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These tables are from Kakurin and Melikov's "War against the White Poles".

I have included only those tables that refer to the composition of Red Army units (there are some detailed lists of Polish units and placements), and have not included the tables of reinforcements.

The version I have (AST, Moscow, 2002) includes a fair number of errors, which I have tried to fix when I can. Some of the footnotes are very unclear however.

Throughout:

"Trains" means fully armoured trains. "A/D" is armoured detachments. "A/C" is armoured cars.

"RD", "RB" and "RR" are Rifle Divisions, Brigades and Regiments. "CD", "CB" and "CR" the Cavalry equivalents.

Southwestern Front on 20 March 1920.

Bayonets Sabres MGs 3" 4.2" 4.8" 6"  Trains A/D A/C  Planes Horses Men
12th Army
44th RD 4186 71 259 36 - - 4 2 1 - 4 3515 9855
47th RD + 139th RB 3344 124 110 28 - - - 6 - - - 1475 7171
58th RD 1139 - 102 10 2 - 1 1 - - - 1216 4237
45th RD 3185 - 179 32 - 2 - 1 - - - 2684 4815
7th RD (– 21st RB) 1757 170 62 16 - - - - - - - 1441 6915
17th CD 120 1298 77 9 - - - - - - - 2169 2620
Total 13731 1663 789 131 2 2 5 10 1 - 4 12500 38613
 
14th Army
41st RD (– 121st RB) 2142 204 117 22 2 2 2 - - - - 1802 5173
50th RD 2448 - 163 31 - 2 - - - - - 2305 6264
Total 4590 204 280 53 2 2 2 9 3 1 18 4107 11437
 
3rd Army
Total 5930 2450 516 97 8 13 2 5 2 - 13 18107 32797
  The 21st RB and 121st RB were on assignment in the rear/interior

Note: the 3rd Army was not broken down by division in the original.

 

Western Front 1 April 1920

  Bayonets Sabres Eaters MGs Guns Horses
15th Army
48th RD + added detachments 5542 215 10852 148 26 2426
11th RD + 164th RB, 55th RD 7902 159 17321 232 51 3076
53rd RD + 15th RB, 5th RD 8353 582 16421 177 24 3477
4th RD + 9th Uralsk and part of 8th Uralsk RRs 7309 381 14596 133 30 3095
56th RD 4687 - 9112 89 31 788
 
16th Army
8th RD + units of the 497th and 499th RR - - - - - -
Model March. Battalion, Composite Battalion, Rogachsvsky Punitive Battalion, Partisan Detachment, Blocking Detachment, Red Communist Detachment, Compositve Platoon Light Artillery Dvizion, Armoured Trains, 32nd, 33rd, 44th Aviation Detachments, 25th Airborne Detachment (Balloons?) - - - - - -
1st, 10th, 25th Armour Detachments, Armoured Trains No. 36, 85 7229 365 15785 203 42 2544
17th RD + parts 202th RR, Blocking Detachment, 18th Aviation Detachment 2565 284 9542 112 30 2523
57th RD + parts 421st RR, Blocking Detachment and Armored Trains No. 33 and 101 2028 92 5709 115 27 1255
10th RD + Blocking Detachment, Armoured Train No. 17, Landing Detachment Armoured Train No. 43 4573 109 12050 143 31 1498
29th RD 7837 202 10471 88 88 1407
 
Under Front Command
Heavy Divizion TAON (3 batteries of 6" guns)         6  
Engineering Units, Mine-Explosive Divizion, 5th Pontoon Battalion, Radio Station No. 12, Radio Receiving Station, 2nd Auto Radio Station, 4th Aviation Divizion, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th Fighter Aviation Detachments, 13th (Transport?) Aviation Detachment, 48th Air Squadron.            
 
Front Reserve
15th CD (85-90th CRs, 1st and 2nd Horse Batteries) 766 1631 4113 20 8 3205
 
Front Total 58791 4020 28371 1567 328 25656
  + 7 A/Cs, 7 Trains and 4 Balloons.

