The South Russian Government (russian: Южнорусское Правительство

''Xронос: Историческая Энциклопедия''. ("South Russian Government". ''Chronos: Historical Encyclopedia''.) Retrieved 20 April 2011.) was a Russian White movement government established by Armed Forces of South Russia commander

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 ...

in Novorossiysk, Kuban, in March 1920 during the

Russian Civil War {{Infobox military conflict , conflict = Russian Civil War , partof = the Russian Revolution and the aftermath of World War I , image = , caption = Clockwise from top left: {{flatlist, *Soldiers ...

. On 27 March 1920, Denikin was forced to evacuate Novorossiysk for

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, which the Whites had controlled since June 1919. However, the slipshod retreat discredited Denikin and he stepped down, succeeded by General

Pyotr Wrangel Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (russian: Пётр Никола́евич барон Вра́нгель, translit=Pëtr Nikoláevič Vrángel', p=ˈvranɡʲɪlʲ, german: Freiherr Peter Nikolaus von Wrangel; April 25, 1928), also known by his ni ...

, who was elected new Commander-in-Chief of the White Army by military council. The South Russian Government was dissolved on 30 March in

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. Wrangel set up a new Government of South Russia in

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

in April. This attempted establishment of civil government by the White authorities was a recognition that previous neglect of civil administration by the

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 Komandova ...

had cost the Whites civilian support.

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{{reflist 1920 disestablishments in Europe Former unrecognized countries States and territories established in 1920 South Russia 1920 in Ukraine History of Crimea Russian Civil War

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