Anton Ivanovich Denikin

Anton Ivanovich Denikin , 1872-1947, Russian general. The son of a serf, he rose from the ranks. After the Bolshevik Revolution in Nov., 1917 (Oct., 1917, O.S.), he joined General Kornilov , whom he succeeded (1918) as commander of the anti-Bolshevik forces in the south. He gained control of a large part of S Russia, but failed (1919) to capture Moscow. He was driven back by the Soviet army, and his forces were demoralized. In 1920 he resigned his command to General Piotr Nikolayevich Wrangel . Denikin lived in France until 1946, when he moved to the United States, where he died.

Bibliography: See biography by D. V. Lehovich (1974); study by W. G. Rosenberg (1961).

Denikin, Anton Ivanovich (1872–1947) Russian general and counter-revolutionary. The son of a serf, he served the Provisional Government as commander of the WESTERN FRONT in 1917. After the OCTOBER REVOLUTION he assumed command of a “white” army, the “Armed Forces of the South”, gaining control of a large part of southern Russia. In May 1919 Denikin launched an offensive against Moscow which the RED ARMY repulsed at Orel. He retreated to the Caucasus, where in 1920 his army disintegrated and he fled to France.