Note: the numbers shown against "1st, 10th, 25th Armour etc" are like that in the original. Presumbably, however, those Total refer to the 8th RD, with attached units.

 

Western Front on 15 April 1920

  Infantry Cavalry Soldiers MGs Guns
15th Army
4th RD 4955 215 6120 151 26
11tth RD 7520 150 9814 238 49
53rd RD 7039 256 7947 132 18
48th RD 8746 370 10246 172 29
56th RD 4703 - 5528 96 31
Other units 959 - 1074 - -
Total 15 Army 33922 991 40247 779 153
 
16th Army
8th RD 6473 311 8164 211 41
17th RD 4638 335 5969 108 28
10th RD 4897 108 6466 145 36
57th RD 2208 86 2988 115 25
29th RD 13543 621 14945 137 32
Other Units - - - - -
Total 16th Army 31759 1461 38530 756 195
 
15th CD (Army Reserve) 690 1861 2594 39 8
Total for Front 66371 4313 81371 1584 356

 

Southwestern Front on 29 April 1920

  Bayonets Sabres MGs 3" 4.2" 4.8" 6"  Trains A/D A/C Planes Horses People
12th Army
7th RD (– 21st RB) 1156 82 56 13 - - - 3 - - 3 1598 5738
44th RD + 1st Galician Brigade 4791 174 336 40 2 2 6 1 1 - - 5021 14524
58th RD 855 - 93 10 2 - 1 - - - - 1231 4475
47th RD (– 139th RB and 421st RR) 892 72 55 16 - 4 - - - - - 1113 3224
2nd Galician Brigade (disarmed) 815 216 78 21 - - 4 - - - - 1779 3727
17th Caucasian Div + 3rd CB - 1044 110 13 - - - - 2 - - 1864 2652
Total 8509 1588 728 113 4 6 11 4 3 - 3 12606 34340
 
14th Army
41st RD 2098 355 227 30 3 3 3 - - - - 1914 7517
60th RD 1355 - 108 29 - 2 - - .- - - 2208 5399
45th RD 1413 - 166 24 - 2 2 4 - - - 2735 7074
1st Ind. CB - 336 3 4 - - - - -   - 611 703
Total 4866 691 504 87 3 7 5 4 - - 21 7468 206393
  This Army also included the 3rd Galician Brigade.
 
13th Army This army was not yet at the Polish front.
3rd RD 987 394 61 14 2 4 1974 5058
Western CB 820 8 6 73 1325
46th RD 1196 176 136 20 5
52nd RD 2976 252 110 36 6 2935 11423
Latvian RD 1509 133 162 24 4 3 4815 8749
124 RB, 29th RD 662 280 70 8 2 4 2 1 1816 3391
85th RB, 29th RD 1396 68 51 1 1 881 3525
8th CD 1224 53 8 2887 2565
13th CB 692 21 12 1476 1553
Total 9546 3219 627 128 6 9 12 7 2 1 14 16875 37589
 
Front Reserve
63rd RB, 21 RD 1540 - 29 - - - - - - - - - -

Note: the 13th Armies subtotals are not in Kakurin and Melikov. They were obtained from the original document.

 

Western Front on 1 May 1920

  Infantry Cavalry Soldiers MGs Guns
15th Army
48th RD + attachments 5047 204 6203 149 26
11th RD + attachments 5485 152 6638 132 29
53rd RD + attachments 6997 229 7837 143 22
4th RD + attachments 8440 351 10049 150 28
Reserve          
164th RB, 55th RD 2093 - 2401 90 15
56th RD + attachments 4324 - 5162 88 32
6th RD + attachments 5108 - 5770 143 27
29th RD + attachments 12379 876 14218 187 35
15th CD 339 1813 2573 39 8
Directly under Army 964 - 1058 68 17
Total at the Front 51167 3625 61909 1187 239
 
