Don Army
At 18 October 1919
This is pulled, unit by unit, out of Volkov's Encyclopedia.
There may be some minor units in the army, not attached formally to Corps, missing from this order of battle.
Major Units
Commander of the Army – General of Infantry V. I. Sidorin
Chief of Staff – A. K. Kel'chevskiy
1st Separate Don Corps
6th Don Division
10th Don Horse Brigade
14th Don Separate Horse Brigade
2nd Separate Don Corps
Don Composite-Partisan Division
7th Don Division
1st Composite Division
3rd Separate Don Corps
1st Don Horse Division
2nd Don Horse Division
3rd Don Horse Division
8th Don Plastoon Brigade
9th Don Plastoon Brigade
8th Don Division
2nd Don Rifle Brigade
Tul'skaya Foot Brigade
4th Separate Don Corps
9th Don Horse Division
10th Don Horse Division
3rd Kuban Corps
1st Terek Cossack Division
1st Caucasian Cossack Division
1st Separate Don Corps
Corps Commander – Maj-Gen. N. N. Alekseev
Chief of Staff – Col. P. N. Sannikov
6th Don Division
Division Commander – Maj-Gen. Donskov
Chief of Staff – Maj-Gen Rytikov
3rd Don Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander – Maj-Gen. Sutulov
Chief of Staff – Capt. Razdorov
5th Don Plastoon Regiment – 1,277 bayonets, 255 sabres, 12 MGs
6th Don Plastoon Regiment – 949 bayonets, 244 sabres, 18 MGs
15th Don Plastoon Regiment – 723 bayonets, 203 sabres, 19 MGs
Escort Sotnia – 204 sabres, 3 MGs
13th Don Light Battery – 4 guns
15th Don Light Battery – 4 guns
2nd Don Howitzer Battery – 2 howitzers
Engineer Sotnia of 10th Don Division – 128 sappers
4th Don Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col. Medvedkov
Chief of Staff – Lt-Col. Zimin
51st Don Plastoon Regiment – 558 bayonets, 140 sabres, 6 MGs
61st Don Plastoon Regiment – 677 bayonets, 185 sabres, 9 MGs
73rd Don Plastoon Regiment – 390 bayonets, 322 sabres, 8 MGs
18th Don Horse Regiment – 852 sabres, 12 MGs
Don Army Commander Special Escort Sotnia – 144 bayonets, 62 sabres, 6 MGs
Escort Sotnia – 90 sabres, 1 MG
Staff of the 6th Don Division Escort Sotnia – 195 sabres, 1 MG
41st Don Light Battery – 4 guns
50th Don Light Battery – 4 guns
10th Don Howitzer Battery – 4 howitzers
2nd Don Heavy Battery – 2 heavy guns
Engineer Sotnia of the 6th Don Division – 86 sappers
10th Don Horse Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col. Lashchenov (uncertain)
Chief of Staff – Lt-Col. Polkovnikov
16th Kaledin Horse Regiment – 333 sabres, 6 MGs
17th Nazarov Horse Regiment – 545 sabres, 5 MGs
64th Baklanov Horse Regiment – 187 sabres, 3 MGs
10th Horse Battery – 4 guns
Recently moved over from the Caucasian Army.
