Kolchak

[ kawl-chahk; Russian kuhl-chyahk ]

/ kɔlˈtʃɑk; Russian kʌlˈtʃyɑk /

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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.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 12

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

There is a difference, and evidence on the subject is furnished by the fate of Yudenich, Kolchak, and Denikin.
Dictatorship vs. Democracy|Leon Trotsky
Our peasants were mobilized by the workers; in Kolchak's camp, by the White Guard officer class.
Dictatorship vs. Democracy|Leon Trotsky
History shared the fate of Kolchak's government and the Ukraine; it was not recognized by the delegates.
The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference|Emile Joseph Dillon
The friends of Kolchak accordingly pressed every lever to set the machinery in motion for the march against Peter's city.
The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference|Emile Joseph Dillon

Naturally, the scheme, weighted with these two accompaniments, was unacceptable to Kolchak's representatives in Paris.
The Inside Story Of The Peace Conference|Emile Joseph Dillon