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Alexander Kolchak
Admiral Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak was a Russian navy officer and polar explorer who led the White movement in the Russian Civil War. When he assumed the title of Supreme Ruler of Russia in 1918, Kolchak headed a military dictatorship, which ruled over the territory of the former Russian Empire controlled by the Whites. He was a proponent of Russian nationalism and militarism, and opposed democ…
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politics · Russian admiral and White movement leader (1874–1920) · politician · explorer · military officer · oceanographer · soldier · glaciologist · naval officer · admiral · hydrologist · minister · also Alexander Kolchak, Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kolchak, Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kolčak, Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kolchak, Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak, Kolchak
Born 4 November 1874 · Died 7 February 1920 · Q185718
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2026· 1 entry
2004· 1 entry
The Constitutional Court of Russia returned the Kolchak case to the military court for another hearing
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2002· 1 entry
And in Irkutsk in 2004, despite objections from some former communist and left-wing politicians, as well as former Soviet army veterans
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1999· 1 entry
And by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation in 2001
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1929· 1 entry
By the American Geographical Society, Problems of Polar Research
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1920· 2 entries
Died 1920-02-07.
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Career landmark: Execution of Alexander Kolchak.
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1919· 3 entries
Delivered a memorandum to the Allied representatives in Vladivostok:The military authorities of the Government of Omsk are permitting criminal actions that will stagger the entire world
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Awarded Order of St. George, 3rd class (1919).
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The Kolchak government adopted Regulation 428, "About the dangers of public order due to ties with the Bolshevik Revolt", which was published in the Omsk newspaper Omsk Gazette (no
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1918· 3 entries
Revising articles of the criminal code of Imperial Russia "in order to preserve the system and rule of the Supreme Ruler"
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Kolchak headed a military dictatorship, which ruled over the territory of the former Russian Empire controlled by the Whites
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Career landmark: Supreme Ruler of Russia (1918–1920).
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1917· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Saint Anna, 1st class with swords (1917).
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“that there cannot be a return to the regime which existed in Russia before February 1917.”
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1916· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class with swords (1916).
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In a combined Army-Navy assault, the Russian Black Sea fleet aided the Russian army's capture of the Ottoman city of Trebizond (modern Trabzon)
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1915· 5 entries
Won Medal In memory of the 200th anniversary of Gangut battle (1915).
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Awarded Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class with Swords (1915).
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Awarded Order of St. George, 4th class (1915).
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Awarded Order of the Bath (1915).
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“In Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Naval Battle of Gangut”
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1914· 2 entries
Awarded Port Arthur Cross (1914).
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Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1914).
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1913· 2 entries
Won Medal "In memory of the 300th anniversary of Romanov dynasty" (1913).
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“In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of the Reign of the House of Romanov”
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1910· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class (1910).
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Returned to the Naval General Staff, and in 1912 he was assigned to the Russian Baltic Fleet
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1907· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Saint Vladimir 4th class with swords and bow (1907).
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1906· 2 entries
Won Constantin Medal (1906).
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Won Russo-Japanese War Medal (1906).
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1905· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class with swords (1905).
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Awarded Gold Sword for Bravery (1905).
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1904· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Saint Anna, 4th class (1904).
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1903· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Saint Vladimir 4th class with swords and bow (1903).
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1902· 1 entry
Studied the East Siberian Sea while he was onboard Zarya
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1896· 2 entries
Won Medal In memory of Alexander III (1896).
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“In commemoration of the reign of Emperor Alexander III”
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1874· 1 entry
Born 1874-11-04.
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