Volunteer Army
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This article is about the anti-Bolshevik army of 1918-1920. For the British Volunteer Army, see Volunteer Force (Great Britain). For the Chinese army in the Korean War, see People's Volunteer Army. For voluntary military service, see Volunteer military.
The Volunteer Army (Russian: Добровольческая армия, romanized: Dobrovolcheskaya armiya (pre-1918 Russian) Добровольческая армія, abbreviated to Russian: Добрармия, romanized: Dobrarmiya (pre-1918 Russian) Добрармія)[1] was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1920. The Volunteer Army fought against Bolsheviks and the Makhnovists on the Southern Front and the Ukrainian War of Independence. In 1919 it was made part of the Armed Forces of South Russia, becoming the largest force of the White movement until it was merged with the Army of Wrangel in March 1920.
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Volunteer Army Добровольческая армия (pre-1918 Russian) Добровольческая армія | |
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Active | November 1917 – March 1920 |
Allegiance | VSYuR |
Branch | Armed Forces of South Russia |
Size | 3,000 (December 1917) 3,348 (February 1918) 8,500–9,000 (June 1918) 40,000 (June 1919) 5,000 (March 1920) |
Nickname(s) | The Drozdovsky Regiment |
Engagements | Russian Civil War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Mikhail Drozdovsky † Anton Denikin Pyotr Vrangel Mikhail Alekseyev Lavr Kornilov † Vladimir May-Mayevsky Alexander Kutepov |
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