Caucasian
Army
18
October 1919
Also
known as
the "Cossack Army" or the "Army of the Caucasus".
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 Army
– Lt-Gen.
Baron P.N. Wrangel
Chief of Staff –Lt-Gen. P.N. Shatilov
General Quartermaster –Lt-Gen. D.M. Von Ziegel
Duty General –Maj-Gen. V.P. Petrov
Inspector of Artillery –Lt-Gen. Makeev
Chief of Military Transportation – Lt-Gen. P.S. Makhrov
Chief of Equipment – Maj-Gen. P.A. Vil'chevskiy
Main Units
1st Kuban Corps
1st Kuban Cossack Division
Composite Grenadier Division
3rd Kuban Plastoon Brigade
2nd Kuban Plastoon Brigade
2nd Kuban Corps (soon to be sent to the VA)
2nd Kuban Cossack Division
3rd Kuban Cossack Division
Composite Mountain Division (temporarily)
4th Horse Corps
1st Horse Division
Kabardino Division
4th Kuban Cossack Division (temporarily from 2 Kuban Corps)
Attached to the Army:
Astrakhan Cossack Division
1st Independent Kuban Cossack Brigade
1st Kuban Corps
Corps Commander – Lt-Gen. V.L. Pokrovskiy (temporarily
Lt-Gen.
Pisarev)
Chief of Staff: – Col. I.A. Rebdev
1st
Kuban Cossack
Division
Division Commander
– Maj-Gen.
Kryzhnovskiy
2nd Line Cossack Regiment
–
Lt-Col. Deynega – 244 sabers, 6 MGs
2nd Composite Kuban Cossack Regiment – Col. Getmanov
– 98 sabers, 7 MGs
3rd Composite Kuban Cossack Regiment – Col. Goncharov
– 40 sabers, 1 MG Kuban
Guard Cossack Divizion – Col. Svidin – in
Ekaterinburg
Rifle Regiment – 741 rifles, 20 MGs
1st Kuban Cossack Horse-Artillery Divizion – Col. Kozinets
1st Kuban Cossack Horse
Battery –
4 light cannons
4th Kuban Cossack Horse Battery – in the rear being brought
up to strength
The 2nd Black Sea
Regiment was
attached to 2nd Kuban Corps.
Composite
Grenadier Division (sometime 6th Infantry Division)
Division
Commander –
Maj-Gen. Pisarev (temporarily Maj-Gen. Chichinadze)
1st
Brigade – Maj-Gen. Chichinadze
Composite Regiment 1st
Grenadier
Division – Col. Kochkin
Composite Regiment 2nd Grenadier Division – Col. Stanitskiy
2nd Brigade
– Col.
Kochkin
Composite Regiment 3rd
Grenadier
Division – Col. Yakovlev
Composite Regiment Caucasus Grenadier Division – Col.
Kuznetsov
Grenadier Engineer Company
Composite Grenadier Artillery Brigade – Maj-Gen. Ikishev
1st Divizion –
Col Ivanov
2nd Divizion – Col. Stolbin
3rd Divizion
4th Divizion – Col. Dzhizkaev
Total numbers for the
division were:
1,149 rifles, 27 MGs, 178 sabres, 3 MGs, 13 light cannons, 4 howitzers,
so presumably there was a mounted unit in it somewhere.
3rd
Separate
Kuban Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander
– Maj-Gen.
Khodkevich (temporarily Col. Tsyganok)
1st Kuban Plastoon
Battalion –
Col. Serafimovich – being brought up to strength in the rear
3rd Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Tsyganov – 721
rifles, 12 MG
5th Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Belyavskiy –
508 rifles, 12 MG
11th Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Mazanko –
being brought up to strength in the rear
1st Kuban Plastoon Howitzer Battery – being brought up to
strength in the rear (uncertain)
3rd Kuban Plastoon Battery – Staff-Capt Kireev – 3
light cannons
2nd
Separate
Kuban Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander
– Col.
Zapol'skiy
2nd Kuban Plastoon
Battalion –
Col. Naumov – 1,108 rifles, 20 MGs
4th Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Zapol'skiy –
605 rifles, 26 MGs, 2 light guns
8th Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. zakharov – 765
rifles, 21 MGs
9th Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Staroverov –
821 rifles, 11 MGs
2nd Kuban Plastoon Artillery Divizion:
2nd Light Plastoon Battery
– 3
light guns
2nd Howitzer Plastoon Battery – 3 howitzers
Attached
to 1st Kuban Cossack Corps
1st Independent Heavy
Howitzer Divizion – to be Maj-Gen. Podgoretskiy
1st Battery – 3
heavy howitzers
2nd Battery – 2 heavy howitzers
4th Howitzer Divizion, 2nd Artillery Brigade – Col.
