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Aleksandr V. Kolchak 1874 - 1920
ALEKSANDR VASILYEVICH KOLCHAK
 


Aleksandr V. Kolchak 1874-1920

Kolchak, a Russian navy officer, was an explorer of the Arctic.
 

 



After the
February Revolution of 1917, Kolchak was forced to resign. He went to the United States.

After the October Revolution of 1917, Kolchak went back to Russia. At Omsk he became leader of the  White Army.

 

 

The Kolchak Coup

On November 18, 1918, Kolchak staged a military coup d'état and established an anti-Bolshevik government in Siberia with headquarters at Omsk.

After the coup, Kolchak was now ruler of Russia, at least that's how the White Army and their friends saw it.

But it went downhill with the White Army. The Red Army took Omsk on November 14, 1919. Kolchak moved his headquarters to Irkutsk.

On January 4, 1920, a mixed army of Socialist Revolutionaries, Mensheviks, and members of the Czech Legion took Irkutsk. Kolchak was arrested and ended up in the hands of the Bolsheviks who executed him.

Check this event in the Timeline of the Russian Civil War.

 



 

Alexander Kolchak's Short Biography
 

November 4, 1874
(November 16, 1874
old style)

 

Birth in St. Petersburg, Russia

     

1904 - 1905

 

Russo-Japanese War. Kolchak serves in the navy.

     

August 1916

 

Kolchak becomes vice admiral in  WWI.

     

June 1917

 

Resigns and goes to the US

     

October 1918

 

Goes to Omsk

     

November 18, 1918

 

Coup at Omsk

     

November 14, 1919

 

The Red Army takes Omsk

     

January 4, 1920

 

Kolchak resigns, falls in the hands of the Bolsheviks

     

February 7, 1920

 

Death at Irkutsk, Siberia

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

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