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Sign in to savethumb|Flag of Markov units Markovtsy was the name of the military units of the Volunteer Army (later the Armed Forces of the South of Russia and the Russian Army), who received the patronage of one of the founders of the White Movement in southern Russia of the General Staff of Lieutenant General Sergei Markov.
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thumb|Flag of Markov units Markovtsy was the name of the military units of the Volunteer Army (later the Armed Forces of the South of Russia and the Russian Army), who received the patronage of one of the founders of the White Movement in southern Russia of the General Staff of Lieutenant General Sergei Markov.
The date of formation of the first Markov unit – the 1st Officer General Markov Regiment – November 17, 1917 – the day General Alekseyev visited Novocherkassk Infirmary No. 2 on Barochnaya Street, after which the Joint–Officer Company was organized from the first volunteers. thumb|General Alexander Kutepov in the form of the Drozdov Riflemen and captain of the Markov Infantry Regiment. 1919. Watercolor by Pierre Robike thumb|left|250px|Markovites enter the taken city. 1919