14th Don Separate Horse Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col. Golubintsev (Lt-Col. Korneev acting)
Chief of Staff – Lt-Col. Korneev
28th Ust-Medveditskaya Horse Regiment – 1,092 sabres, 8 MGs
29th Ust-Medveditskaya Horse Regiment – 740 sabres, 9 MGs
30th Ust-Medveditskaya Horse Regiment – 873 sabres, 9 MGs
42nd Don Horse Battery – 4 guns
Horse Sapper Sotnia – 132 sabres, 2 MGs
Units attached to the 1st Don Corps
Special Purpose Sotnia – 187 sabres, 1 MG
2nd Separate Don Corps
Corps Commander – Maj-Gen, P. I. Konavalov
Chief of Staff – V. A. Shipyaev
Don Composite-Partisan Division
Division Commander – Col. Neymirok
Chief of Staff – Capt. Yasevich
1st Don Partisan Brigade
Brigade Commander –
1st Semiletovskiy Detachment – 111 bayonets, 65 sabres, 5 MGs
2nd Chernetsovskiy Detachment – 71 bayonets, 122 sabres, 6 MGs
3rd Dudakovskiy Detachment – 248 bayonets, 286 sabres, 15 MGs
Bicycle Sotnia – 31 bayonets
Don Partisan Artillery Divizion – 7 guns
2nd Don Separate Volunteer Brigade
Brigade Commander –
Chief of Staff – Capt. Sergeev
1st Foot Regiment – 734 bayonets, 10 MGs
2nd Foot Regiment – 760 bayonets, 57 sabres, 13 MGs
Composite Horse Divizion – 262 sabres, 2 MGs
Composite Battery – 4 guns
Engineer Company – 59 men
3rd Don Separate Volunteer Brigade
Brigade Commander –
Chief of Staff – Lt-Col. Filimonov
Boguchar Separate Battalion – 309 bayonets, 65 sabres, 39 MGs
Stavropol' Separate Battalion – 179 bayonets, 43 sabres, 9 MGs
Voronezh Separate Battalion – 163 bayonets, 9 MGs
Composite Horse Divizion – 90 sabres, 3 MGs
Boguchar Artillery Divizion – 8 guns
4th Don Horse Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col. Avchinnikov
Chief of Staff – Staff Captain Khokhlachev
19th Yelan' Horse Regiment – 620 sabres, 11 MGs
20th Veshenskaya Horse Regiment – 858 sabres, 11 MGs
24th Kalinov Horse Regiment – 815 sabres, 7 MGs
4th Don Horse Artillery Divizion
14th Battery – 4 guns
18th Battery – 4 guns
7th Don Division
Division Commander – Col. Savvateev
Chief of Staff – Col. Sitnikov
1st Don Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander –
Chief of Staff – Capt. Myasnikov
1st Don Plastoon Regiment – 295 bayonets, 110 sabres, 30 MGs
2nd Don Plastoon Regiment – 285 bayonets, 200 sabres, 36 MGs
Don Border Artillery Divizion – 4 guns
5th Don Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander –
21st Khoper Plastoon Regiment – 610 bayonets, 136 sabres, 9 MGs
22nd Khoper Plastoon Regiment – 357 bayonets, 178 sabres, 8 MGs
25th Khoper Plastoon Regiment – 405 bayonets, 200 sabres, 8 MGs
5th Don Light Artillery Divizion – 7 guns
5th Don Horse Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col. Sal'nikov
21st Khoper Horse Regiment – 486 sabres, 4 MGs
22nd Khoper Horse Regiment – 822 sabres, 9 MGs
23rd Khoper Horse Regiment – 120 bayonets, 733 sabres
5th Don Horse Artillery Divizion – 6 guns
6th Don Horse Brigade
Brigade Commander –Col. Pozdnushev
Chief of Staff – Col. Dolgov
25th Ermak Horse Regiment – 654 sabres, 4 MGs
26th Buzuluk Horse Regiment – 558 sabres, 4 MGs
27th Buzuluk Horse Regiment – 730 sabres, 8 MGs
6th Don Horse Artillery Divizion – 5 guns
22nd Battery
24th Battery
Units attached to the Division
4th Howitzer Battery – 1 howitzer
7th Howitzer Battery – 2 howitzers
Engineer Sotnia – 63 men
1st Composite Division
Division Commander – Maj-Gen. Savel'ev
3rd Composite Plastoon Regiment – 900 bayonets, 6 MGs
4th Composite Plastoon Regiment – 1,441 bayonets, 230 sabres, 7 MGs
1st Composite Horse Regiment – 405 sabres, 7 MGs
2nd Composite Horse Regiment – 461 sabres, 5 MGs
3rd Composite Horse Regiment – 430 Sabres, 3 MGs
22nd Don Light Battery – 4 guns
44th Don Light Battery – 1 gun
English Light Battery – 4 guns
The 4th Composite Horse Regiment and Escort Regiment were in the rear of the VA.
