Army of Wrangel


The Russian Army, commonly known as the Army of Wrangel, was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from March to November 1920. It was officially formed on 28 April 1920 from the merger of several White armies, including the Volunteer Army, in a reorganization of the Armed Forces of South Russia. The Army of Wrangel, nicknamed after its commander General Pyotr Wrangel, fought against Bolshevik forces in the Southern Front and the Ukrainian War of Independence. In November 1920, following defeat at the Siege of Perekop and being vastly outnumbered, the Army of Wrangel organized a successful evacuation from Crimea and subsequently dissolved. Veterans of the army were among the founders of the Russian All-Military Union.

Composition

The Russian Army had a staff and five Army Corps:
CorpsCommanderComposition of the unitNotes
StaffChief of Staff
Pavel Chatilov
  • Military leadership,
  • engineering direction,
  • headquarters at Sevastopol,
  • general staff,
  • naval direction,
  • counter-espionage,
  • and others
1st Army CorpsLieutenant-GeneralAlexander Kutepov
2nd Army CorpsLieutenant-GeneralYakov Slashchov
Don CorpsFyodor Abramov
  • 2nd Don division
  • 3rd Don division
  • a guard brigade
    		• Formed on 1 May 1920.Integrated into the 1st Army Corps on 4 September 1920.
    Pyotr Pisarev's CorpsPyotr Pisarev
    		Formerly part of the Volunteer Army. Transformed on 7 July 1920 into the Cavalry Corps, by the grouping of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry divisions under Ivan Barbovitch.
    Incorporated into the 1st Army Corps on 4 September 1920.
    Sergei Ulagay's groupLieutenant-General
    Sergei Ulagay
    • 1st Kuban Cossacks division
    • 2nd Kuban Cossacks division
    • Terek-Astrakhan Brigade
    		Units dedicated to the landing in Kuban.

    Strength

  • May 1920: to men.
  • June 1920: men.
  • September 1920: the army and its rear bases had about men, of whom about on the front, in the military camps and injured. In September the combat troops of the army counted to men.
  • October 1920: to. Of the Russian Army officers, were in the combat troops, in support of the front, and at the back.