Admrial Kolchak's White Siberian Army
9 May 1919

Data compiled by Craig Martelle. Many thanks Craig!

Siberian Army -

The Siberian Army was formed on 26 May 1918 in Novonikolaevsk after the overthrow of the Bolshevik authority of the Temporary Siberian Government using the base staff of the Western Siberia Military District. On 13 June 1918, it was the Western Siberia Independent Army and was renamed on 27 June 1918 to the Siberian Army. The staff of the army coordinated the activity of all White Forces in Siberia and the Far East. At the beginning of June, the Army totaled 4000 men. By 18 June, there were 6047 (4332 rifles, 1215 sabers, and 500 unarmed soldiers). At the end of June, 7600 men, 19 cannons, and 30 machineguns. By the middle of July, there were 23,400 men. By 31 July, there were 6970 officers, 28,229 volunteers. By 8 August, there were more than 40,000 men (nearly 10,000 officers and the remainder were volunteers). By 20 September, 1918, the Army had called up about 166,000 men and was already larger than the Volunteer Army. The combat composition of the Army on 1 September was 60,200 men (according to other data, there were only 37,600 men, 70 cannons, and 184 machineguns), and on 1 October, there were 10,700 officers, 59,900 men, and 113,900 unarmed soldiers. The Siberian Army was renamed to the Siberian Independent Army by 24 December 1918. By the end of April, 1919, the Siberian Independent Army had approximately 40,000 soldiers (this is the combat component). By the end of Spring 1919, the Army had liberated Okhansk, Osu, Sarapul, and Izhevsk. By June, the Army had split into Northern and Southern Groups, Composite Shock Siberian and 8th Kamsk Army Corps', and the 1st Cavalry Division. In July 1919, the Army totaled 350,000 men (56,600 rifles, 3900 sabers, 600 machineguns, 164 cannons, 4 armored trains, and 9 airplanes). Commander's names are in [] brackets.

Staff of the Siberian Army
Chief of Staff            [General-Major Bogoslavskiy]

1st Immortal Shock Regiment                                         [Colonel Vlasov]
General Brigade of the Siberian Army Forming
King of the Serbs Partisan Detachment                            [Voevoda (Governor) Voskar]
Jaeger Company                                                             [Ensign Latynin]
Independent Security Company of the Army Staff            [Staff-Captain Zakharov]
River Combat Flotilla                                                      [Counter-Admiral Smirnov]
Independent Sapper Company                                        [Lieutenant Urusov]
3rd Battalion of the Railroad Security Detachment            [Lt. Colonel Paritskiy]
3rd Transportation Battalion                                            [Colonel Lebedev]
4th Railroad Battalion
7th Battalion of the Railroad Security Detachment            [Lt. Colonel Papin]
8th Battalion of the Railroad Security Detachment            [Lt. Colonel Nenashev]
10th Battalion of the Railroad Security Detachment
1st Independent Division of Armored Trains                    [Junior Lieutenant Shcherbakov]
Personal Convoy of the Army Command                        [Cavalry Captain (Rotmistr) Time]

1st Cavalry Division (Army Asset)
Division Commander   [General-Lieutenant Milovich]
Chief of Staff                [Colonel Semenov]

Kazan' Dragoon Regiment Forces                     [Master Sergeant Vasil'ev]
Tomsk Hussar Regiment                                   [Colonel Klein]
Ekaterinburg Lancer Regiment                          [Cavalry Captain (Rotmistr) Molostvov]
Simbirskiy Lancer Regiment                              [Colonel Oshanin]
1st Light Horse Artillery Division                       [ Lt. Colonel Khaliletskiy]
School for preparing Siberian Army Ensigns     [Colonel Dybov]

8th Kamskiy Army Corps
Commander [General Lt. Panov]
Chief of the Corps Staff [Lt. Colonel Kononov]

15th Votkinsk Rifle Division
Division Commander        [Colonel Al'bokrinov]
Chief of Staff                    [Cavalry Captain (Rotmistr) von Bach]

57th Votkinsk Rifle Regiment of the 17 August Factory               [Colonel Vol'skiy]
58th Saigatskiy Rifle Regiment in the name of Czechoslovakia    [Colonel Crier]
59th Osinskiy Rifle Regiment in the name of Minin and Pozhar    [Lieutenant Zhulanov]
60th Votkinsk Rifle Regiment in the name of the Unity Powers    [Colonel Otmar-Shtein]

16th Sarapul' Rifle Division
Division Commander [unknown]
Chief of Staff              [unknown]

1st Sarapul' Rifle Regiment (Forming)
2nd Kazan Rifle Regiment           [Lt. Colonel Ivanov]
3rd Laishevo Rifle Regiment       [Lt. Colonel Zaalov]
4th Chistopol' Rifle Regiment      [Lt. Colonel Rodzevich]