Units attached to the 2nd Don Corps
Don Host Engineer Sotnia – 100 men
2nd Howitzer Battery –
6th Howitzer Battery –
Armoured Cars
"Sokol" – Col. Ogon'-Doganovskiy (Fiat)
"Pecheneg" (Fiat)
3rd Separate Don Corps
Corps Commander – Lt-Gen. M. M. Ivanov
Chief of Staff – Col. A. V. Govorov
1st Don Horse Division
Division Commander – Lt-Gen. Abramov
Chief of Staff – Col. Nikitin
Life Guard Brigade
Life Guard Cossack Regiment –194 bayonets, 66 sabres, 8 MGs
Life Guard Ataman Regiment – 240 bayonets, 131 sabres, 9 MGs
2nd Brigade
3rd Kalmuck Horse Regiment – 211 bayonets, 120 sabres, 6 MGs
4th Don Cossack Regiment – 298 bayonets, 180 sabres, 8 MGs
Horse Sapper Sotnia – 203 men
1st Don Horse Artillery Divizion
1st Don Horse Battery – about 4 guns
2nd Don Horse Battery – about 4 guns
2nd Don Horse Division
Division Commander – Col. Babkin
Chief of Staff – Lt-Col. Zimin
1st Brigade
5th Don Cossack Regiment – 307 bayonets, 103 sabres, 11 MGs
6th Don Cossack Regiment – 167 bayonets, 50 sabres, 9 MGs
2nd Brigade
7th Don Cossack Regiment – 203 bayonets, 138 sabres, 18 MGs
8th Don Cossack Regiment – 264 bayonets, 80 sabres, 13 MGs
Horse Sapper Sotnia – 193 men
2nd Don Horse Artillery Divizion
3rd Don Horse Battery – 3 guns
4th Don Horse Battery – 4 guns
3rd Don Plastoon Battery – 4 howitzers
3rd Don Horse Division
Division Commander – Maj-Gen. Krivov
Chief of Staff – Lt-Col. Arvaniti
1st Brigade – Maj-Gen. E. I. Tapilin
9th Don Cossack Regiment –412 bayonets, 71 sabres
10th Don Cossack Regiment – 417 bayonets, 60 sabres, 9 MGs
2nd Brigade – Maj-Gen. V. I. Tapilin (or with 8th Don Plastoon Brigade)
11th Don Cossack Regiment – 420 bayonets, 184 sabres, 9 MGs
12th Don Cossack Regiment – 237 bayonets, 206 sabres, 8 MGs
Reserve Horse Regiment
Horse Sapper Sotnia – 170 men
3rd Don Horse Artillery Divizion
5th Don Horse Battery – 3 guns
6th Life-Guard Cossack Battery – 4 guns
8th Don Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander – Maj-Gen. V. I. Tapilin (acting?)
Chief of Staff –Col. Korenev
96th Plastoon Regiment – 830 bayonets, 82 sabres, 37 MGs
12th Kamensk Regiment – 425 bayonets, 68 sabres, 12 MGs
1st Don Plastoon Artillery Divizion – 8 guns
19th Don Battery – 4 guns
4th Battery Voronezh Corps
Engineer Sotnia
Had until shortly before been in the 5th Don Division with the 4th Don Border Brigade.
9th Don Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander – Maj-Gen. Ovchinnikov
13th Don Plastoon Regiment – 600 bayonets, 9 MGs
14th Don Plastoon Regiment – 415 bayonets, 10 MGs
Horse Sotnia of the 5th Division Staff –56 sabres, 1 MG
26th Don Light Battery – 4 guns
This seems to have recently been in the 5th Don Divison, along with the 8th Don Plastoon Brigade, above. It may be the reformed 4th Don Border Brigade.
