Soviet Forces in the Tauridia
16 October 1920
These are the Soviet forces initially facing Wrangel in the Crimea when he broke out.
XIII Army
Commander – I.P. Uborevich
RevKom – Yu. Yu. Mezhin, N. I. Gorbunov,
Chief of Staff – F. P. Tokarev
Taganrong Area Forces Group
| |
Bayonets |
Sabres |
| Fedotov Detachment |
1,000 |
850 |
| Naval Expeditionary Division |
3,000 |
300 |
| 2nd Don Rifle Division |
4,000 |
600 |
| Total |
8,000 |
2,000 |
Forces Group of the 9th Rifle Division
| |
Bayonets |
Sabres |
| 9th Rifle Division |
2,000 |
400 |
| Makhno Detachment |
1,200 |
800 |
| 125th and 126th Brigades, 42th Rifle Division |
500 |
150 |
| 5th Kuban Cavalry Division |
|
2,000 |
| 1st Cavalry Division |
|
1,500 |
| 9th Cavalry Division |
|
800 |
| Total |
4,000 |
5500 |
Nikopol' Forces Group / 2nd Horse Army
| |
Bayonets |
Sabres |
| 2nd Cavalry Division |
|
2,500 |
| 16th Cavalry Division |
|
2,400 |
| 21st Cavalry Division |
|
2,400 |
| Special Brigade |
|
1,200 |
| 69th Brigade, 23rd Rifle Division |
400 |
300 |
| 3rd Rifle Division |
1,200 |
100 |
| 46th Rifle Division |
3,000 |
300 |
| Parts of the 13th Rifle Division |
2,000 |
|
| 52nd Rifle Division |
4,000 |
300 |
| Total |
10,500 |
9,500 |
Kakhovka Forces Group
| |
Bayonets |
Sabres |
| 15th Rifle Division |
5,000 |
600 |
| Latvian Rifle Division |
4,500 |
400 |
| 51st Rifle Division |
6,000 |
200 |
| 1st Shock Brigade |
3,200 |
400 |
| Joffe Division |
|
1,000 |
| 1st Rifle Division |
3,600 |
200 |
| 2nd Independent Brigade |
200 |
100 |
| Total |
22,500 |
3,000 |
1st Cavalry Army
| |
Bayonets |
Sabres |
| 4th Cavalry Division |
|
|
| 6th Cavalry Division |
|
|
| 11th Cavalry Division |
|
|
| 14th Cavalry Division |
|
|
| Total |
about 6,000 |
|
Reserve Group (Pavlograd-Aleksandrovsk area)
| |
Bayonets |
Sabres |
| 124th Brigade, 42nd Rifle Division |
350 |
|
| Kursant Brigade |
1,000 |
100 |
| 85th Brigade, 29th Rifle Division |
1,000 |
|
| 3rd International Regiment |
3,650 |
400 |
| Total |
6,000 |
500 |
Forces continued to reinforce the Southern Front, with half a dozen Rifle Divisions and a couple of Cavalry divisions on the way even as this orbat was being made.
