Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926

Appendix 2: Anti-Bolshevik Governing Institutions

Anti-Bolshevik Governments of the Volga, Urals, and Siberia, 1918

The Provisional Government of Autonomous Siberia (Tomsk, 26 January 1918; later Vladivostok)

Chair: P. Ia Derber

Members: I. A. Iakushev; I. S. Iudin; E. E. Kolosov; A. A. Krakovetskii; V. M. Krutovskii; S. A. Kudriatsev; S. Maren-Zavinskii; I. A. Mikhailov; V. I. Moravskii; A. E. Novoselov; G. Neumetulov; G. B. Patushinskii; A. Petrov; I. I. Serebrennikov; M. B. Shatilov; A. I. Sulim; I. Tarasov; V. Tiber-Petrov; A. Trutnev; L. A. Ustrugov; P. V. Vologodskii; E. Zakharov; N. Zhernakov

Western Siberian Commissariat (Novonikolaevsk: 26 May 1918; moved to Tomsk: 1 June 1918)

Commissars: M. E. Lindberg; B. O. Markov; P. M. Mikhailov; V. I. Sidorov

Head of Military Affairs: A. N. Grishin-Almazov

Business Cabinet: Chair: V. V. Sapozhnikov; Justice: A. P. Morozov; Trade and Industry: P. P. Gudkov; Foreign Affairs: M. P. Golovachev; Agriculture: N. I. Petrov; Supply: N. S. Zefirov; Labor: I. I. Shumilovskii; Education: V. V. Sapozhnikov; Administrative Secretary: G. K. Guins

Komuch (Samara, 8 June 1918)

Revolutionary Center: V. K. Vol′skii (Chairman); I. M. Brushvit; B. K. Fortunatov; P. D. Klimushkin; I. P. Nesterov

Members: V. S Abramov; M. G. Akhmerov; V. I. Almazov; T. V. Barantsev; P. G. Belozerov; Ia. A. Bogoslov; K. S. Burevoi; K. S. Burov; A. S. Vylinkin; M. Ia Gendel′man; A. A. Devizorov; A. I. Dutov; K. A. Evdokimov; N. V. Zdobnov; V. M. Zenzinov; D. I. Inyrev; E. E. Kolosov; G. N. Kondratenkov; D. P. Kotel′nikov; A. I. Krivoshchekov; M. A. Krol′; E. E. Lazerev; M. Ia. Lindberg; N. M. Liubimov; B. D. Markov; P. G. Maslov; V. A. Matushkin; A. A. Minin; P. Ia. Mikhailov; A. F. Mukhin; I. P. Nestorov; S. N. Nikolaev; M. F. Omel′kov; V. V. Podvitskii; K. T. Pochekuev; D. F. Rakov; E. F. Rogovskii; F. F. Semenov; P. S. Sukhanov; G. Teregulov; F. N. Tukhvatulin; V. N. Filippovskii; V. A. Filatov; G. -A. Fakhretdinov; B. K. Fortunatov; A. I. Shaposhnikov; M. B. Shatilov; S. N. Shendrikov; N. A. Shmelev

Provisional Siberian Government (Omsk, 1 July 1918)

The Council of Five: V. M. Krutovskii; I. A. Mikhailov; G. B. Patushinskii; M. B. Shatilov; P. V. Vologodskii

Council of Ministers: Foreign Affairs: P. V. Vologodskii; Naval Affairs: M. B. Shatilov; War: A. N. Grishin-Almazov; Interior: G. B. Patushinskii; Justice: A. P. Morozov; Finance: I. A. Mikhailov

Administrative Council: Trade: P. P. Gudkov; Foreign Affairs: M. P. Golovachev; Agriculture: N. I. Petrov; Ways and Communications: A. A. Stepanenko; Supply: I. I. Serebrennikov; Food: N. S. Zefirov; Labor: L. I. Shumilovskii; Education: V. V. Sapozhnikov; Administrative Secretary: G. K. Guins

Provisional Oblast’ Government of the Urals (13 August 1918)

