ОРГАНІЗАЦІЯ ІРРЕГУЛЯРНИХ БОЙОВИХ ФОРМУВАНЬ КАТЕРИНОСЛАВЩИНИ У 1917–1921 рр.

Abstract

In the article, based on archival materials, memoirs, periodicals and legislative documents, attempts to consider features of the military organization of Bolshevik, pro-Ukrainian and anarchist irregular combat formations, that operated in the Katerinoslav region during the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921.The study found that practice of division into structural units was actively used by the local insurgent and partisan formations and was an important element in building their forces. But this division was not the same and depended on a number of factors: the forms and methods of combat operations by a particular combat formation, its number and comprehensive providing, physical and geographical features of the area, number and state of weapons of the enemy, principles that guided the leading political forces for the combat formation.The principles of organization of insurgent and partisan detachments are considered. Thus, the Bolshevik insurgent formations, represented by units of the Red Guard, were built on a decimal system. Headquarters were often created to lead several detachments. Bolsheviks partisan formations consisted of detachments. They could split into smaller units and combined into regiments or brigades. Pro-Ukrainian insurgent forces were represented by Free Cossack units. They, like the Red Guard units, were based on their structure of the decimal system, or were formed on the administrative-territorial principle. The partisan forces were detachments consisting of the main core and reserves. Atamans were at the head of the detachments. Anarchist formations were characterized by the unification of detachments of various numbers under the leadership of leaders. However, there were also attempts to build forces on the model of the regular army.