Вооружённые силы Юга России
In March 1918, after heavy fighting with the Red Army, his units were forced to leave Yekaterinodar. After this, on 26 March 1918, Viktor Pokrovsky joined Volunteer Army of general Lavr Kornilov (later led by generals Anton Denikin and Pyotr Wrangel and known also as the Armed Forces of South Russia). General Pokrovsky was in charge of Kuban Cossacks and Caucasus army units of the White Army.