Volunteer Army

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White movement army military formation

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.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	White movement army → military formation →
activeDuring	1917–1920 →
alliedWith	Armed Forces of South Russia → Don Army → Kuban Cossack Host →
alsoKnownAs	Dobrovolcheskaya armiya → 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 → Kornilovites →
foughtIn	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 NERFINISHED → Pyotr Wrangel →
mergedInto	Armed Forces of South Russia →
militaryBranch	ground forces →
notableEvent	Ice March → Moscow Directive offensive of 1919 → Second Kuban Campaign →
operatedIn	southern Russia →
opposedTo	Bolsheviks → Red Army →
partOf	White movement →
region	Don region → Kuban → North Caucasus → Ukraine →
startTime	1917 →
strength	tens of thousands of soldiers at peak →
supportedBy	Entente powers →
usedLanguage	Russian →

Referenced by (12)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
White Army → White Army ("Armed Forces of South Russia") → White Guard movement → White movement ("Armed Forces of South Russia") →	hasPart
Don Army → Don Cossack forces → Kuban Cossack forces →	alliedWith
Volunteer Army ("Dobrovolcheskaya armiya") → Volunteer Army ("Volunteer Forces") →	alsoKnownAs
Southern Front of the Russian Civil War →	involvedGroup
Denikin offensive on Moscow →	involves
Ice March →	participant