Alexander Kolchak Military person

Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Колча́к, 16 November [O.S. 4 November] 1874 – 7 February 1920) was a polar explorer and commander in the Imperial Russian Navy, who fought in the Russo-Japanese War and the First World War. During the Russian Civil War, he established an anti-communist government in Siberia—later the Provisional All-Russian Government—and was recognised as the "Supreme Ruler and Commander-in-Chief of All Russian Land and Sea Forces" by the other leaders of the White movement from 1918 to 1920.His government was based in Omsk, in southwestern Siberia. Kolchak tried to defeat Bolshevism by ruling as a dictator but his government proved weak and ineffective. For example, it lost track of the imperial gold reserves and much of it disappeared. He also failed to unite the numerous but disparate anti-Bolshevik elements; Kolchak refused to consider autonomy for ethnic minorities and refused to cooperate with non-Bolshevik leftists, and also relied too heavily on outside aid. As his White forces fell apart, he was betrayed and captured by independent units who handed him over to local Bolsheviks, who executed him.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Kolchak Aleksandr
Birth date	November 16, 1874
Birth place	Saint Petersburg
Date of death	February 07, 1920
Place of death	Irkutsk

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award	Order of St. George Order of St. Vladimir Order of Saint Stanislaus (Imperial House of Romanov) Order of St. Anna
military operations	Russian Civil War Russo-Japanese War World War I
military command	Black Sea Fleet (1916—1917) Russian Army (1918—1920)
service start	1886
service end	1920