3rd Army Corps (Armed Forces of South Russia)

3rd Army Corps
Yakov Aleksandrovich Slashchov
CountryRussia
Allegiance White Movement
BranchArmed Forces of South Russia
SizeCorps
Engagements

The 3rd Army Corps (Russian: 3-й армейский корпус) was one of the main formations of the Armed Forces of South Russia (Russian: Вооружённых Сил Юга России, ВСЮР; VSUR) during the Russian Civil War.

This army unit was first known as the Crimean-Azov Army formed in VSYUR on January 10, 1919 on the basis of the Crimean-Azov Corps itself formed in December 1918.
In May 1919 the Crimean-Azov Army was transformed into the 3rd Army Corps.

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