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First Formation

The 1st Army Corps was first formed on November 15, 1918. From May 15, 1919 it included the 1st and 3rd Infantry Divisions. By mid-June it included the 1st, 3rd, and 7th Infantry Divisions. And by September 15, 1919 the Corps included the 1st, 3rd, and 9th Infantry Divisions. By October 14, 1919 it was Reorganized into the Volunteer Corps consisting of the Kornilov, Markov, Alekseev, and Drozdovsky Divisions.

Second Formation

The 1st Corps was reformed for the second time on April 16, 1920 from the Non-Cossack units evacuated from Novorossiysk. It included the Kornilov, Markov, and Drozdovsky Divisions and the Separate Cavalry Brigade (From April 28, 1920 the 2nd Cavalry Division). On July 7, 1920 the 2nd Cavalry Division was transferred to the Cavalry Corps. By September 4, 1920 the 1st and 2nd Army Corps were assigned to the 1st Army still including the Kornilov, Markov, and Drozdovsky Divisions. During the Northern Tavria Offensive it lost 23% of its strength in three days of heavy fighting. Withdrawing to the Perekop isthmus until the final operation of the Civil War.

Operational history

This Corps was the main strike force of First the Volunteer Army then the Armed Forces of Southern Russia, and Finally the Russian Army under the Command of General Wrangel in the Crimea. It also contained the most elite infantry regiments at the disposal of General Denikin and later General Wrangel.

Known commanders

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Boris Kasanovich (15 November 1918 − 13 January 1919) *Lieutenant General

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(from 8 December 1920)

References

Citations

Bibliography

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Sources

* ''Levitov M. N.'
Kornilovites in action, summer-autumn 1919
* ''Larionov V. A.'

* ''Trushnovich A. R.'

* ''Turkul A. V.'

* Historian S. V. Volkov's site

{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 Military units and formations of White Russia (Russian Civil War)