The 3rd Army Corps (Russian: 3-й армейский корпус) was one of the main formations of the
Armed Forces of South Russia (Russian: Вооружённых Сил Юга России, ВСЮР; VSUR) during the
Russian Civil War
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This army unit was first known as the Crimean-Azov Army formed in VSYUR on January 10, 1919 on the basis of the Crimean-Azov Corps itself formed in December 1918.
In May 1919 the Crimean-Azov Army was transformed into the 3rd Army Corps.
Composition
*1st Brigade:
Yakov Slashchov
Yakov Aleksandrovich Slashchov ( Russian: Яков Александрович Слащёв; 10 January 1886 – 11 January 1929) was a leading commander of Baron Wrangel's Crimean army who reconciled to the Soviets and returned from Constanti ...
*2nd Brigade: AA Geiman
*1st Division:
Andrei Shkuro
Andrei Grigoriyevich Shkuro (russian: Андре́й Григо́рьевич Шкуро́, Ukrainian: Андрій Григорович Шкуро; 19 January 1887 ( O.S.: 7 January) – 17 January 1947) was a Lieutenant General (1919) of th ...
*Division: Sułtan Girej-Kłycz
*4th Infantry Division: Yakov Slashchov (2nd formation)
*13th Infantry Division (3rd formation)
*34th Infantry Division (3rd formation)
*6th Infantry Division (4th formation)
*7th Infantry Division (4th formation)
Commanders
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Vladimir Liakhov
Polkovnik (Colonel) Vladimir Platonovitch Liakhov (also spelled Liakhoff, russian: Влади́мир Плато́нович Ля́хов) (c. 20 June 1869 – June 1919) was the commander of the Persian Cossack Brigade during the rule of Mohammad ...
1918–1919 (1st formation)
* Sergey Dobrorol'skij (28.05.1919 – 10 July 1919) (2nd formation)
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Nikolai Shilling (10.7.1919 – 26.08.1919)
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Yakov Slashchov
Yakov Aleksandrovich Slashchov ( Russian: Яков Александрович Слащёв; 10 January 1886 – 11 January 1929) was a leading commander of Baron Wrangel's Crimean army who reconciled to the Soviets and returned from Constanti ...
(06.12.1919 – 04.09.1920)
Chiefs of Staff
*E. V. Maslovskiy: 1918–1919 (1st formation)
References
External links
Сайт историка Сергея Владимировича Волкова. Белое движение в России: организационная структура.{{White Armies and White Fleets of the Russian Civil War
Military units and formations of White Russia (Russian Civil War)