South Russia (1919–1920)
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South Russia / South of Russia Юг России | |||||||||||||
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| 1919–1920 | |||||||||||||
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| Common languages | Russian, Ukrainian | ||||||||||||
| Religion | Orthodox Christianity | ||||||||||||
| Government | Military dictatorship Quasi-state | ||||||||||||
| Commander-in-Chief | |||||||||||||
• 8 Jan 1919–4 April 1920 | Anton Denikin | ||||||||||||
• 4 April–21 November 1920 | Pyotr Wrangel | ||||||||||||
| Historical era | Russian Civil War | ||||||||||||
• Established | 8 January 1919 | ||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 22 November 1920 | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Ruble | ||||||||||||
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South Russia or South of Russia (Russian: Юг Росси́и, romanized: Yug Rossii), also known as White South (Russian: Белый Юг, romanized: Bely Yug) was a short-lived military quasi-state that existed in Eastern Europe during the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War from 1919 to 1920.
South Russia was established on 8 January 1919 by the
civil government with the General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia serving as the legislative body. Less than a month later, the Whites were forced to evacuate from Novorossiysk, the Armed Forces of South Russia and the South Russian Government were dissolved. Denikin resigned and delegated power to General Pyotr Wrangel, who established the new Government of South Russia in Sevastopol and the new Russian Army, commonly known as the Army of Wrangel
in April.
During mid-1920, South Russia's territory had receded to the White stronghold on Crimea, a highly defensible location that had repelled several Red offensives. The Whites were defeated at the
Soviet Russia, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and the territory controlled by the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine of Nestor Makhno
.
In
Soviet historiography, South Russia was called the White South or White South of Russia, in reference to the concept of the White Army
.
References
- ISBN 5-88735-045-8.
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