In transit          
21st RD 6000 - 8000 112 16
18th RD 6981 91 7410 163 32
160th RB, 54th RD 2420 45 3000 38 8
Total for 16th Army 66577 3761 80319 1500 295
 
15th Army
8th RD 6481 238 8187 284 45
10th RD 5609 157 6934 132 29
57th RD 1610 91 2134 96 17
139th RB, 47th RD 339 - 386 24 6
Total at the Front 14039 486 17641 536 97
Reserve          
17th RD 4917 328 6186 124 28
72nd RB, 24th RD 1669 - 1991 65 8
Directly under Army - - 1509 65 58
Total in Reserve 6586 328 2686 254 91
 
In transit          
CB of 10th CD - 1413 1413 12  
Total of 16th Army 20625 2227 28740 802 188
 
Front Total 71801 5852 89236 1989 427
with those in transit 20872 5988 109059 2302 483

The totals for the table are as published. Some are clearly incorrect or include attached units.

 

SouthWestern Front on 5 May 1920

  Bayonets Sabres MGs 3" 4.2" 4.8" 6"  Trains A/D A/C  Planes Horses Men
12th Army
7th RD (– 21st RB) 1156 82 56 13 - - - - - - - 1598 5738
58th RD 855 - 93 6 2 - 1 - - - - 1231 4475
47th RD 500 72 52 - - - - - - - - 1113 3224
17th CD (– 3rd CB) - 739 82 11 - - - - - - - 1204 1759
Total 12th Army 2511 839 256 30 2 - 1 5 3 - - 5146 15196
  The 47th RD was split between 7th and 58th RDs. Its artillery had been lost.
 
14th Army
41st RD 1067 200 105 12 1 2 2 - - - - 989 3587
44th RD (– 2nd Moscow Brigade VOKhR) 2729 84 233 24 - 2 4 - - - - 4337 9659
45th RD 1300 - 178 24 2 2 - - - - - 2735 7200
60th RD 1377 35 123 25 - 2 - - - - - 2314 5174
3rd CB, 17th CD   316 16 2 - - - - - - - 640 715
1st Ind. CB - 355 8 4 - - - - - - - 667 730
Total 14th Army 6473 990 653 91 3 8 6 13 4 1 - 11722 27065
 
13th Army This army had not yet taken positions on the Polish front.
46th CR, 3rd RD
85th RB, 29th RD
9th RB, 3rd RD
Western Cavalry Brigade, 1st Horse Army
Latvian RD
136th RB, 46th RD
124th RB, 42nd RD
52nd RD
Total 13th Army 9102 3057 594 119 4 10 8 7 6 1 7 19647 39502
  + 6 guns of other calibres
 
1st Horse Army
Special Purpose Brigade - 964 9 - - - - - - - - - -
2nd CD - 2092 44 7 - - - - - - - - -
4th CD - 3265 117 12 - - - - - - - - -
6th CD - 5051 89 12 - - - - - - - - -
9th CD - 1100 25 8 - - - - - - - - -
14th CD - 3518 59 12 - - - - - - - - -
Total for Army - 18311 373 63 - - - 4 4 1 - - -
  Gun calibres not given in the orginal.
  This army was still on the march from the Dnepr River.
 
Front Reserve
63rd RB, 21st RD 1540 - 29 - - - - - - - - - -
 
Units being transferred                              
11th RB, 23 RD 300 450 25 2 - - - - - - - - -
2nd CB, 5th CD - 434 11 - - - - - - - - - -
6th B, 2nd Turkestan Div - - - - - - - - - - - - -
15th RD - - - - - - - - - - - - -

 

SouthWestern Front 13 May 1920

  Bayonets Sabres MGs Light Guns Heavy Guns
12th Army
7th RD (– 21st RB) 1491 221 53 13 -
58th RD 1891 - 54 16 3
2nd (Bashkir) CB, 5th CD 300 303 10 - -
1st B, 17th CD   155 19 1 -
2nd B, 17th CD   244 14 1 -
Expeditionary Detachment No. 1 272 - 13 2 -
Rear Forces Group 250 - 5 - -
March Company Chernigiv Enlistment (3) 314 35 - - -
Total 12th Army 4518 958 168 33 3
  + 8 Armoured Trains, 3 Armour Detachments.
 
