Volunteer Army

This article is about the anti-Bolshevik army of 1918-1920. For the British Volunteer Army, see Volunteer Force (Great Britain). For the Chinese army in the Korean War, see People's Volunteer Army. For voluntary military service, see Volunteer military.
Volunteer Army
Добровольческая армия
(pre-1918 Russian) Добровольческая армія
Insignia
ActiveNovember 1917 – March 1920
AllegianceRussia VSYuR
BranchArmed Forces of South Russia (from 8 January 1919)
Size3,000 (December 1917)
3,348 (February 1918)
8,500–9,000 (June 1918)
40,000 (June 1919)
5,000 (March 1920)
Nickname(s)The Drozdovsky Regiment
EngagementsRussian Civil War
Commanders
Notable
commanders		Mikhail Drozdovsky †
Anton Denikin
Pyotr Vrangel
Mikhail Alekseyev
Lavr Kornilov †
Vladimir May-Mayevsky
Alexander Kutepov
"Why aren't you in the army?" Volunteer Army recruitment poster during the Russian Civil War.

The Volunteer Army (Russian: Добровольческая армия, romanized: Dobrovolcheskaya armiya) (pre-1918 Russian: Добровольческая армія), abbreviated to Добрармия, Dobrarmiya (pre-1918 Russian: Добрармія)[1] was a White Army active in South Russia during the Russian Civil War from 1917 to 1920. The Volunteer Army fought against Bolsheviks and the Makhnovists on the Southern Front and the Ukrainian War of Independence. On 8 January 1919, it was made part of the Armed Forces of South Russia, becoming the largest force of the White movement until it was merged with the Army of Wrangel in March 1920.

  1. ^ Glossary of Russian Abbreviations and Acronyms. Washington: Washington, Library of Congress; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1967. p. 221. LCCN 68-60006.