Anton Ivanovich Denikin Biography and Timeline

Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Provisional Government

Role range: 1914-1918

Provisional Government

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Provisional Government

Role range: 1914-1918

Kerensky Offensive

Warns that army discipline has weakened before the planned attack.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1917

Kerensky Offensive

Observes that revolutionary discipline cannot sustain offensive operations.

Role range: 1914-1918 – 1917-1917

Arrest of Anton Ivanovich Denikin

Escapes from prison in Bykhov & heads for the Don by train

Role range: 1914-1918

Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief of Staff to the Provisional Government

Provisional Government

Appointed Chief of Staff to the Provisional Government

Commander of Western Front

Appointed Commander of the Western Front

Commander of Western Front

Appointed Commander of the Western Front

Role range: 1914-1918

Command of Volunteer Army

Denikin assumes command of the Volunteer Army after Kornilov is killed during the fighting around Ekaterinodar.

Role range: 1917-1918 – 1918-1918

Commander of Volunteer Army

Appointed Commander of the Volunteer Army

Volunteer Army Relations

Denikin's forces develop links with anti-Bolshevik groups including Cossack formations led by Krasnov.

Role range: 1918-1922 – 1918-1918

Battle of Orel

Defeated by the Bolsheviks under Budenny

Role range: 1918-1920

Bolshevik Party

Defeated by the Bolsheviks under Budenny

Role range: 1918-1920

Government

Sets up a counter revolutionary Government in South Russia

Role range: 1914-1918