White Army
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The White Army was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| White Army canonical | 19 |
| Armed Forces of South Russia | 3 |
| Kornilovites | 1 |
| Russian Army (Wrangel) | 1 |
| The White Army | 1 |
| Volunteer Army | 1 |
| White Army during Russian Civil War | 1 |
| White Army troops | 1 |
| White Guard Army | 1 |
| White armies | 1 |
| White forces in the Russian Civil War | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T87173 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: White Army Context triple: [Russian Civil War, belligerent, White Army]
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Red Army
The Red Army was the Soviet Union’s land-based military force, renowned for its pivotal role in defeating Nazi Germany during World War II and shaping the outcome of the Eastern Front.
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B.
Soviet Don Front
The Soviet Don Front was a major Red Army operational formation that played a decisive role in encircling and defeating German forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
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C.
National Revolutionary Army
The National Revolutionary Army was the military arm of China’s Kuomintang government, serving as the main Chinese force in major conflicts such as the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Soviet 62nd Army
The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.
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E.
International Brigades
The International Brigades were volunteer military units composed largely of foreign anti-fascist fighters who traveled to Spain to support the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: White Army Target entity description: The White Army was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
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A.
Red Army
The Red Army was the Soviet Union’s land-based military force, renowned for its pivotal role in defeating Nazi Germany during World War II and shaping the outcome of the Eastern Front.
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B.
Soviet Don Front
The Soviet Don Front was a major Red Army operational formation that played a decisive role in encircling and defeating German forces during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.
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C.
National Revolutionary Army
The National Revolutionary Army was the military arm of China’s Kuomintang government, serving as the main Chinese force in major conflicts such as the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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D.
Soviet 62nd Army
The Soviet 62nd Army was a Red Army field formation renowned for its pivotal and stubborn defense of Stalingrad during World War II, which played a crucial role in turning the tide on the Eastern Front.
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E.
International Brigades
The International Brigades were volunteer military units composed largely of foreign anti-fascist fighters who traveled to Spain to support the Republican cause during the Spanish Civil War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armed movement
ⓘ
counter-revolutionary force ⓘ military coalition ⓘ |
| conflict | Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| consequence | mass emigration of White émigrés ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| endTime | 1923 ⓘ |
| goal |
overthrow of Bolshevik government
ⓘ
reconvening of a non-Bolshevik national government ⓘ restoration of law and order in Russia ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Volunteer Army
ⓘ
surface form:
Armed Forces of South Russia
Don Cossack forces ⓘ Siberian Army ⓘ
surface form:
Far Eastern White forces
Kuban Cossack forces ⓘ Northwestern Army ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Army (White)
Northwestern Army ⓘ Orenburg Cossack forces ⓘ Siberian Army ⓘ Ural Cossack forces ⓘ Volunteer Army ⓘ |
| ideology |
Russian nationalism
ⓘ
anti-Bolshevism ⓘ conservatism ⓘ liberalism ⓘ monarchism ⓘ |
| language | Russian ⓘ |
| notableCommander |
Alexander Kolchak
ⓘ
Anton Denikin ⓘ Grigory Semyonov ⓘ Lavr Kornilov ⓘ Mikhail Alekseyev ⓘ Nikolai Yudenich ⓘ Pyotr Krasnov ⓘ Pyotr Wrangel ⓘ Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Russian Social Democratic Labour Party (Bolsheviks)
ⓘ
surface form:
Bolsheviks
Red Army ⓘ |
| partOf | White movement ⓘ |
| result | defeat in Russian Civil War ⓘ |
| startTime | 1917 ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Czechoslovak Legion
ⓘ
France ⓘ Japan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| territory |
Northern Russia
ⓘ
Northwest Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Northwestern Russia
Russia Far East ⓘ
surface form:
Russian Far East
Siberia ⓘ southern Russia ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Russia
|
| usedSymbol |
Saltire
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Andrew's flag
black-yellow-white tricolour (imperial flag) ⓘ
surface form:
imperial Russian tricolor flag
white color ⓘ |
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Subject: White Army Description of subject: The White Army was a loose coalition of anti-Bolshevik forces—comprising monarchists, conservatives, liberals, and other opponents of the Russian Revolution—that fought against the Red Army during the Russian Civil War.
Referenced by (31)
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