The Armed Forces of Southern Russia and the N. Grigoriev Uprising in 1919: assessments and contacts

The article examines the uprising of ataman N. Grigoriev in the Ukrainian provinces in May – July 1919. The main attention is paid to the assessment of this event by the intelligence structures of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia, as well as contacts between ataman Grigoriev and the Whites. Archival sources from the fund of the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army were involved in solving the research problem. A historiographical overview of the research topic is given. The characteristic of the attracted sources is proposed. A detailed description of how the «Grigorievshchina» was seen by white intelligence is given, the plots on which special attention was focused are noted. A review of the assessments of ataman Grigoriev by white authorities and other actors is proposed. An overview of Whites's contacts with Grigoriev and his rebels and conclusions about the potential of this interaction are made. An assessment of peasant sentiments and their implementation in the Ukrainian provinces in the spring and summer of 1919 in the context of Grigoriev's rebellion is proposed.