Army of Wrangel explained

The Russian Army (ru|Русская армия|Russkaya armiya), commonly known as the Army of Wrangel (ru|Армия Врангеля), was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from March to November 1920. It was officially formed on 28 April 1920 from the merger of several White armies, including the Volunteer Army, in a reorganization of the Armed Forces of South Russia. The Army of Wrangel, nicknamed after its commander General Pyotr Wrangel, fought against Bolshevik forces in the Southern Front and the Ukrainian War of Independence. In November 1920, following defeat at the Siege of Perekop and being vastly outnumbered, the Army of Wrangel organized a successful evacuation from Crimea and subsequently dissolved. Veterans of the army were among the founders of the Russian All-Military Union.^[1]

Composition

The Russian Army had a staff and five Army Corps:

Corps	Commander	Composition of the unit	Notes
Staff	Chief of StaffPavel Chatilov	Military leadership, engineering direction, headquarters at Sevastopol, general staff, naval direction, counter-espionage, and others
1st Army Corps	Lieutenant-GeneralAlexander Kutepov	Drozdovsky division Markov division Kornilov division Alekseyev division
2nd Army Corps	Lieutenant-GeneralYakov Slashchov	13th Infantry division 34th Infantry division a cavalry brigade
Don Corps	Fyodor Abramov	2nd Don division 3rd Don division a guard brigade	Formed on 1 May 1920. Integrated into the 1st Army Corps on 4 September 1920.
Pyotr Pisarev's Corps	Pyotr Pisarev	3rd Cavalry division Kuban Cossack division Terek-Astrakhan brigade Chechnya brigade	Formerly part of the Volunteer Army. Transformed on 7 July 1920 into the Cavalry Corps, by the grouping of the 1st and 2nd Cavalry divisions under Ivan Barbovitch. Incorporated into the 1st Army Corps on 4 September 1920.
Sergei Ulagay's group	Lieutenant-GeneralSergei Ulagay	1st Kuban Cossacks division 2nd Kuban Cossacks division Terek-Astrakhan Brigade	Units dedicated to the landing in Kuban.

Strength

• May 1920: to men (at the beginning of 1920 in Crimea men, approximately to were evacuated from the North Caucasus).
• June 1920: men.
• September 1920: the army and its rear bases had about men, of whom about on the front, in the military camps and injured. In September the combat troops of the army counted to men (in mid-September).
• October 1920: to . Of the Russian Army officers, were in the combat troops, in support of the front, and at the back (including the sick and wounded).^[2]

Sources

• Book: Besier. Gerhard. Stokłosa. Katarzyna. European Dictatorships: A Comparative History of the Twentieth Century. 2014. Newcastle upon Tyne. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 9781443855211.

Notes and References

1. Гагкуев Р. Г., Цветков В. Ж., Голицын В. В. Генерал Кутепов. — М.: Посев, 2009. — 590 с. — ISBN 978-5-85824-190-4, С. 46
2. http://swolkov.ru/bdorg/bdorg21.htm#1423 Volkov SV, Сайт историка Сергея Владимировича Волкова. Beloe dviženie v Rossii:organizacionnaâ struktura