The Gallipoli sit-in, also known as the presence of the Russian army in Gallipoli, was a camp for regular units of the Russian army in the vicinity of the Greek city of Gallipoli, now known as Gelibolu in Turkey. Primarily, these were units of the 1st Army Corps under the command of General Kutepov. The troops were evacuated from Crimea in November 1920 and maintained their combat readiness until May 1923.

In November 1920, General P. N. Wrangel's army, the last White Guard force in southern Russia, left Crimea and headed to Constantinople. About 130 ships of various types, both military and civilian, transported around 150,000 soldiers and refugees to Constantinople.

After two weeks of waiting in the roads of Constantinople, following lengthy negotiations with the French occupation command, the army was allowed to disembark and settle in three military camps. The main camp for the regular units, consolidated into the 1st Army Corps, was established near Gallipoli, at the northern tip of the Dardanelles, 200 km southwest of Constantinople. Two other camps, in Chataldja near Constantinople and on the island of Lemnos, were designated for Don, Terek, and Kuban Cossacks.

On November 22, 1920, the first Russian steamers "Kherson" and "Saratov" arrived at the port of Gallipoli from Constantinople.

Nikanor Vasilyevich Savich, a member of the State Duma and part of the government of Southern Russia, wrote in his memoirs: "It was evident that only by maintaining the appearance of a military organization could we instill in these unfortunate souls a new belief in themselves and their purpose, make them gather their spirits and believe that they were right to shed blood for the Motherland, and that in the future, not everything was lost for them. The people in the regiments and batteries instinctively reached out to one another after disembarkation. They were homeless, cast onto deserted shores, half-clothed and deprived of means of existence. Most had nothing ahead of them, knew neither languages nor trades."