Don Army
The Don Army or Almighty Don Army (Russian Всевели́кое во́йско Донско́е , Vsevelikoe woisko Donskoe ) also the Great Army of the Don and the Don Republic - was an independent, self-appointed anti-Bolshevik republic, which was also formed on the territory of the Don-the Soviet Cossacks. The Don Republic existed during the Russian Civil War after the collapse of the Russian Empire from 1918 to 1920. The Don Army was part of the White Army .
history
The assembly of the Don Cossacks - the Krug - proclaimed the independence of the Don Republic on May 18, 1918. This happened after the liquidation of the Bolshevik- controlled Don Soviet Republic on May 10, 1918. The Don Army claimed the territory of the Don area with the city of Novocherkassk as its capital. Administratively, the Don republic was divided into ten okrugs. Ataman of the Don Army was Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov until 1919 . From 1919, after the support from the German Reich ceased and the military pressure increased, it was integrated into the armed forces of southern Russia .
The name Almighty Don Army is a historical reference to the name of the Don Cossack Army in the 17th century by emissaries of the Tsar.
Leader of the Don Army
- 1918–1919 - Ataman Pyotr Nikolaevich Krasnov
- 1919–1921 - General Afrikan Petrovich Bogayevsky (after Krasnov's dismissal).