SouthWestern
Army
December 1918
This
orbat is from
White Guard Almanac #8, citing the Russian Archives (РГВА.
Ф. 39514. Оп. 1. Д. 6. Л. 8-10) and found at a-pesni.golosa.info.
Although it lists both Orenburg and Urals units, they were
operationally independent.
Military Portions of
the South-Western Army
as at 28 December 1918
Northern
Sector
9th
Bashkir Rifle Division
37th Bashkir Rifle
Regiment – 1 battalion, 600 bayonets, 12 MGs
38th Bashkir Rifle Regiment – 1 battalion, 530 bayonets, 8 MGs
39th Bashkir Rifle Regiment – 2 battalions, 210 bayonets, 12 MGs
40th Bashkir Rifle Regiment – 1 battalion, 758 bayonets, 180 sabres, 11
MGs
4th Bashkir battery – 2 guns (3")
Attached
23rd Orenburg Cossack
Regiment – 3 sotnias, 712 sabres, 4 MGs
Militia Horse Sotnia – 78 sabres
3rd Battery of the 5th Rifle Artillery Brigade – 3 guns (37 mm)
Buzuluk Sector
4th
Orenburg Cossack Division
19th
Orenburg Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 633 sabres, 18 MGs
20th Orenburg Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 845 sabres,
4 MGs
24th Orenburg Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 840 sabres, 8 MGs
25th Orenburg Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 824 sabres,
9 MGs
4th Orenburg Cossack Artillery
Divizion
11th
Orenburg Cossack Battery –
3 guns + 1 defective (3")
12th Orenburg Cossack Battery – 3 guns (3")
5th Rifle Division
18th
Orenburg Rifle Regiment – 1
battalion, 77 men, 5 MGs
19th Orenburg Rifle Regiment – 1 battalion,
138 men, 4 MGs
20th Orenburg Rifle Regiment – 36 men,
7 MGs
21th Orenburg Rifle Regiment – 1
battalion, 68 men, 5 MGs
2nd Rifle
Division (part only)
8th Volga Rifle Regiment –
2 battalions, 490 bayonets, 15 MGs
5th Syzran Rifle Regiment – 2 battalions, 490
bayonets, 15 MGs
2nd Syzran Cavalry Regiment – 4 sotnias,
283 sabres, 4 MGs
2nd Rifle Artillery Brigade:
5th battery – 2 guns (3")
6th battery – 1 gun (3")
1st Orenburg Cossack
Division (part only)
14th
Orenburg Cossack Regiment –
6 sotnias, 673 sabres, 17 MGs
1th Orenburg Cossack Battery – 4 guns (3")
2nd
Orenburg Cossack Division (part only)
9th Orenburg Cossack
Regiment – 6 sotnias, 1084 sabres
2th Heavy Artillery
Divizion
1st Battery – 2 guns (6"
howitzers)
3rd Battery – 2 guns (107 mm)
Plastoon Heavy Artillery – 2 guns (6")
Syzran Engineer Company – 20
bayonets
Lt-Colonel Abramov's
Detachment
11th
Buzuluk Rifle Regiment – 3 battalions,
350 bayonets, 24 MGs
4th Battery of the 2nd Rifle Artillery Brigade – 2 guns
Uralsk
Sector
4th Urals Cossack Division
12th Urals Cossack
Regiment – 6 sotnias,
349 sabres, 9 MGs
14th Urals Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias,
432 sabres, 8 MGs
15th Urals Cossacks Regiment – 6 sotnias, 430 sabres
Iletsk Foot Divizion
– 4 companies, 525 bayonets, 10 MGs
4th Urals Mounted Battery – 6 guns (3")
3rd Urals Cossack Division
8th Urals Cossack Regiment
– 7 sotnias,
534 sabres, 4 MGs
13th Urals Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias,
623 sabres, 7 MGs
16th Urals Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 585 sabres,
6 MGs
2 sotnias of Urals Training Foot Regiment –
2 companies, 221 bayonets, 2 MGs
3rd Urals Mounted Battery – 4 guns (3")
Platoon of 2nd Urals Horse Battery – 2 guns (3")
Northern Partisan Detachment – 1 sotnia, 108 sabres
Foot Partisan Detachment – 50 bayonets
(temporarily attached)
13th Orenburg Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 630 sabres,
9 MGs
Battalion of 33th Nikolaevsk Rifle
Regiment – 1 battalion, 135 bayonets, 3 MGs
1th Urals Cossack Division
1st Urals Training Horse
Regiment – 4
sotnias, 395 sabres, 9 MGs
3rd Urals Training Horse Regiment – 5 sotnias, 443 sabres,
9 MGs
10th Urals Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 576 sabres, 1 MGs
11th Urals Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 492 sabres, 1 MGs
1th Urals Cossack Training Horse Battery – 4 guns (3")
2th Urals Cossack Division
6th Urals Cossack Regiment
– 6 sotnias, 575 sabres
7th Urals Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 789
sabres, 5 MGs
9th Urals Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 657 sabres, 4 MGs
Platoon of 2nd Urals Cossack Training Horse Battery – 2 guns
(3")
Attached:
4 sotnias of 5th Urals Cossack
Regiment – 4 sotnias, 566 sabres, 3 MGs
1th Urals Cossack Foot
Brigade
2 sotnias of Training Foot
Guriev
Divizion –
2 companies, 148 bayonets
2 Battalions of 33th Nikolaevsk Rifle
Regiment – 2
battalions, 777
bayonets, 8
MGs
Urals Separate Foot Divizion
– 3 companies, 352 bayonets, 9 MGs
2 sotnias of 1st Urals Training Foot Regiment – 2 companies,
155
bayonets
Urals Howitzer
Divizion
1th Urals howitzer battery
– 4 guns
2th Urals howitzer battery – 4 guns
Attached to 1st Urals
Cossack Corps [?]