8th Kamskiy Army Corp Independent Assets

Frontline Brigades
15th Frontline Regiment
16th Frontline Regiment

Cavalry
Votkinsk Horse Division

Artillery
15th Light Artillery Battery     [Lieutenant Kurbalovskiy]
16th Light Artillery Battery     [Colonel Berens]

Engineering Units
15th Sapper Battalion
16th Engineering Division

Composite Shock Corps
Corps Commander     [Colonel Stepanov]
Chief of Staff               [Colonel Rybaltovskiy]

1st Shock Division
Division Commander Col Labuntsev

1st Siberian Shock Regiment
2nd Siberian Shock Regiment
3rd Siberian Shock Regiment

2nd Shock Division
Division Commander Col Boronov

5th Siberian Shock Regiment
6th Siberian Shock Regiment
7th Siberian Shock Regiment

Composite Shock Corp Assets

Cavalry
Independent Hussar Shock Division   [Lt. Colonel Matveev]

Artillery
1st Light Artillery Shock Battery
2nd Light Artillery Shock Battery

Engineering Units
1st Engineering Shock Division
2nd Engineering Shock Division

Northern Group
Commander       [General Lieutenant Pepelyaev]
Chief of Staff         [General-Major Surnin]

Northern Group HQ Assets
Non-Commissioned Officer Battalion
Convoy Squadron
Independent Telegraph Company                [Staff Captain Aleksandrov]
Sapper Battalion                                         [Lt. Colonel Zverev]
Railroad Battalion
2nd Siberian Aviation Detachment Military [Flight Staff Captain Il'ich]
Air-Balloon Detachment
Independent Automobile Company                [Lieutenant Migai]
Siberian Division of Armored Trains
1st Siberian Dragoon Division                          [Rotmistr (Cavalry Captain) Yanert]
11th Orenburg Cossack Regiment                   [Colonel Sukin]
1st Siberian Spotlight Company                       [Junior Lieutenant Novozhilov]

1st Mid-Siberian Army Corps
Corps Commander  [General-Major Zenevich]
Chief of Staff           [Colonel Turbin]

1st Mid-Siberian Army Corps HQ Assets

Split-Squadron Convoy
Telegraph Company
Independent Heavy Battery Lieutenant Bushuev
Independent Long-Range Battery

1st Siberian Rifle Division
Division Commander    [General-Major Molchevskiy]
Chief of Staff                 [Lt. Colonel Shtal'berg]

1st Siberian Engineer Division                          [Staff Captain Kirenskiy]
1st Composite Siberian Artillery Battery           [Lt. Colonel Rekhov]
1st Novonikolaevsk Siberian Rifle Regiment    [Colonel Lastovskiy]
2nd Barabinsk Siberian Rifle Regiment             [Colonel Ivakin]
3rd Barnaul Siberian Rifle Regiment                 [Colonel Yurmanov]
4th Yenisey Siberian Rifle Regiment                  [Lt. Colonel Zhuravlev]
1st Siberian Jaeger Regiment                            [Staff Captain Borzetsov]

2nd Siberian Rifle Division
Division Commander [General-Major Ukke-Ugovets]
Chief of Staff              [Colonel Ostroumov]

2nd Siberian Engineer Division
2nd Composite Artillery Battery                      [Lt. Colonel Popov]
5th Tomsk Siberian Rifle Regiment                  [General-Major Kuz'menskoy]
6th Marinskiy Siberian Rifle Regiment             [Captain Olifer]
7th Kuznets Siberian Rifle Regiment                 [Colonel Shchetkin]
8th Biysk Siberian Rifle Regiment                    [Captain Johanovich]
2nd Siberian Jaeger Regiment                         [Colonel Nikolaev]

16th Siberian Rifle Division
Division Commander   [General-Major Sharov]
Chief of Staff                [Colonel Sukharskiy]

16th Siberian Engineer Division                       [Captain Razumov]
16th Siberian Artillery Battery                         [Lt. Colonel Strizhov]
61st Perm (Siberian) Rifle Regiment                [Lt. Colonel Barmin]
62nd Cherdyn' (Siberian) Rifle Regiment        [Captain Reinhart]
63rd Dobryanka (Siberian) Rifle Regiment      [Colonol Polyakov]
64th Solikamsk (Siberian) Rifle Regiment       [Lt. Colonel Pravokhenskiy]

1st Mid-Siberian Army Corps Independant Assets

17th Independent Siberian Rifle Brigade
Brigade Commander
Chief of Staff

17th Siberian Engineer Division
17th Siberian Rifle Artillery Battery
65th Obskiy Siberian Rifle Regiment              [Lt. Colonel Serebryannikov]
66th Altay Siberian Rifle Regiment                 [Lt. Colonel Verstak]
17th Siberian Jaeger Regiment