Illyashevich
7th Howitzer Battery
– Col. Yakovlev – 2 howitzers
8th Howitzer Battery – 4 howitzers
2nd Pavlov Hussar Regiment
– 94 sabres (attached
from Astrakhan Cossack Division)
2nd Kuban Cossack Corps
Corps Commander – Maj-Gen. V.G. Naumenko
Chief of Staff – to be Col. Egorov
2nd
Kuban Cossack Division
Division Commander
– Maj-Gen. Mamonov (temporarily Col. Shlyakhov)
1st Kuban Regiment
– Maj-Gen.
Fostikov – 150 sabres, 6 MGs
1st Labinski Cossack Regiment – Col. Zhukov – 97
sabres, 7 MGs
2nd Kuban Regiment – Col. Lopata – 96 sabres, 4 MGs
1st Poltava Cossack Regiment – Col Chekalov – 210
sabres, 12 MGs
Rifle Regiment – 157 rifles
2nd Cuban Cossack Horse-Artillery Division – Col. Bezladnov
3rd Kuban Cossack Horse
Battery –
2 light cannons
7th Kuban Cossack Horse Battery – 2 light cannons
1st Kuban Cossack Horse Howitzer Battery – 3 howitzers
The 1st Line Cossack
Regt. was
transferred on this day to the 1st Horse Div in exchange for the 2nd
Kuban Regt.
3rd
Kuban Cossack Division
Division Commander
– Maj-Gen. Mamonov
1st Black Sea Cossack
Regiment –
soon Col. Kazanov – 190 sabres, 12 MGs
1st Taman Cossack Regiment – Col. Grechkin – 120
sabres, 8 MGs
1st Caucasus Regiment – Col. Orfenov – 364 sabres,
10 MGs
2nd Poltava Cossack Regiment – Col. Preobrazhenskiy
– 281 sabres, 12 MGs
Rifle Regiment – 309 rifles, 14 MGs, 31 sabres
Kornilov Horse Regiment – Col Golovin – 334 sabres,
21 MGs
3rd Kuban Cossack Horse Artillery Divizion – Col. Kramarov
5th Kuban Cossack Horse
Battery – 4 light cannons
1st Kuban Cossack Horse-Mountain Battery – 4 light cannons
Attached
(uncertain)
Separate Steppe Partisan
Battalion – 147 rifles, 210 sabres
Separate Steppe Partisan Artillery Platoon – 2 guns
The 2nd Kuban Regt was
just transferred to the 2nd Kuban Cossack Division.
Composite
Mountain Horse Division (attached to the Corps)
Division
Commander – Col. Grevs (temporarily Col. Kotiev)
1st
Brigade
3rd Ossetian Horse
Regiment – absent, unsure why
Karachaev Horse Regiment – Col. Krym-Shamkhalov –
in rear being reformed
Ingush Horse Brigade
1st Ingush Horse Regiment
– 80 sabres
2nd Ingush Horse Regiment – 61 sabres, 3 MGs
Dagestan Horse Brigade
1st Dagestan Horse
Regiment – 249 sabres, 4 MGs
2nd Dagestan Horse Regiment – 53 sabres
Attached to the Division
1st Dagestan Rifle
Battalion of Imam Shamil' – 230 rifles, 4 MGs
2nd Dagestan Rifle Battalion
5th Horse Artillery Divizion
2nd Horse Battery
2nd Horse Howitzer Battery
Attached
to 2nd
Kuban Cossack Corps
1st Independent Engineer
Sotnia of the
Kuban Cossack Forces – 166 Sappers
2nd Black Sea Cossack Regiment – 202 sabres, 6 MGs
from
1st Kuban Cossack Division, 1st Kuban Corps
4th Horse Corps
Corps Commander: Lt-Gen S.A. Toporkov (perhaps Col. Murav'ev acting)
Chief of Staff: Maj-Gen. M.M. Georgievich
1st
Horse Division
Division
Commander –
Maj-Gen. Uspenskiy (temporarily Col. Pavlichenko)
1st
Brigade – Col. Murav'ev
1st Ekaterinodar Cossack
Regiment
– Col. Lebedev – 120 sabres, 1 MG
1st Line Cossack Regiment – Col. Tutov – 90 sabres,
6 MGs
2nd Brigade
– vacant?
1st Uman Cossack Regiment
– Col.
Zolotareskiy – 151 sabres, 2 MGs
1st Zaporozhye Cossack Regiment – Col. Pavlichenko
– 58
sabres, 2 MGs
Rifle Regiment – 519 rifles, 12 MGs
1st Horse Artillery Divizion – Col. Shegolev
1st Horse Howitzer Battery
– 4
howitzers
2nd Horse Battery – under repair
3rd Horse Battery – 2 light cannons
4th Horse Battery – 1 light cannon
The Kornilov Horse
Regiment was just
transferred to the 3rd Kuban Cossack Division. The 1st Partisan Kuban
Cossack Regiment was also not present. There were two brigades but no
indication which units were in which.
Kabardino
Horse
Division
Division Commander
– Maj-Gen.
