1st Donetsk Corps

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1st Donetsk Corps
1-й Донецкий корпус
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Soldiers of the 42nd Nagai Regiment. Middle row: 2nd from left - commander G.Z.Golik, 3rd from left - politician A.D. Levanisov
Active1 September 1919–11 January 1920
CountryFlag of Ukrainian People's Republic 1917.svg  Ukraine
AllegianceMakhnovskoe znamia.svg Makhnovshchina
BranchDeath to oppressors of workers.svg Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
Type Partisan corps
Size15,000
Garrison/HQ Donetsk
Equipment15,500 bayonets,
3,650 sabers,
144 machine guns,
16 cannons. [1]
Engagements Ukrainian War of Independence:
Commanders
1st Donetsk Corps Timofey Lashkevich
1st Brigade Alexander Kalashnikov
2nd Brigade Trofim Yakovlevich Vdovichenko
3rd Brigade Petro Havrylenko
4th Brigade Mikhail Uralov
1st Cavalry Brigade Fedir Shchus
Counterintelligence Lev Zadov

The 1st Donetsk Corps was a military formation of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, it was created on 1 September 1919 and existed until 1920.

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History

On 1 September 1919, a meeting of insurgents was held in Dobrovelychkivka, at which a delegate was elected from each regiment. The meeting discussed the question of the further political existence of the Makhnovshchina as an independent organism. They also discussed the issue of reorganizing the rebel regiments into a single army that would be effective in guerrilla warfare. The meeting elected a Military Revolutionary Council, as the central command of the insurgents. The insurgent regiments led by Nestor Makhno were officially named the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine (RIAU). Viktor Belash was in charge of organizing the army. Belash developed the structure of the RIAU, which consisted of four corps (three active and one reserve), each built from a number of divisions, which were in turn divided into regiments, battalions, companies and platoons. [2] Kalashnikov was appointed at the head of the 1st Donetsk corps. [3]

On 27 September 1919, the 1st corps took part in the Battle of Peregonovka, in which the RIAU won a major victory. On 28 September 1919, Makhno decided to conduct a deep raid on the Yekaterinoslav, in which the 1st corps also took part. The Insurgent Army set off on a march in three main columns for the raid. The infantry in carts and cavalry made daily marches of 80-90 versts. The left column, consisting of infantry regiments of the 1st corps, moved 320 miles along the route from Novoarkhanhelsk, to Elisavetgrad, Adjamka  [ ru ] and Kamenka, before they arrived at Yekaterinoslav. Units of the 1st corps did not delay in storming the city and changed their route. As a result, Kalashnikov's column occupied Krivoy Rog (this was part of the task of the 2nd corps), and his attack on Yekaterinoslav did not take place.

On 11 January 1920, at a meeting of commanders in Gulyaypole, it was decided to immediately disband the 1st corps to their homes. In the spring of 1920, an insurgent detachment headed by Nestor Makhno was created from the soldiers of the former 1st corps.

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