Forces
of the North Caucaus
18
October 1919
There is a full order of battle for the AFSR for 29 September 1919,
which had
a revision on 18 October, 1919 (or 16 September and 5 October in the
Old Style dates). The list below is worked off the figures for that
later date, but taking a few details over from the first, and adding
stuff in from Volkov's Encyclopedia of the White Army.
I have left it in .html rather than put it in .pdf because I expect to
have to correct mistakes from time to time.
Commander of the
Forces – General I.G. Erdeli
Deputy Commander – Lt-Gen. P.A. Tomilov
Chief of Staff – Maj-Gen. E.V. Maslovskiy
Chief-Quartermaster – Col. K.G. Bulgakov
Duty General – Maj-Gen. Maslennikov
Inspector of Artillery – Lt-Gen. N.D.
Nevodovskiy
Administrator of Force Movements –
Maj-Gen. Solov'ev
Chief of Equipment – Maj-Gen. Artsishev
Main Units
8th Infantry Division
1st Separate Terek Plastoon Brigade
2nd Separate Terek Plastoon Brigade (part)
1st Kuban Plastoon Brigade
3rd Terek Cossack Division
4th Terek Cossack Division
Kabardino Horse Division (part)
Ossetian Horse Division
Dagestan Horse Brigade (part)
Various attached units
plus a separate
Trans-Caspian
Detachment in Turkestan
8th Infantry Division
Division Commander – Maj-Gen. Rudnev
1st
Brigade –Maj-Gen.Pashkovskiy
81st Apsheronskiy Infantry
Regiment
– Col Dubyago – 1,286 rifles, 16 MGs
82nd Dagestan Infantry Regiment – Col Timorenko-Krivitskiy
– 738 rifles, 9 MGs
84th Shirvanskiy Infantry Regiment – Col Kamionko –
1,011
rifles, 9 MGs
1st Battery – Col. Zanfirov
2nd Battery – Col. Menk
2nd Brigade
–
Col. Silin
1st Composite Regiment of
the 52nd
Infantry Division – Col Zhukovskiy – 1,673 rifles,
7 MGs
2nd Composite Regiment of the 52nd Infantry Division – Col
Parkhomovich – 538 rifles, 6 MGs
Reserve Battalion of the 8th Infantry Division – Col Gurtikh
– 411 bases
3rd Battery – Maj-Gen Erdman
4th Battery – Col. Grigorovich
Caucasus Independent Artillery Battery -
8th Independent Engineer Company
The artillery belongs to
the 8th
Artillery Brigade – Maj-Gen. Milostanov
1st Separate Terek
Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col Lesikov
1st Volga Plastoon
Battalion –
304 rifles, 5 MGs
2nd Volga Plastoon Battalion – 85 rifles, 1 MG
1st Sunzhensko-Vladikavkaz Plastoon Battalion – 222 rifles, 4
MGs
2nd Sunzhensko-Vladikavkaz Plastoon Battalion –
9th Terek Plastoon Battalion – 208 rifles, 4 MGs
1st Caucasus Artillery Divizion
1st Caucasus Cossack Infantry Mountain Battery – 3 mountain
guns
1st Caucasus Howitzer Battery – 2 howitzers
The 9th Terek Plastoon
Battalion was
scheduled to be merged into the 1st Sunzhensko Battalion.
2nd Separate Terek
Plastoon Brigade
(part)
16th Terek Plastoon
Battalion –
111 rifles, 4 MGs
2nd Caucasus Plastoon Mountain Battery – 3 or 4 light guns
It seems the bulk of
this brigade was
with the Volunteer Army in the Ukraine.
1st Separate Kuban
Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col Firsov
6th Kuban Plastoon
Battalion –
Col. Eremenko – 245 rifles, 7 MGs
7th Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Pogodin – 562
rifles,
12 MGs
12th Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Pyata – 800
rifles, 9
MGs
Special Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Rytkovskiy
1st Kuban Platoon Artillery Divizion – Col. Belyy
1st Kuban Plastoon Battery –
4th Kuban Plastoon Battery – 4 light guns
3rd Terek Cossack
Division
Division Commander – Lt-Gen. Vadbol'skiy
1st Sunzhensko-Vladikavkaz
Cossack
Regiment – – 212 sabres, 3 MGs
2nd Sunzhensko-Vladikavkaz Cossack Regiment – – 313
sabres,
7 MGs
3rd Sunzhensko-Vladikavkaz Cossack Regiment – Col. Zolotarev
– 240 vs, 3 MGs
3rd Terek Cossack Regiment – Col. Biryul'kin – 380
vs, 5 MGs
4th Terek Cossack Battery – 3 light cannons
6th Terek Cossack Battery – 4 light cannons
The 3rd Terek Division
along with the
4th combined two weeks later to form the 2nd Terek Cossack Division.
