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Anton Ivanovich Denikin, (born December 16 [December 4, Old Style], 1872, near Warsaw, Poland, Russian Empire—died August 8, 1947, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.), general who led the anti-Bolshevik (“White”) forces on the southern front during the Russian Civil War (1918–20).

Anton Ivanovich Denikin was born on December 7, 1872, in Shpetal Dolnyi village near the city of Wloclawek, in Warsaw Province, a section of Poland that had been absorbed by the Russian Empire in the 18th century. His father, Ivan Denikin, had been born a serf in the Russian province of Saratov, yet had worked himself up to the rank of major in ...

DENIKIN, ANTON IVANOVICH (1872 – 1947), general, commander of White armies in Southern Russia during the Russian civil war. Anton Denikin was born the son of a retired border guard officer in Poland. His own military career began in the artillery, from which he entered the General Staff Academy.

Denikin intended to use railroads to carry out all tasks ashore. He also ordered to start recruiting volunteers and to carry out large-scale propaganda campaign. Denikin's plan was optimistic, overestimating the capabilities of his forces after being impressed by the recent successes.

Anton Denikin began tutoring younger schoolmates so that the family could earn additional income. In 1890 Denikin began a course at the Kiev Junker School, a military college from which he graduated in 1892. The twenty-year-old Denikin joined an artillery brigade, in which he served for three years.