Chairman: P. V. Ivanov

Deputy Chairman: L. A. Krol′

Heads of Department: Trade: P. V. Ivanov; Finance: L. A. Krol′; Agriculture: A. V. Pribylev; Internal Affairs: N. V. Aseikin; Education: V. M. Anastas′ev; Labor: P. B. Murashov; Justice: N. N. Glasson; Mining: A. E. Gutt

All-Russian Provisional Government (Ufa, 23 September 1918; Omsk, 8 October 1918)

The Directory: N. D. Avksent′ev; V. G. Boldyrev; V. A. Vinogradov (deputizing for N. I. Astrov); P. V. Vologodskii; V. M. Zenzinov (deputizing for N. V. Chaikovskii)

Council of Ministers: Chair: P. V. Vologodskii; Deputy Chair: V. A. Vinogradov; War and Marine: A. V. Kolchak; Interior: A. N. Gattenberger; Justice: S. S. Starynkevich; Finance: I. A. Mikhailov; State Control: G. A. Krasnov; Trade and Industry: N. N. Shchukin; Foreign Affairs: Iu. V. Kliuchnikov; Agriculture: N. I. Petrov; Ways and Communications: L. A. Ustrugov; Supply: I. I. Serebrennikov; Food: N. S. Zefirov; Labor: L. I. Shumilovskii; Education: V. V. Sapozhnikov; Administrative Secretary: G. K. Guins

Anti-Bolshevik Governments of South Russia, 1918–1920

The Special Council

The initiative to form a consultative body to advise the leader of the Volunteer Army was taken by V. V. Shul′gin in the summer of 1918, when he convinced General Alekseev to form a council to take care of governmental affairs in the conquered territories. N. N. L′vov also took part in this initiative. Initially nothing was done, but Shul′gin returned to the project at the beginning of August 1918 in collaboration with General Dragomirov. Consequently, on August 18, General Alekseev issued an order with a supplement (prilozhenie), dated 20 August, entitled “A Proclamation on the Special Council attached to Supreme Leader of the Volunteer Army” (Polozhenie ob Osobom soveshanii pri verkhovnom rukovoditele Dobrovolcheskoi armii), in which the aims of the council were described and a number of departments (11 in total) were elaborated. In this initial manifestation the Special Council consisted of the following:

Chairman: Adjutant General M. V. Alekseev

Deputies: 1st: Lieutenant-General A. I. Denikin; 2nd: Lieutenant-General A. M. Dragomirov; 3rd: Lieutenant-General A. S. Lukomskii

These figures were described as permanent members of the Special Council, together with Lieutenant-General I. P. Romanovskii and the directors (upravliaiushchie) of the 11 departments (otdely) of the Council.

The Special Council functioned in this form until 2 February 1919, when Denikin issued a new “Proclamation on the Special Council Attached to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of South Russia” (Polozhenie ob Osobom soveshchanii pri glavnokomanduiushchem Vooruzhennym Silami na Iuge Rossii). This (reformed) Council consisted of 14 departments. Its composition in July 1919 was as follows:

Chairman: Lieutenant-General A. M. Dragomirov

Chief of the Military Directorate: Lieutenant-General A. S. Lukomskii

Chief of the Naval Directorate: Rear-Admiral A. M. Gerasimov

Chief of Staff: Lieutenant-General I. P. Romanovskii

Main Chief of Supply: Lieutenant-General A. S. Sannikov

Main Chief of Military Communications: Lieutenant-General M. N. Tikhmenev

Acting Chief of Foreign Affairs: A. A. Neratov

Chief of the Directorate of Internal Affairs: N. N. Chebyshev

Chief of the Directorate of Justice: V. N. Chelishev

Chief of the Directorate of Agriculture: V. N. Kolokol′tsov

Chief of the Directorate of Finance: M. V. Bernadskii

Chief of the Directorate of Trade and Industry: V. A. Lebedev

Chief of the Directorate of Provisions: S. N. Maslov

Chief of the Directorate of Ways and Communications: E. P. Shuberskii

Acting Chief of the Directorate of Education: I. I. Malinin

Chief of the Directorate of Religious Affairs: Prince G. N. Trubetskoi

State Controller: V. A. Stepanov

Director of the Department of Laws and Propaganda: K. N. Sokolov

Director of Business of the Special Council: O. V. Bezobrazov

Members of the Special Council without Portfolio: N. I. Astrov, M. M. Fedorov, I. P. Shipov, D. I. Nikiforov, N. V. Savich

