1st Donetsk Corps

The 1st Donetsk Corps was a military formation of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine, it was created on 1 September 1919 and existed until 1920.

1st Donetsk Corps
1-й Донецкий корпус
Soldiers of the 42nd Nagai Regiment. Middle row: 2nd from left - commander G.Z.Golik, 3rd from left - politician A.D. Levanisov
Active1 September 1919–11 January 1920
Country Ukraine
Allegiance Makhnovshchina
Branch Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine
TypePartisan corps
Size15,000
Garrison/HQDonetsk
Equipment15,500 bayonets,
3,650 sabers,
144 machine guns,
16 cannons.
EngagementsUkrainian War of Independence:
Commanders
1st Donetsk CorpsTimofey Lashkevich
1st BrigadeAlexander Kalashnikov
2nd BrigadeTrofim Yakovlevich Vdovichenko
3rd BrigadePetro Havrylenko
4th BrigadeMikhail Uralov
1st Cavalry BrigadeFedir Shchus
CounterintelligenceLev Zadov
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