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The Green Army or the Greens (Russian: Зелёная Армия, Зелёные), which functioned during the Russian Civil War, had its roots in Ukrainian nationalism^{[citation needed]} and oscillated between other forces. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... The Russian Civil War (1917-1922) began immediately after the collapse of the Russian provisional government and the Bolshevik takeover of Petrograd, rapidly intensifying after the dissolution of the Russian Constituent Assembly and signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ...

The war took an especially brutal form in the south of Russia and in Ukraine, and its front lines moved frequently, disrupting civilian life. Some groups participating in the war engaged in atrocities and pogroms. The estimated total of fatalities amounts to seven million. A front line is a line of confrontation in an armed conflict, most often a war. ... Pogrom (from Russian: ; from громить IPA: - to wreak havoc, to demolish violently) is a form of riot directed against a particular group, whether ethnic, religious or other, and characterized by destruction of their homes, businesses and religious centres. ...

The largest Green contingents were Ataman Grigoriev's forces in the southern Ukraine and the Kuban-Black Sea Army (sometimes called the Red-Green Army) estimated to be around 15,000 troops each and which fought against General Denikin's Russian Volunteer Army in 1919 . Paramilitary bands in the Crimea united by 1920 into the Crimea Rebel Army, which fought together with the Red Army against Baron Wrangel. Bolshevik propaganda poster depicting the struggle against ataman Grigoriev Nikifor Grigoriev (commonly known as Ataman Grigoriev; also known as Matvey Grigoriev and Mykola Grigoriev, born Nichishyr Servetnik; circa 1885 – July 27, 1919) was a Ukrainian insurgent Green Army leader during the Russian Civil War. ... Kuban (Ukrainian - Кубань) is an ethnical ukrainian territory. ... For other uses, see Black Sea (disambiguation). ... General Anton Denikins Volunteer Army and regional Armed forces after Armistice of Mudros Anton Ivanovich Denikin (Анто́н Ива́нович Дени́кин) (December 16, 1872 – August 8, 1947) was Lieutenant General of the Imperial Russian Army (1916) and one of the foremost leading generals of the anti-Bolshevik White Russians in the civil war. ... The Volunteer Army (Добровольческая армия in Russian, or Dobrovolcheskaya armiya) was a counterrevolutionary army in South Russia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1920. ... Motto Процветание в единстве(Russian) Protsvetanie v edinstve(transliteration) Prosperity in unity Anthem Нивы и горы твои волшебны, Родина(Russian) Nivy i gory tvoi volshebny, Rodina(transliteration) Your fields and mounts are wonderful, Motherland Location of Crimea (red) with respect to Ukraine (light blue). ... For other organizations known as the Red Army, see Red Army (disambiguation). ... Baron Wrangel Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (Пётр Николаевич Врангель) (German: ) (August 15, 1878, Zarasai, Lithuania (then Imperial Russia) — April 25, 1928, Brussels, Belgium), was an officer in the Imperial Russian army and later commanding general of the pro-monarchist White Army in Southern Russia in the later stages of the Russian Civil War. ...

By the end of 1920 the Greens had dissolved.

See also

• Black Guards
• Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine ("Black Army")