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Group of Forces for Combating Counter-Revolution in the South of Russia | |
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Active | December 21, 1917 | –March 19, 1918
Country | RSFSR |
Allegiance | Ukrainian People's Republic of Soviets |
Type | Infantry |
Role | Task force |
Part of | Red Guards |
Colors | Red |
Engagements | Ukrainian-Soviet War |
Commanders | |
Commander-in-chief | Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko |
Chief of staff | Mikhail Artemyevich Muravyov |
Political commissar | Sergo Ordzhonikidze |
The Group of Forces for Combating Counter-Revolution in the South of Russia (Russian: Группа войск по борьбе с контрреволюцией на Юге России, romanized: Gruppa voysk po bor'be s kontrrevolyutsiyey na Yuge Rossii) was a military formation of the Soviet Russian government created in the beginning of December 1917 to invade and occupy various autonomous state formations (the Don Host Oblast and Ukrainian People's Republic) with a goal of establishing the Soviet government.[clarification needed]
The formation mainly consisted of Red Guard troops from Petrograd and Moscow under the command of Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko and Mikhail Muravyov as the chief of staff. The group consisted of some 20,000 troops.
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