South Russian Government

South Russian Government
Южнорусское Правительство Južnorusskoe Pravitel'stvo
1920
Flag Coat of arms
Capital		Novorossiysk
Languages		Russian
Government		Martial law
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 1920
•	Government of South Russia established	April 1920
Preceded by Succeeded by General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia Government of South Russia
Today part of		Russia Ukraine Mold. Georgia Armen. Azerb.

The South Russian Government (Russian: Южнорусское Правительство) 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.

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. 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.

See also

• History of Crimea
• Russian Civil War
• Post-Russian Empire states