Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), one of the leaders in the White forces in the Russian Civil War
Today, Irkustsk marked the 90th anniversary of the death of one of the White leaders in the Russian Civil War, Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak. At dawn on 7 February 1920, by a decision of the provincial Bolshevik Committee, he was shot on the bank of the Angara River and his body was dumped in a hole in the ice on the river. Five years ago, at the place of execution, a monument to the Admiral by People’s Sculptor of Russia Vyacheslav Klykov was erected. Today, delegations from public organisations of the city and the local Orthodox diocese came to the monument and held a rally at which speakers pointed up Kolchak’s exploits as a famous Arctic explorer and his active service in the Russo-Japanese and First World Wars. In Irkutsk, many places connected to Kolchak still survive to this day. From Irkutsk, he set off in search of the missing Arctic expedition of Baron Toll. Later, he went from there to Port Arthur, where he distinguished himself, first, as a commander of a destroyer, and, later on, as the commander of an artillery battery.
7 February 2010
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