Macklen Gun Platoon – 2
guns (37 mm)
Armoured train – 21 bayonets,
3 MGs, 1 gun (3")
4th Urals Training Horse Regiment –
5
sotnias, 381 sabres, 3
MGs
Karshin Cossack Druzhina
– 1 sotnia, 70 sabres
Mergenev Cossack Druzhina
– 1 sotnia,
120 sabres
Partisan Detachment of Lieutenant Pozdnyakov – 1
sotnia, 137 sabres, 4
MGs
Goryachkinsk Druzhina
– 1 sotnia, 99 sabres
17th Urals Cossack Regiment – 5 sotnias, 541 sabres
Partisan Detachment of Major Gorshkov –
28 sabres, 1 gun (3")
2 sotnias of 5th Urals
Training Horse Regiment – 2 sotnias, 260 sabres,
1 MGs
Urals Horse Divizion
– 3 sotnias, 339 sabres
1st Urals-Astrakhan
Brigade
2 sotnias of Guriev Foot
Divizion –
2 companies, 185 bayonets
Astrakhan Cossack Foot Divizion
– 1 company, 59 bayonets, 8 MGs
6th Urals Horse Battery Platoon – 2 guns
Rosenberg Battery – 4 guns
Naval Battery Platoon – 2 guns
Reserve of the Commander
of Uralsk Sector
Sotnias of the Uralsk City
Divizion –
2
companies, 417 bayonets, 2 MGs
2 sotnias of the Guriev Foot Divizion
– 2 companies, 120 bayonets
In formation:
Special
Urals Sotnias – 4 sotnias
18th Urals Privileged Regiment
5th and 6th Privileged Batteries
Iletsk Sector – 1st
Orenburg Cossack Corps
1st Orenburg Cossack
Division (part only)
1st Line Cossack
Regiment – 6 sotnias, 629 sabres, 8 MGs (
aka 7th Orenburg
Cossack Regiment)
8th Orenburg Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 815 sabres, 4 MGs
Plastoon
Divizion
– 3 companies, 138 bayonets
Separate Line Plastoon Sotnia – 1 company, 73 bayonets
1st Orenburg Artillery
Divizion
4th Orenburg Cossack
Battery – 4 guns (3")
10th Orenburg Cossack Battery – 3 guns (3")
2nd Orenburg Cossack
Division (part only)
10th Orenburg Cossack
Regiment – 6 sotnias, 840 sabres, 1 MG
7th Orenburg Cossack Battery – 3 guns (3")
Attached
Tatischevsk Plastoon Divizion – 1
company, 127 bayonets
1st Orenburg Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 856 sabres, 12 MGs
1st Orenburg Plastoon Regiment – 9 companies, 723 bayonets, 13 MGs
Ataman Regiment – 161 bayonets
Sakmarsk Horse Divizion
– 5 sotnias, 410 sabres
Steppe Partisan Detachment 199
6th Sakmarsk Horse Sotnia – (communications unit)
2 Sotnias of 1st Reserve Divizion
– 2 sotnias, 31 bayonets, 150 sabres
Howitzer Battery – 4 guns (122 mm)
Heavy Gun Platoon
of Divizion
of Staff-Captain Nosarev – 3 guns (107 mm)
Plastoon Light Battery – 1 gun (3")
42-Line Battery platoon – 2 guns (107 mm = 42-line)
Armoured train – 1 gun (3")
Orsk Sector
2nd Orenburg Cossack
Division (part only)
15th Orenburg Cossack
Regiment – 9 sotnias, 662 sabres, 6 MGs
16th Orenburg Cossack Regiment – 6 sotnias, 781 sabres, 9 MGs
Light Gun Platoon of Divizion
of Staff-Captain Nosarev – 2 guns (3")
Reserve of the
Commander of the South-Western Army
Brigade of 2nd Rifle
Division
6th Syzran Rifle Regiment
– 1 battalion, 170 bayonets, 5 MGs
7th Khvalinsk Rifle Regiment – 1 battalion, 190 bayonets, 11 MGs
Separate Units
Ataman's Divizion of the
Orenburg Cossack Host – 2 sotnias, 328 sabres, 6 MGs
Berdsk Horse Sotnia – 105 sabres
Escort Sotnia to the Commander of the Army – 62 sabres, 4 MGs
Aviation Platoon of the People's Army – 2 planes
Reserve of the Supreme
Commander
4th Urals Infantry
Regiment – 3 battalions, 2158 bayonets, 1 MG
1st Kirghiz Cavalry Regiment – 4 sotnias, 523 sabres, 2 MGs
1th Separate Sotnia of the Orenburg Host – 108 sabres
The Urals portion is
approximately 3,200 bayonets, 11,100 sabres, 130 MGs and 38 guns.
The Orenburg
portion is approximately 7,600 bayonets, 12,600 sabres, 270 MGs and 50 guns.
These
numbers are for actual men with rifles or sabres actively fighting in
the formation. As such they grossly underestimate the actual strength
of the army – for example even front-line gunners in the artillery
units are excluded.
