The Don Republic, later known as the Almighty Don Host, was an independent self-proclaimed anti-Bolshevik republic formed by the Armed Forces of South Russia on the territory of Don Cossacks against another self-proclaimed Don Soviet Republic. The Don Republic existed during the Russian Civil War after the collapse of the Russian Empire from 1918 to 1920.
Medal of the Great Don Army: Defender of the Free Don.
Image: 1918 Don Geography
Armed Forces of South Russia
The Armed Forces of South Russia (AFSR or SRAF) (Russian: Вооружённые силы Юга России, romanized: Vooruzhyonniye sily Yuga Rossii, VSYuR) were the unified military forces of the White movement in southern Russia between 1919 and 1920.
Volunteer Army recruitment poster saying "Why are you not in the army?"
Volunteer Army soldiers and officers next to a train in January 1918
Volunteer Army Mark V tank named "General Drozdovsky" in 1919
Volunteer Army armoured train "United Russia" on its way towards Tsaritsyn, June 1919