army
White Army ("Northern Army (White)")
White Guard movement
White movement
White movement
hasPart
Northwestern Army ("North-Western Army")
Northwestern Army ("Northwest Army")
hasAlternativeName

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