Anti-Bolshevik Governments of North-West Russia, 1918–1919

Chairman of the North-West Regional Russian Government and the North-West Russian Regional Defense Council: A. E. Vandam (12 October–17 November 1918)

Chairman of the Political Conference: A. V. Kartashev (24 May–5 December 1919)

Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the North-West Russian Regional Government: S. G. Liazanov (11 August–5 December 1919)

Anti-Bolshevik Governments of North Russia, 1918–1920

Governors-General of the Northern Region: B. A. Durov (28 September–19 November 1918); V. V. Marushevskii (19 November 1918–13 January 1919); E. K. Miller (13 January 1919–19 February 1920)

Chairman of the Supreme Administration of Northern Region: N. V. Chaikovskii (2 August–6 September 1918)

Chief of the Civil Administration: N. A. Starchev (6–9 September 1918)

Chief of the Military Administration: B. A. Durov (6–9 September 1918)

Chairman of the Supreme Administration of Northern Region: N. V. Iaikovskii (9–28 September 1918)

Chairman of the Provisional Temporary Government of the Northern Region: N. V. Iaikovskii (28 September 1918–10 September 1919)

Chief of the Northern Region: E. K. Miller (10 September 1919–7 February 1920)

Chairman of the (Archangel) Zemstvo and City Council: E. K. Miller (7–19 February 1920)

Anti-Bolshevik Governments of Siberia, 1918–1920

All-Russian Provisional Government

Supreme Ruler and Commander-in-Chief of All Russian Land and Sea Forces: Admiral A. V. Kolchak

Council of Ministers (Omsk: 18 November 1918): Chair: P. V. Vologodskii, G. G. Tel′berg (acting, July–August 1919); Marine: M. I. Smirnov (Director); War: V. I. Surin (Acting), N. A. Stepanov (January 1919), D. A. Lebedev (June 1919), M. K. Diterikhs (August 1919), B. A. Budberg (September 1919); Interior: A. N. Gattenberger, V. N. Pepeliaev (April 1919); Justice: S. S. Starynkevich, G. G. Tel′berg (May 1919); Finance: I. A. Mikhailov, L. V. von Goyer (August 1919); State Control: G. A. Krasnov; Trade and Industry: N. N. Shchukin, I. A. Mikhailov (May 1919); S. N. Tret′iakov (September 1919); Foreign Affairs: I. V. Kliuchnikov (Director), I. I. Sukin (Director, January 1919); Agriculture: N. I. Petrov; Ways and Communications: L. A. Ustrugov; Supply: I. I. Serebrennikov (ministry amalgamated with Food, December 1918); Food: N. S. Zefirov; Food and Supply (from December 1918): N. S. Zefirov, N. S. Nekliutin (March 1919); Labor: L. I. Shumilovskii; Education: V. V. Sapozhnikov, P. I. Preobrazhenskii (May 1919); Administrative Secretary: G. K. Guins

Council of Ministers (Irkutsk: 22 November 1919): Chair: V. N. Pepeliaev: Marine: M. I. Smirnov; War: M. V. Khanzhin; Interior: V. N. Pepeliaev; Justice: A. P. Morozov; Finance: P. A. Buryshkin; State Control: G. A. Krasnov; Trade and Industry: M. A. Okoropov; Foreign Affairs: S. N. Tret′iakov (Director); Agriculture: P. I. Petrov; Ways and Communications: L. A. Ustrugov; Labor: L. I. Shumilovskii; Education: P. I. Preobrazhenskii; Administrative Secretary: G. K. Guins