The
General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia (
Osoboye soveschaniye pri Glavkome VSYuR) was an administrative body in southern
Russia between 1918 and 1920 performing government functions in the territory controlled by the troops of the
Russian White movement's
Volunteer Army and the Armed Forces of South Russia. The predecessor to the General Command was the Political Council (Политический совет;
Političeskij sovet) established in December 1917. In 1918, due to an increasing amount of territory falling under control of the Volunteer Army, the issue of civilian administration became more consequential. On 31 August 1918, the General Command was established under General
Mikhail Vasilyevich Alekseyev. The functions of the General Command were clarified on 3 October 1918. The head of the Volunteer Army would be chairman of the General Command which would serve as an advisory body to the head. On 8 October 1918, following the death of General Alekseyev, the role of Supreme Leader was given to General
Anton Denikin. Chairmen of the command were
Abram Dragomirov (October 1918–September 1919) and
Alexander Lukomsky (September–December 1919). The General Command was abolished on 30 December 1919 by Denikin and replaced with a
Government of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of South Russia (Правительством при Главнокомандующем ВСЮР; ''Pravitel'stvom pri Glavnokomanduyushchem VSYuR'') and, in March 1920, the
South Russian Government. ==Order of Battle of the AFSR, early 1919==