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General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia

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General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia
Главное Командование Вооружёнными Силами на Юге России
Glavnoye Komandovaniye Vooruzhyonnymi Silami na Yuge Rossii
1919–1920
Flag of Armed Forces of South Russia
Flag
Coat of arms of Armed Forces of South Russia
Coat of arms
Territories governed by the General Command, in October 1918, and its surroundings.
Territories governed by the General Command, in October 1918, and its surroundings.
Common languagesRussian
GovernmentMilitary dictatorship
Supreme Leader 
• 1918
Mikhail Alekseyev
• 1918–1920
Anton Denikin
Historical eraRussian Civil War
November 1917
• Established
31 August 1918 1919
• Disestablished
30 December 1920
• South Russian Government established
March
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Russian Republic
Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
South Russian Government
Today part ofRussia

The General Command of the Armed Forces of South Russia (Russian: Особое совещание при Главкоме ВСЮР Osoboye soveschaniye pri Glavkome VSYuR) was an administrative body in southern Russia in 1919 and 1920 performing government functions in the territory controlled by the troops of the Russian White movement's Volunteer Army and 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.