The Caucasus Army (russian: Кавка́зская а́рмия), was a Russian army which was a part of the White movement 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 ...

. It operated from May 1919 to January 1920, in the

Tsaritsyn Volgograd ( rus, Волгогра́д, a=ru-Volgograd.ogg, p=vəɫɡɐˈɡrat), formerly Tsaritsyn (russian: Цари́цын, Tsarítsyn, label=none; ) (1589–1925), and Stalingrad (russian: Сталингра́д, Stalingrád, label=none; ) ...

- Saratov area.

History

On 23 January 1919, the

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was renamed ''Volunteer Army of the Caucasus''. And on 22 May 1919, the ''Volunteer Army of the Caucasus'' was divided in two armies: The Caucasus Army, which advanced along the

- Saratov line and the ''Volunteer Army'', which advanced along the

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- Oryol line. The Caucasus Army was composed of 4 corps and 1 cavalry division: * 1st Kuban Corps (Gen. Pokrovsky) * 2nd Kuban Corps (Gen. Ulaguy, later Gen. Nahumenko) * 4th Corps (Gen. Shatilov, later Gen. Toporkov) * 5th Corps (Gen. Józefovic) On 5 July 1919, the Caucasus Army had 23.234 men, but 3 months later it only counted 15.079 men after the transfer of the 2nd Corps to the Don Army; along with 384 machineguns, 85 pieces of artillery, 15 airplanes and 7

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. On 29 January 1920, the Caucasus Army was dissolved and succeeded by the Kuban Army.

Commanders of the Caucasus Army

* Lieutenant-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 ...

(21 May — 8 December 1919) * Lieutenant-general

Viktor Pokrovsky Viktor Leonidovich Pokrovsky (russian: Покровский Виктор Леонидович) (1889 – 9 November 1922) was a Russian lieutenant general and one of the leaders of anti-communist counterrevolutionary White Army during Russian Civi ...

(9 December 1919 — 8 February 1920)

Sources

* {{White Armies and White Fleets of the Russian Civil War Military units and formations of White Russia (Russian Civil War) Russian Civil War