1st Independent Siberian Assault Brigade
Brigade Commander
Chief of Staff

1st Siberian Assault Regiment
2nd Siberian Assault Regiment
1st Siberian Assault Cavalry Division
1st Siberian Assault Artillery Battery               [Lt. Colonel Strakhov]
1st Siberian Assault Engineer Division

1st Siberian Frontline Brigade
Brigade Commander LtCol Schnaperman
Chief of Staff

1st Siberian Frontline Regiment                     [Lt. Colonel Ignatyuk]
2nd Siberian Frontline Regiment                    [Captain Erokhin]
16th Siberian Frontline Regiment                   [Captain Pokrovskiy]

 

Southern Group
Group Commander [General Lieutenant Verzhbitskiy]
Chief of Staff          [Col Kruze]

3rd Steppe Army Corps
Corps Commander     [General Major Smolin]
Chief of Staff

4th Steppe Rifle Division
Division Commander
Chief of Staff

13th Omsk Siberian Rifle Regiment          [Staff Captain Budilkin]
14th Irtysh Siberian Rifle Regiment           [Lt. Colonel Dombrovskiy]
15th Kurgan Siberian Rifle Regiment       [Lt. Colonel Verzhbolovich]
16th Ishim Siberian Rifle Regiment            [Lt. Colonel Kazagrandi]

7th Steppe Rifle Division
Division Commander       [Colonel Cherkasov]
Chief of Staff                    [Captain Zuev]

25th Tobol Siberian Rifle Regiment                  [Colonel Bordzilovskiy]
26th Tyumen' Siberian Rifle Regiment
27th Verkhnoturskiy Siberian Rifle Regiment   [Captain Kurenskov]
28th Yalutorovskiy Siberian Rifle Regiment     [Capt Onushkevich]

3rd Steppe Army Corp Independent Assets

3rd Siberian Assault Brigade
Brigade Commander  [???]
5th Assault Regiment
6th Assault Regiment

Rear Cadre of the Brigade
Brigade Commander                     [???]
4th Rear Cadre Regiment              [Colonel Gede]
7th Rear Cadre Regiment              [Colonel Osipov]

Krasnoufa Frontline Brigade
Brigade Commander                      [Colonel Pankov]
1st Kungur Frontline Regiment       [Colonel Galileev]
2nd Kungur Frontline Regiment     [Lt. Colonel Parfenov]

Cavalry
17th Orenburg Cossack Regiment    [Colonel Kruchinin]
Horse Half-Squadron                        [Lieutenant Neiman]
Shtakor's Flying Detachment             [Junior Lieutenant Bandzyak]
Perm Cavalry Regiment

Artillery
4th Light Artillery Battery                    [Lt. Colonel Plotnikov]
4th Howitzer Artillery Battery              [Colonel Cherepanov]
7th Light Artillery Battery
1st Siberian Independent Heavy Battery  [Colonel Rozov]

Engineering Units
3rd Sapper Battalion                         [Lt. Colonel Popov]
3rd Siberian Aviation Detachment     [Staff Captain Faddeev]
7th Engineer Division

4th Siberian Corps
Corps Commander   [General-Major Grivin]
Chief of Staff            [Colonel Shelavin]

3rd Siberian Rifle Division
Division Commander             [???]
Chief of Staff                         [Lt. Colonel Semenov]

9th Irkutsk (Siberian) Rifle Regiment                  [Lt. Colonel Kaupin]
10th Baikal (Siberian) Rifle Regiment                 [Colonel Kukharev]
11th Nizheudinsk (Siberian) Rifle Regiment       [Captain Boyarskov]
12th Verkhneudinsk (Siberian) Rifle Regiment   [Captain Popov]

15th Siberian Rifle Division
Division Commander    [Colonel Shul'kevich]
Chief of Staff

57th Pavlodar (Siberian) Rifle Regiment
58th Akmolinsk (Celinograd) (Siberian) Rifle Regiment   [Colonel Solov'ev]
59th Sayan (Siberian) Rifle Regiment                               [Colonel Tonkoshkur]
60th Siberia (Siberian) Rifle Regiment                              [Lt. Colonel Golovanenko]

4th Siberian Corp Independent Assets

Zlatoust'-Krasnoufa Brigade
Brigade Commander                        [???]
1st Krasnoufa Rifle Regiment          [Junior Lieutenant Borshchaninov]
2nd Kyshtim Rifle Regiment             [Staff Captain Zhuk]

Cavalry
General Tatar Squadron                  [Staff Captain Kurov]
Achinsk Cavalry Division

Artillery
3rd Light Artillery Battery                  [Staff Captain Smolyaninov]
Krasnoufa Rifle Artillery Battery
15th Siberian Light Artillery Battery

Engineering Units
3rd Siberian Engineer Division             [Staff Captain Bulygin]

Cadre Units
Frontline Cadre Brigade:
3rd Frontline Cadre Regiment
15th Frontline Cadre Regiment

 

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