8th Don Division
Division Commander – Lt-Gen. Guluga
Chief of Staff – Col. Oranskiy
6th Don Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col. Baydalakov
Chief of Staff – Lt-Col. Merzhanov
23rd St George Gundorovskiy Regiment – 851 bayonets, 195 sabres, 18 MGs
48th Lugansk Plastoon Regiment – 674 bayonets, 55 sabres, 16 MGs
9th Don Plastoon Regiment – 20 bayonets, 4 MGs
6th Don Light Artillery Divizion
31st Gundorovskiy Light Battery – 4 guns
36th Karginovskaya Light Battery – 3 guns
9th Don Howitzer Battery – 1 howitzer
7th Don Plastoon Brigade
Brigade Commander – Maj-Gen. Dukmasov
34th Ermak Plastoon Regiment – 243 bayonets, 32 sabres, 7 MGs
36th Ust'-Belokalitvenskaya Regiment – 181 bayonets, 8 MGs
10th Don Plastoon Regiment – 141 bayonets, 7 MGs
Engineer Sotnia – 151 men
7th Don Light Artillery Divizion
27th Meshkovskaya Light Battery – approx 2 guns
35th Don Light Battery – approx 2 guns
7th Don Horse Brigade
Brigade Commander – Maj-Gen. Starikov
33rd Verkhne-Donskoy Horse Regiment
34th Ekaterinin Horse Regiment
36th Ust'-Belokalitvenskaya Horse Regiment
30th Don Horse Battery
For some reason this brigade was not tallied in the order of battle for the Division, so may have been absent.
2nd Don Rifle Brigade
Brigade Commander – Col. Erofeev
Life-Guard Finlandski Regiment – 828 bayonets, 45 MGs
3rd Don Rifle Regiment – 825 bayonets, 46 MGs
Don Training Regiment – 530 bayonets, 130 sabres, 18 MGs
Engineer Company – 132 men
17th Don Battery – 4 guns
English Trench Battery – 7 guns
1st Don Heavy Battery – 2 guns
2nd Don Rifle Artillery Divizion – 8 guns
Tul'skaya Foot Brigade
Brigade Commander –Col. D'yakonoc
Chief of Staff – Maj-Gen. Mel'nikov
1st Tul'skaya Foot Regiment – 650 bayonets, 8 MGs
2nd Tul'skaya Foot Regiment – 448 bayonets, 8 MGs
3rd Tul'skaya Foot Regiment – 623 bayonets, 3 MGs
Engineer Company – 58 men
Artillery Divizion – 5 guns
Until recently the Tul'skaya Volunteer Infantry Division.
Attached to the 3rd Don Corps
Special Horse Sotnia – 211 sabres, 4 MGs
Artillery Platoon – 2 guns
1st Battery of Heavy Naval Artillery
2nd Battery of Heavy Naval Artillery
Light Armoured Trains
"Mityakinets" – 2 guns
"General Baklanov" – Sotnik Fetisov
"General Gusel'shchikov"
"Gundorovetz" – 2 guns
"Razdorets" – 2 guns
"Ataman Orlov" – Staff Capt. Stefanov
"Ataman Bogaevskiy"
Armoured Cars
"Ust-Medveditsa" (Austin)
"Lugano-Mityakinets" (Austin)
4th Separate Don Corps
Corps Commander – Lt-General K. K. Mamantov
Chief of Staff – Col. K.T. Kalinovskiy
9th Don Horse Division
Division Commander – Maj-Gen. Sekretev
Chief of Staff – Col. Sobolevskiy
8th Don Composite Horse Regiment – 348 sabres, 17 MGs
11th Don Composite Horse Regiment – 291 sabres, 18 MGs
12th Don Composite Horse Regiment – 385 sabres, 26 MGs
Artillery Divizion – 7 guns
These regiments had been just prior to this the 8th, 11th and 12th Don Horse Brigades, but they were particularly badly affected by desertion following Mamontov's raid of the previous months. The "composite" of their title reflects this.