14th Army
41st RD 1225 432 100 16 6
44th RD + VOKhR RB + 520th and 521st RRs, 58th RD 2645 - 121 13 -
45th RD (– Starykh Group) 750 - 1 24 4
60th RD 739 - 109 25 2
63rd RB (Front Reserve) 1390 - 25 6 2
21st RB, 7th RD 341 - 19 8 -
3rd B, 17th CD (Kotovski) - 316 16 2 -
Coastal Security Units 3238 58 24 6 17
Total 14th Army 10328 806 592 100 31
  + 10 armoured trains, 4 A/C, and 4 Armour Detachments.
  Totals exclude the Starykh Group.

 

Western Front on 1 August 1920

  Infantry Cavalry Soldiers Eaters MGs Guns Horses
3rd Army
Commander Lazarevich, Chief of Staff Lisovsky
5th RD 5418 755 7248 13031 141 29 4707
6th RD 3679 - 5245 10181 119 30 1996
21st RD 4193 290 6810 12075 122 27 6095
56th RD 3059 13 4021 3316 62 24 1682
Total 3rd Army 6349 970 23324 43606 444 110 14480
 
4th Army
Commander Sergeev, Chief of Staff Shuvaev
3rd Cav Corps - 4694 4694 6295 39 12 5678
12th RD 4531 - 5534 10137 81 26 2755
18th RD 5424 220 7005 12261 119 40 2352
53th RD 1760 - 1903 3045 40 6 491
54th RD 7242 208 - - 136 32 -
143 RB, 48th RD 1840 - 2.553 3.480 - - -
164RB, 55th RD 2465 - 2.532 9.925 35 8 384
Total 4th Army 23262 5122 24298 45243 550 144 15160
 
15th Army
Commander Kork, Chief of Staff Kuk
4th RD 5841 380 8254 13711 111 29 3168
11th RD 5639 200 6628 12187 127 17 2977
16th RD 4747 - 6437 10530 132 42 5191
33rd RD 3130 - 4426 8052 139 28 4294
Total 15th Army 21294 580 27522 45782 669 128 15530
 
16th Army
Commander Sologub, Chief of Staff Batorsky
2nd RD 4500 - - 12000 99 32 -
8th RD 4777 - 6130 10979 77 26 1723
10th RD 4500 - 6765 11000 87 29 -
17th RD 6534 406 9194 14037 143 70 4726
27th RD 6590 256 7917 14513 266 32 5779
Total 16th Army 26901 662 33387 62629 672 189 12228
 
Mozyr Group
57th RD 3116 48 5264 8815 96 22 1687
Composite Detachment 1904 116 2404 2604 42 5 296
Group Total 6020 164 7658 11119 138 27 1984
 
Front Total 93826 7498 116189 146750 2573 598 59077

 

Western Front and SouthWestern Front on 1 September 1920

  Infantry Cavalry Soldiers Eaters MGs Guns Horses
3rd Army
Commander Lazarevich, Chief of Staff Lisovsky
5th RD 4244 502 5580 9369 99 23 3028
6th RD 7791 691 10439 17121 118 42 3817
21st RD 2679 166 5103 9069 44 24 3565
56th RD 3767 75 4405 6895 25 17 949
Total 3rd Army 18481 1434 25527 42424 286 106 11569
 
4th Army
Commander Shuvaev, Chief of Staff Mezheninov
57th RD 1964 - 2539 3886 44 17 705
Composite Detachment 857 - 989 1238 20 5 187
143rd RB 3003 48 3077 4485 42 8 413
2nd CB - 535 535 859 8 - 5987
2nd Ind. (ex Kuban) CB - 1039 1039 1295 4 2 1125
Total for 4th Army 6174 1522 8492 12133 123 32 3057
 
15th Army
Commander Kork, Chief of Staff Kuk
2nd RD 5471 34 6899 10010 33 30 1345
11th RD 4357 168 5412 11218 56 25 5660
16th RD 5848 362 6210 12187 113 31 5150
27th RD 5183 130 5271 10881 156 29 4391
33rd Kuban Division - 227 1034 1677 6 8 1029
Total 15th Army 21387 941 29326 48329 527 156 15629
  + 2 armoured trains.
 
