Volunteer Army Добровольческая армия (pre-1918 Russian) Добровольческая армія | |
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![]() Insignia | |
Active | November 1917 – March 1920 |
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Branch | Armed Forces of South Russia (from 8 January 1919) |
Size | 3,000 (December 1917) 3,348 (February 1918) 8,500–9,000 (June 1918) 40,000 (June 1919) 5,000 (March 1920) |
Nickname(s) | The Drozdovsky Regiment |
Engagements | Russian Civil War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Mikhail Drozdovsky † Anton Denikin Pyotr Vrangel Mikhail Alekseyev Lavr Kornilov † Vladimir May-Mayevsky Alexander Kutepov |
The Volunteer Army (Russian: Добровольческая армия, romanized: Dobrovolcheskaya armiya (pre-1918 Russian: Добровольческая армія), abbreviated to Добрармия, Dobrarmiya (pre-1918 Russian: Добрармія)[1] was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1920. The Volunteer Army fought against Bolsheviks and the Makhnovists on the Southern Front and the Ukrainian War of Independence. On 8 January 1919, it was made part of the Armed Forces of South Russia, becoming the largest force of the White movement until it was merged with the Army of Wrangel in March 1920.
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