Aleksandr Kolchak
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, World War I, Ships, Naval History, Revolutions, Rebellions, Uprisings, Riots, Russian Revolution, Bolsheviks, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: 20th & 21st Century European History, 19th Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Article abstract: Military significance: Kolchak commanded the Russian Black Sea Fleet during World War I and organized anti-Bolshevik forces in Siberia during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1921.
Aleksandr Kolchak, a Russian naval officer, rose to prominence in World War I (1914-1918). A flag officer of the Baltic Fleet, he took command as admiral of the important Black Sea Fleet in 1916. When the czar abdicated in March, 1917, Kolchak resigned his commission. However, the Bolshevik Revolution in November, 1917, brought Kolchak back into service. He quickly...
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