Volunteer Army

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The Volunteer Army was a major anti-Bolshevik White force in southern Russia during the Russian Civil War, composed largely of officers and volunteers and led by generals such as Anton Denikin.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Volunteer Army canonical 17
Armed Forces of South Russia 3
Dobrovolcheskaya armiya 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf White movement army
military formation
activeDuring 1917–1920
alliedWith Russian Army (Wrangel)
surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia

Don Army
Kuban Cossack forces
surface form: Kuban Cossack Host
alsoKnownAs Volunteer Army
surface form: Dobrovolcheskaya armiya

Volunteer Army
surface form: Volunteer Forces
commander Anton Denikin
composedMostlyOf officers
volunteers
conflict Russian Civil War
country Russia
disbandedFollowing defeat of White forces in south Russia
endTime 1920
flag White, blue, red tricolor variants
formedFrom Alekseyev Organization
White Army
surface form: Kornilovites
foughtIn Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
surface form: southern front of Russian Civil War
goal overthrow Bolshevik regime
restore unified Russia
headquarters Ekaterinodar
Rostov-on-Don
ideology anti-Bolshevik
included Cossack units
officer cadets
students
leader Anton Denikin
Lavr Kornilov
Mikhail Alekseyev
Pyotr Wrangel
mergedInto Russian Army (Wrangel)
surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia
militaryBranch ground forces
notableEvent Ice March
Denikin offensive on Moscow
surface form: Moscow Directive offensive of 1919

Second Kuban Campaign
operatedIn southern Russia
opposedTo Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
surface form: Bolsheviks

Red Army
partOf White movement
region Don region
Kuban River
surface form: Kuban

North Caucasus
Ukraine
startTime 1917
strength tens of thousands of soldiers at peak
supportedBy Entente Powers
surface form: Entente powers
usedLanguage Russian

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

Denikin offensive on Moscow involves Volunteer Army
White Army hasPart Volunteer Army
White Army hasPart Volunteer Army
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia
Whites hasPart Volunteer Army
subject surface form: White movement
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia
White Guard movement hasPart Volunteer Army
Don Cossack forces alliedWith Volunteer Army
Kuban Cossack forces alliedWith Volunteer Army
Ice March participant Volunteer Army
Don Army alliedWith Volunteer Army
Volunteer Army alsoKnownAs Volunteer Army
this entity surface form: Dobrovolcheskaya armiya
Volunteer Army alsoKnownAs Volunteer Army
this entity surface form: Volunteer Forces
Ocherki russkoy smuty focusesOn Volunteer Army
Russian Army (Wrangel) predecessor Volunteer Army
this entity surface form: Armed Forces of South Russia
Don Republic alliedWith Volunteer Army
Second Kuban Campaign belligerent Volunteer Army
White forces hasPart Volunteer Army
Alekseyev Organization followedBy Volunteer Army
Battle for Tsaritsyn hasParticipant Volunteer Army