South Russian Government

Russian White movement government, 1920

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South Russian Government

Южнорусское Правительство (Russian)
Južnorusskoe Pravitel'stvo

1920

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Coat of arms

Capital| Novorossiysk
Common languages| Russian
Government| Military government
Head of government|

• 1920

| Anton Denikin
Historical era| Russian Civil War

• Bolshevik invasion of
Crimea / Fall of Second
Crimean Regional Government
White Movement Volunteer army offensive

Mar-Apr 1919

June 1919

• South Russian Government established

| March 1920

• South Russian Government dissolved

| March 30 1920

• Government of South Russia established

| April 1920

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia

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| Government of South Russia |

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Today part of|

* Russia (de facto)
Ukraine (de jure)

The South Russian Government (Russian: Южнорусское Правительство[1]) was a Russian White movement government established by Armed Forces of South Russia commander Anton Denikin in Novorossiysk, Kuban, in March 1920 during the Russian Civil War.[1]

On 27 March 1920, Denikin was forced to evacuate Novorossiysk for Crimea, which the Whites had controlled since June 1919. However, the slipshod retreat discredited Denikin and he stepped down, succeeded by General Pyotr Wrangel, who was elected new Commander-in-Chief of the White Army by military council. The South Russian Government was dissolved on 30 March in Feodosiya.[1] Wrangel set up a new Government of South Russia in Sevastopol in April.

This attempted establishment of civil government by the White authorities was a recognition that previous neglect of civil administration by the General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia had cost the Whites civilian support.[citation needed]

## See also

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* Political positions of Anton Denikin
* History of Crimea
* Russian Civil War
* Post-Russian Empire states

## References

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1. ^ a b c (in Russian) "Южнорусское правительство" Хронос: Историческая Энциклопедия. ("South Russian Government". Chronos: Historical Encyclopedia.) Retrieved 20 April 2011.