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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 Denikin (1872-1947) led the White Volunteer Army which in nearly succeeded in defeating the "Red" Bolshevik forces in 1919, during the Russian civil war. 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 ...

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.

Anton Ivanovich Denikin was a Russian general, politician and writer. He fought in the Russo-Japanese War, the First World War and the Russian Civil War. He is most famous as a leader of the White movement in southern Russia and Ukraine, and as the author of memoirs and journalistic articles.

The Advance on Moscow was a military campaign of the White Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR), launched against the RSFSR in July 1919 during the Russian Civil War. The goal of the campaign was the capture of Moscow, which, according to the chief of the White Army Anton Denikin, would play a decisive role in the outcome of the Civil War and ...