General Command Of The Armed Forces Of South Russia

{{Infobox country , conventional_long_name = General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia , native_name = Главное Командование Вооружёнными Силами на Юге России
''Glavnoye Komandovaniye Vooruzhyonnymi Silami na Yuge Rossii'' , common_name = Armed Forces of South Russia , era = Russian Civil War , event_pre = Began forming , date_pre = November 1917 , date_start = 31 August 1918 , date_end = 30 December 1919 , event_post =

South Russian Government The South Russian Government (russian: Южнорусское Правительство ''Xронос: Историческая Энциклопедия''. ("South Russian Government". ''Chronos: Historical Encyclopedia''.) Retrieved 20 April 20 ...

established , date_post = March 1920 , p1 = Russian Republic , flag_p1 = Flag of Russia.svg , flag_p2 = Red flag.svg , p2 = Bolshevik Russia , s1 = South Russian Government , flag_s1 = Flag of Russia.svg , image_flag = Flag of Russia.svg , image_coat = Герб Российского государства.png , image_map = GC of the Armed Forces of South Russia Map.png , image_map_caption = Territories governed by the General Command, in October 1918, and its surroundings. , capital = , common_languages =

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, government_type = Military government , title_leader = Supreme Leader , leader1 =

Mikhail Alekseyev Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev (russian: Михаил Васильевич Алексеев) ( – ) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's Ch ...

, year_leader1 = 1918 , leader2 =

Anton Denikin Anton Ivanovich Denikin (russian: Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин, link= ; 16 December Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates">O.S._4_December.html" ;"title="Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates.html" ;"title="nowiki/>Old Style and New St ...

, year_leader2 = 1918–1920 , legislature = The General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia (russian: Особое совещание при Главкоме ВСЮР ''Osoboye soveschaniye pri Glavkome VSYuR'') was an administrative body in southern

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in 1918 and 1919 performing government functions in the territory controlled by the troops of the Russian White movement's

Volunteer Army The Volunteer Army (russian: Добровольческая армия, translit=Dobrovolcheskaya armiya, abbreviated to russian: Добрармия, translit=Dobrarmiya) was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from ...

and

Armed Forces of South Russia The Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR or SRAF) () were the unified military forces of the White movement in southern Russia between 1919 and 1920. On 8 January 1919, the Armed Forces of South Russia were formed, incorporating the Volunteer Army ...

. The predecessor to the General Command was the Political Council (Политический совет; ''Političeskij sovet'') established in December 1917. In 1918, due to an increasing amount of territory falling under control of the Volunteer Army, the issue of civilian administration became more consequential. On 31 August 1918, the General Command was established under General

Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev (russian: Михаил Васильевич Алексеев) ( – ) was an Imperial Russian Army general during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as Tsar Nicholas II's ...

. The functions of the General Command were clarified on 3 October 1918. The head of the Volunteer Army would be chairman of the General Command which would serve as an advisory body to the head. On 8 October 1918, following the death of General Alekseyev, the role of Supreme Leader was given to General

. Chairmen of the command were

Abram Dragomirov Abram Mikhailovich Dragomirov (russian: Абра́м Миха́йлович Драгоми́ров, tr. ; 9 December 1955) was a General in the Imperial Russian Army. Following the Russian Revolution he joined Anton Denikin in the Volunteer Arm ...

(October 1918–September 1919) and

Alexander Lukomsky Alexander Sergeyevich Lukomsky (10 July 1868 – 25 January 1939 in Paris) was a Russian military commander, General Staff, Lieutenant-General (April 1916). He fought for the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War and was one of th ...

(September–December 1919). The General Command was abolished on 30 December 1919 by Denikin and replaced with a Government of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of South Russia (Правительством при Главнокомандующем ВСЮР; ''Pravitel'stvom pri Glavnokomanduyushchem VSYuR'') and, in March 1920, the

. Russian Civil War South Russia States and territories established in 1918 States and territories disestablished in 1920