Organisation
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Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine (January–February 1919)
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1st Insurgent Regiment,
2nd Insurgent Regiment,
3rd Insurgent Regiment,
4th Insurgent Regiment,
5th Insurgent Regiment
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3rd Trans-Dnepr Brigade (Red Army) (February–April 1919)
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7th Trans-Dnepr Regiment,
8th Trans-Dnepr Regiment,
9th Trans-Dnepr Regiment
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7th Insurgent Rifle Division (Red Army) (April–July 1919)
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7th Trans-Dnepr Regiment,
8th Trans-Dnepr Regiment,
9th Grechesky Regiment,
10th Donskoi Regiment,
11th Ignatievsky Regiment
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Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine (August–December 1919)
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1st Donets Corps,
2nd Azov Corps,
3rd Yekaterinoslav Corps,
4th Crimean Corps,
Strategic Reserve
including 1st Machine-gun Regiment
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In mid-1919, the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine had a strength of some 15,000 men, organised into 1 cavalry and 4 infantry Brigades, a machine gun regiment with 5000 guns, and an artillery detachment. At its peak in December 1919, it had about 83,000 infantry, 20,135 cavalry, 1,435 machine guns, and 118 guns, as well as 7 armored trains and some armored cars. It was organized into 4 Corps and the strategic reserve. Each Corps had 1 infantry and 1 cavalry Brigade; each Brigade had 3-4 Regiments of the appropriate type.
The structure of the RIAU was not that of a traditional army. Instead, the RIAU was a democratic militia based on soldier committees and general assemblies. Officers in the ordinary sense were abolished; instead, all commanders were elected and recallable. In theory, the RIAU relied on voluntary enlistment instead of conscription, however in practice conscription was used. Regular mass assemblies were held to discuss policy. The army was based on self-discipline, and all of the army’s disciplinary rules were approved by soldier assemblies.
This organizational structure was later used in organizing militias created by anarchists in the Spanish revolution and Spanish Civil War.