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Anton Denikin | |
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Антон Деникин | |
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of South Russia | |
In office 8 January 1919 – 4 April 1920 | |
Preceded by | Office established |
Succeeded by | Pyotr Wrangel |
Personal details | |
Born | Vlotslavek, Warsaw Governorate, Vistula Land, Imperial Russia (now Włocławek, Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) | 16 December 1872
Died | 7 August 1947 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States | (aged 74)
Spouse | Xenia Chizh |
Relations | Marina Denikina (daughter) |
Awards | See below |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Imperial Russia (1890–1917) White Movement in Southern Russia (1917–1920) |
Branch/service | Imperial Russian Army White Army |
Years of service | 1890–1920 |
Rank | Lieutenant general |
Battles/wars | |
Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Russian: Антон Иванович Деникин, IPA: [ɐnˈton ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ dʲɪˈnʲikʲɪn]; 16 December [O.S. 4 December] 1872 – 7 August 1947) was a Russian military leader who served as the acting supreme ruler of the Russian State and the commander-in-chief of the armed forces of South Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1917–1923. Previously, he was a general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I.
His forces' implementation of the White Terror was known for pogroms.[1]