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The '''Northwestern Army''' was a [[White movement|White]] Army that operated in the [[Pskov Governorate]], [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]] during the [[Russian Civil War]] from 1919 to 1920. |
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#REDIRECT [[Regional Government of Northwest Russia]] |
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==History== |
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The origin of the Northwest Army was the plan to create an army by a group of ultra-reactionary Petrograd officers in the summer of 1918, in the territory controlled by Germany and with German support to confront the Bolsheviks.By October 10, 1918, a force of some 6,000 troops was created in the city of Pskov, which was called the '''Northern Corps'''. A quarter of them were officers of the former Tsarist army, and the rest was made up of local recruits, escaped Petrograd officers and prisoners of war released by the the Germans. |
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The military supplies promised by the Germans didn't materialize and the ''Northern Corps'' had to retreat abruptly into Estonia at the end of November. The Estonian Government, faced with a Bolshevik advance, accepted to take the White force into its territory and supply it, in exchange for passing under its control, and this despite the ideological difference between the independence fighters of Tallin and the Russian ultranationalists. |
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Togethet with the Finnish counterrevolutionary forces of [[Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim|Mannerheim]], the Estonians and the Northern Corps were able to stop the advance of the Bolshevik forces and to launch a counteroffensive in which they took [[Pskov]] and [[Yamburg]] in May 1919. |
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The White administration of the newly conquered territories was disastrous, as Rodzianko's subordinates unleashed a wave of terror against suspected Bolsheviks and against the Jewish population in general. |
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== Petrograd Campaign == |
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==Strength== |
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* 17,500 (July 1919) |
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* 18,500 (October 1919) |
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* 15,000 (November 1919) |
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== Commanders == |
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* [[Alexander Rodzyanko]] (19.06.1919 — 02.10.1919) |
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* [[Nikolai Yudenich]] (02.10.1919 — 28.11.1919) |
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* [[Peter Vladimir von Glasenapp]] (28.11.1919 — 22.01.1920) |
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== Source == |
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* {{Translation/Ref|es|Ejército del Noroeste (Rusia)}} |
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== External links == |
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{{Clear}} |
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{{White Armies and White Fleets of the Russian Civil War}} |
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[[Category:Military units and formations of White Russia (Russian Civil War)]] |
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[[Category:Russian Civil War]] |
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Revision as of 10:58, 17 March 2018
The Northwestern Army was a White Army that operated in the Pskov Governorate, Estonia and Latvia during the Russian Civil War from 1919 to 1920.
History
The origin of the Northwest Army was the plan to create an army by a group of ultra-reactionary Petrograd officers in the summer of 1918, in the territory controlled by Germany and with German support to confront the Bolsheviks.By October 10, 1918, a force of some 6,000 troops was created in the city of Pskov, which was called the Northern Corps. A quarter of them were officers of the former Tsarist army, and the rest was made up of local recruits, escaped Petrograd officers and prisoners of war released by the the Germans.
The military supplies promised by the Germans didn't materialize and the Northern Corps had to retreat abruptly into Estonia at the end of November. The Estonian Government, faced with a Bolshevik advance, accepted to take the White force into its territory and supply it, in exchange for passing under its control, and this despite the ideological difference between the independence fighters of Tallin and the Russian ultranationalists.
Togethet with the Finnish counterrevolutionary forces of Mannerheim, the Estonians and the Northern Corps were able to stop the advance of the Bolshevik forces and to launch a counteroffensive in which they took Pskov and Yamburg in May 1919.
The White administration of the newly conquered territories was disastrous, as Rodzianko's subordinates unleashed a wave of terror against suspected Bolsheviks and against the Jewish population in general.
Petrograd Campaign
Strength
- 17,500 (July 1919)
- 18,500 (October 1919)
- 15,000 (November 1919)
Commanders
- Alexander Rodzyanko (19.06.1919 — 02.10.1919)
- Nikolai Yudenich (02.10.1919 — 28.11.1919)
- Peter Vladimir von Glasenapp (28.11.1919 — 22.01.1920)