16th Army
Commander Sologub, Chief of Staff Batorsky
8th RD 1855 134 3096 7798 25 .7 1903
10th RD 3896 118 5233 9754 56 19 2570
17th RD 6333 284 7933 10341 87 11 1986
48th RD 9334 281 8263 13504 100 17 1366
Total for 16th Army 21664 890 26745 48718 277 80 7805
  + 2 armoured trains, 10 aircraft, 5 balloons, 5th pontoon bn.
 
12th Army
(Acting?) Commander Kuzmin, Nashtarm Sedechev
7th RD 2999 353 4062 6912 31 16 1482
24th RD 2833 413 2914 6498 37 12 2189
25th RD 2646 188 4088 7837 110 23 2488
58th RD 1319 139 3044 - 53 2 724
Total 12th Army 9797 1094 14766 24945 387 73 7072
  + 4 armored cars, 6 armored trains, 4 aircraft, 2 balloons.
 
44th RD 3010 51 - 7293 112 20 1491
Part of 12th Army, but presumably cut off at the time. Numbers for it are as at 15 Aug.
 
1st Horse Army
Commander Budyonny, Chief of Staff Klyuev
Special Purpose CB - 1099 1099 1132 36 2 1109
4th CD 132 3028 3160 4936 98 14 5605
6th CD - 4663 - 4914 60 12 5008
11th CD 638 997 1546 2664 34 11 2827
14th CD 648 1900 2546 2713 49 12 2065
Total for 1 Horse Army 1418 11597 13628 27658 387 72 16608
  + 3 armoured trains, 4 A/C detachments.
 
Total for the Fronts 78221 17478 113491 191357 1987 459 62659

Note: Army totals may include attached units. The notes for the attached trains, automobiles etc are very unclear and some may be wrong.

 

Western Front on 15 October 1920

  Infantry Cavalry Soldiers Eaters MGs Guns Horses
3rd Army
5th RD 3310 310 3861 5296 50 12 1712
6th RD 3014 202 4122 7501 53 19 2178
33rd Kuban Division - 1394 2170 3540 28 12 1953
3rd Voronezh Brigade 1262 - 1262 2021 - - 66
Total for 3rd Army 7586 1906 11425 18358 131 43 5909
 
16th Army
8th RD 2922 169 4444 8678 60 17 1947
16th RD 3820 582 5788 9958 23 28 4253
50th RB, 17th RD 1756 - 1923 2940 12 - 430
27th RD 5583 260 7094 13007 143 26 4372
48th RD 3818 244 4657 11454 49 27 2186
Total for 16th Army 21188 996 30021 59545 450 142 15979
  + 2 armoured cars, 31 planes, 4 balloons.
 
4th Army
4th RD 2973 241 5198 7941 39 5 1505
10th RD 4129 - 6392 13132 82 24 1979
57th RD 3523 - 4576 6710 - - 1205
Total 4th Army 13526 652 22869 39004 181 63 7799
  + 6 armoured cars. Totals included attached units.
 
Front Reserve
21st RD 3041 202 5551 8309 34 16 4806
VOKhR Division 3938 232 5826 7689 66 24 1806
 
CiC's Reserve
15th Army
11th RD 3024 179 4457 10162 95 22 2866
18th RD 5058 155 7156 14952 75 34 2664
56th RD 2562 195 3467 7489 38 20 1518
Total for 15th Army 11693 529 16553 34483 234 90 7468
  Totals include attached units.
 
Total for Front 60972 4617 92235 167388 1996 378 43080