10th Don Horse Division
Division Commander –Mahj-gen. Tolkushkin
Chief of Staff – Col. Vishnevskiy
9th Don Horse Brigade
Brigade Commander –Maj-Gen. Tatarkin
Chief of Staff – Lt-Col. Frolov
13th Don Horse Regiment – 369 sabres, 10 MGs
14th Don Horse Regiment – 559 sabres, 8 MGs
15th Don Horse Regiment – 588 sabres, 10 MGs
Artillery Battery – 3 guns
13th Don Horse Brigade
Brigade Commander – Maj-Gen. Popov
Chief of Staff – Esau Flerin
45th Horse Regiment – 247 sabres, 8 MGs
46th Horse Regiment – 253 sabres, 6 MGs
48th Horse Regiment – 360 sabres, 10 MGs
Artillery Battery – 4 guns
3rd Kuban Corps (or Third Horse Corps)
Corps Commander – Lt-Gen. A. G. Shkuro
Chief of Staff – Col. Tatonov
1st Terek Cossack Division
Division Commander – Maj-Gen. Kolesnikov
Brigade Commander – Col. Zemtsev
1st Volga Regiment – 625 sabres, 35 MGs
2nd Volga Regiment –
1st Mountain-Mozdok Regiment –
2nd Mountain-Mozdok Regiment –
Rifle Regiment –
1st Terek Horse Artillery Divizion
1st Horse Mountain Battery
2nd Horse Battery
3rd Horse Battery
Caucasian Cossack Division (or 1st Caucasian Horse Division)
Division Commander – Col. Maj-Gen. Gubin
Chief of Staff – Col. Shifner-Markevich
1st Brigade Commander – Col. Belomestnov
2nd Brigade Commander – Col. Bocharov
1st Khoper Kuban Cossack Host Regiment –
2nd Khoper Kuban Cossack Host Regiment –
1st Partisan Regiment of the Kuban Cossack Host –
2nd Partisan Regiment of the Kuban Cossack Host –
Rifle Regiment –
2nd Kuban Cossack Battery – 4 guns
3rd Kuban Cossack Battery – 4 guns
This portion of the division numbered some 980 bayonets, 1,341 sabres and around 80 MGs.
Also attached to the Division
Wolves Divizion – 538 sabres, 8 MGs
Separate Composite Divizion of the 4th Caucasian Brigade – 215 bayonets, 140 sabres, 8 MGs
Supernumery Partisan battery – 4 guns
1st Rifle Artillery Divizion
1st Battery – 4 guns
2nd Battery – 4 guns
Radio Station
The Composite Cavalry Regiment (Tatars and Cherkess) was added around the end of 1919.
Attached to the Don Host Army
7th tank detachment – 4 Whippet tanks
Don Aviation
4 Don Armoured Trains were with the Caucasian Army
Total Numbers
Volkov gives a total for this period of 25,834 bayonets, 24,689 sabres, 1,343 sappers, 1,077 MGs, 212 guns (183 light, 8 heavy, 7 trench and 14 howitzers), 6 airplanes, 7 armoured trains, 4 tanks and 4 armoured cars, but it should be noted that this is just the total of all the totals above: if a unit doesn't have figures given then it isn't counted for this total, so the actual count must have been somewhat higher.
Dobrynin gives the Don Army as 46,500 men, 192 guns and 939 MGs for 14 October 1919. I presume he was not counting the Kuban Corps though.
The Osprey "Armoured Units of the RCW: White and Allied" gives a lot more armoured cars. Missing from the above list is Ataman Kaledin, Steregushchi, Colonel Bezmolitvenni (Garford?), Partisan (Austin), Cossack (Austin), Spolokh (Lanchester) and Ust-Belokalitynets (Austin).