People's Army of Komuch
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The People's Army of Komuch (
Organization
In May 1918 the
Nomenclature
In Russian "Constituent Assembly" is transliterated as "Uchreditel'noe Sobranie", hence the abbreviation for the full committee in English is "Komuch").
Battles
On June, 11, Kappel's detachment stormed and captured
When the Komuch met in Samara, it was decided that the main strategic goal was to capture Saratov, but Kappel thought that Kazan was a more important target, and thus he attacked and conquered it, which was defended by a large but poorly prepared Red Army.
Kappel thought it was necessary to capitalize on the situation and advance to Moscow through Nizhny Novgorod, but the Komuch and the commanders of the Czechoslovakian troops replied that in this case there would have not been enough troops to defend Samara, Simbirsk, and Kazan. The People's Army was placed in a defensive position, and the Red Army gained time to regroup.[clarification needed]
At the beginning of September, the Red Army began to advance.
Merger
On September 23, 1918, the Komuch and the
In the fall of 1918, during the further unification of the anti-Bolshevik armed forces of the east of Russia, the People's army was abolished, and its forces transformed into the 1st Volga Corps , under command of Vladimir Kappel.
Rank insignia
OFFICERS [1] | |||||||||
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General officers | Field officers | ||||||||
General |
Lieutenant general | Major general | Colonel | Lieutenant colonel | |||||
Company officers | |||||||||
Captain | Staff Captain | Lieutenant | Second Lieutenant |
Ensign |
ENLISTED [1] | ||||||
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NCO | Men | |||||
Podpraporshchik | Feldwebel | Senior Unteroffizier | Junior Unteroffizier | Gefreiter | Private |
Sources
- ^ a b "Нарукавные знаки различия Народной Армии Комуча." Русский портал. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
- Н. Е. Какурин, И. И. Вацетис "Гражданская война. 1918-1921" (N. Ye. Kakurin, ISBN 5-89173-150-9