Kolchak
[kawl-chahk; Russian kuhl-chyahk]
- A·le·ksandr Va·si·lye·vich [uh-lyi-ksahndr vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/, 1874–1920, Russian counterrevolutionary and admiral.
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So it was with the Constituent Assembly which prepared the way for Kolchak.
Dictatorship vs. DemocracyLeon Trotsky
Kolchak's defects are mostly exaggerations of his qualities.
The Inside Story Of The Peace ConferenceEmile Joseph Dillon
We have, in some degree, to thank Kolchak and Denikin for that.
The Crisis in RussiaArthur Ransome
In the east, the front which became known as that of Kolchak, was on the Volga.
The Crisis in RussiaArthur Ransome
Last August the two of them shot with their revolvers seventy bound officers from Kolchak's army.
Beasts, Men and GodsFerdinand Ossendowski