4th Terek Cossack
Division
Brigade Commander – Maj-Gen. Kolesnikov
1st Kizlyaro-Grebeni Horse
Regiment
– Col. Popov – 235 sabres, 4 MGs
2nd Kizlyaro-Grebeni Horse Regiment – Col. Zankisov
– 161
sabres, 6 MGs
3rd Kizlyaro-Grebeni Horse Regiment – Lt-Col. Belik
– 253
sabres, 1 MG
4th Terek Cossack Regiment – Col. Zozulya – 407
sabres
5th Terek Cossack Battery – 4 light cannons
The 4th Terek Division
along with the
3rd combined two weeks later to form the 2nd Terek Cossack Division.
Kabardino Horse
Division (part)
5th Kabardino Horse
Regiment – 70
sabres, 2 MGs
6th Kabardino Horse Regiment – 360 sabres
Training-Supplemental Command – 44 sabres
Machinegun Course – 7 MGs
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and
4th Kabardino
Horse Regiments and 2nd Horse-Artillery Divizion were in the Caucasian
Army.
Ossetian Horse Division
Brigade Commander – Col Emmanuel
1st Ossetian Horse
Regiment –
Col. Belikov – 265 sabres, 5 MGs
2nd Ossetian Horse Regiment – Col. Gutiev – 244
sabres, 8
MGs
4th Ossetian Horse Regiment – Col. Khabaev – 93
sabres, 8
MGs
2nd Ossetian Rifle Battalion – Col. Tkhostov – 308
rifles,
4 MGs
3rd Ossetian Rifle Battalion – Col. Granat – 384
rifles, 4
MGs
It sems the 3rd Ossetian
Horse
Regiment and 1st Ossetian Rifle Battalion were in the Ukraine with the
Volunteer Army.
Dagestan Horse Brigade
(part)
Brigade Commander – Col Lesikov
2nd Dagestan Rifle
Battalion – 36
rifles, 4 MGs
3rd Dagestan Rifle Battalion – 177 rifles
4th Dagestan Rifle Battalion – 17 rifles
1st Detached Light Battery – 5 light guns
The 1st and 2nd Dagestan
Horse
Regiments and 1st Dagestan Rifle Battalion had been transferred to the
Dagestan Brigade, Composite Horse Division in the Caucasian Army. The
2nd Rifle Battalion followed soon afterwards.
Unattached Units
Kumyk Horse Regiment
– Col. Volshanskiy – 378 sabres, 4 MGs
Formally part of the
Chechen
Horse Division, but the rest of them were in the rear of the VA.
Aleksandriyskiy Hussar Regiment (a.k.a. 5th Hussars) – Col.
Toporkov – 861 sabres, 18 machineguns
Separate Ossetian Divizion – Col. Dzhaginov – 78
sabres
Ossetian Horse Divizion – 46 sabres, 1 machinegun
Partisan Detachment – 191 sabres, 1 machinegun
Astrakhan Detached Sotnia – 120 sabres
Caucasus Engineer Battalion – 3 companies, 256 sappers
Supplemental Terek Battery – 6 light guns
1st Independent Horse-Mountain Division (2 batteries) – 8
light
guns
Support Units
Armored Trains
–
"Terets", "Caucasus Warrior", "George the Victorious"
Radio Stations numbers 6, 8 and 18
Air Detachment Number 5 – 2 airplanes
2nd Automobile Battalion – Col. Zakharov
6th Division of River Cutters – MK3, MK4, MK7 (MK5, SK1, SK2,
MK10 under repairs)
Independent Naval Battalion
Trans-Caspian
Detachment
These
are effectively the White forces in Turkestan. By October 1919 this
Group was in serious trouble. The Osprey on the White Army gives an
Orbat for 1 May 1919, stating 7,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry.
Commander – Lt-Gen. B.I. Kazanovich
Trans-Caspian
Division
1st Regiment –
923 rifles, 7 MGs
Supplemental Battalion – 76 rifles
Turkestan Regiment – 952 rifles, 15 MGs
Horse Dagestan Divizion – 297 sabres, 3 MGs
Ossetian Horse Sotnia – 68 sabres, 1 MG
Horse-Partisan Divizion – 107 sabres, 7 MGs
Caucasus Artillery Battery – 2 light guns
Trans-Caspian Artillery Battery- 4 light guns
Sapper Company – 1 company, 72 sappers
Kizil-Arvat Railroad Militia – 144 rifles, 4 MGs
Armored Trains – "Patrol", "General
Kornilov",
"Partisan", "Three Musketeers", and "Thunderstorm"