Bekovich-Cherkasskiy or Col. Shinkarenko
1st
Brigade – Maj-Gen. Anzorov
1st Kabardino Horse
Regiment –
Col. Anufriev – 140 sabres
2nd Kabardino Horse Regiment – Col. Leus – 35 sabres
3rd Kabardino Horse Regiment – Col. Krapotkin – 62
sabres,
3 MGs
4th Kabardino Horse Regiment – Col. Khodzinskiy –
40 sabres
2nd Horse Artillery Divizion – Maj-Gen. Fok
1st Horse Battery
– 2 light
cannons
2nd Horse Howitzer Battery – 1 howitzer
5th Horse Battery – 1 light cannon
The 5th and 6th
Kabardino Horse
Regiments and two training commands were in the Forces of the North
Caucasus.
4th
Kuban Cossack
Division
Division Commander
– Col Buryak
or Col Zemtsev (uncertain)
2nd Zaporozhye Cossack
Regiment –
Col. Skvortsov – 105 sabres, 4 MGs
2nd Uman Cossack Regiment – Col Buryak – 109
sabres, 4 MGs
2nd Ekaterinodar Cossack Regiment – – 73 sabres, 3
MGs
2nd Caucasus Regiment – Lt-Col. Rutetskiy – 64
sabres, 1 MG
Rifle Regiment – 703 rifles, 9 MGs
4th Kuban Cossack Horse Artillery Divizion
6th Kuban Cossack Horse
Battery –
2 light cannons
9th Kuban Cossack Horse Battery – 2 light cannons
Attached from the 2nd
Horse Corps.
This unit may have been sent to the rear of the Volunteer Army.
Attached to the
Caucasian Army
Astrakhan
Cossack
Division
Division Commander
– Maj-Gen.
Kolossovskiy
1st Astrakhan Cossack
Regiment –
Col. Kovalenko – 546 sabres, 8 MGs
2nd Astrakhan Cossack Regiment – – 151 sabres, 6 MGs
3rd Astrakhan Cossack Regiment – perhaps Col. Kornilov acting
– 425 sabres, 12 MGs
4th Astrakhan Cossack Regiment – perhaps Col. Zelio acting
– 377 sabres, 11 MGs
1st Inorodski Horse Regiment – – 97 sabres, 3 MGs(
inorod
= non-Cossack)
4th Horse Artillery Divizion – Col.Petrovskiy
1st Astrakhan Cossack
Battery – 4
light cannons
9th Horse Battery – 5 light cannons
1st
Separate
Kuban Cossack Brigade
Brigade Commander
– Maj-Gen.
Kosinov
3rd Caucasus Regiment
– Col.
Shtrigel'
3rd Black Sea Cossack Regiment – Col. Posevin –
defending
the railroad
16th Kuban Plastoon Battalion – Col. Grishchenko
Independent Howitzer Platoon – 2 howitzers
Independent Kuban Battery – 4 light guns
Independent
Units
attached to the Army
1st Armored Train Divizion
"Unified Russia"
"Forward for the Homeland" – under repairs
"General Alexeev" – under repairs
Improvised armored train "Steppe"
2nd Armored Train Divizion
1st Armored Detachment
– under
repairs
2nd Armored Detachment – under repairs
3rd Armored Detachments – under repairs
Don Armored Trains
"Stepnoy" (uncertain)
"Cossack Zemlyanukhin"
"Ataman Platov"
"Ilya Muromets"
1st Tank Divizion
1st Tank Detachment
4th Tank Detachment – in Taganrog for refitting
2nd Tank Divizion
6th Tank Detachment
1st Kuban Cossack Air Detachment – 3 airplanes
English Air Detachment 17-A – 5 airplanes
English Air Detachment 17 B – 4 airplanes
English Air Detachment 17 C – 3 airplanes
Separate Railroad Defence Sotnia
1st Railroad Battalion of the Volunteer Army
1st Caucasus Radio-Telegraph Divizion
1st Caucasus Independent Engineer Company – 117 sappers
Naval Special Purpose Detachment – Captain Zaev
Independent Naval Battalion – 165 rifles, 8 MGs, 2 small
caliber
guns
6th Divizion of River Cutters
Cutters: MK3, MK4 and Mk7
MK1, MK2, MK5 and MK10 – under repair
7th Divizion of River Cutters
Armored Cutters:
"Cossack", "Cherkass",
"Plastoon", "Black Sea Man", "Ataman Chepiga" and "Anton Golovatiy"
"Line Infantryman" – under repair
1st Gunboat Divizion
General Naval Heavy Artillery Divizion
1st Battery –
under repairs
2nd Battery – 3 heavy guns
2nd Naval Heavy Artillery Divizion
3rd Battery – 2
heavy guns
4th Naval Heavy Artillery Divizion
7th Battery – 2
guns
8th Battery – 1 gun
6th Naval Heavy Artillery Divizion
12th Battery – 2
guns
