Features of military construction in the White South(on the example of the Troops of the Novorossia Regionof the Armed Forces of the South of Russia)

The article examines the practice of military construction within the Armed Forces of the South of Russia - in the troops of the Novorossiysk region of General N.N. Shilling in the second half of 1919 - early 1920. The characteristic of the Novorossiysk region from the point of view of the composition of the population is given. An outline of attempts to deploy large infantry formations based on the personnel of the old Russian army is proposed. The conclusion is made about the reasons for the failures of these efforts. The behavior of the population of Novorossiya and partly of the Right-Bank Ukraine was assessed and it was concluded that the main available resources of the white command were military corporations and a number of national minorities, primarily colonists. In the absence of active support of the white power from the majority of the Russian-Ukrainian population, the white command could not create stable and numerous formations, although the white troops showed good results practically until the end of the struggle.

russia, civil war, White Movement, Novorossiya region, military construction