Alexander Kolchak, Russian admiral and explorer (born 1874)

Alexander Kolchak

Imperial Russian navy officer and leader of the White movement

Admiral Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak was a Russian navy officer and polar explorer who led the White movement in the Russian Civil War. As he assumed the title of Supreme Ruler of Russia in 1918, Kolchak headed a military dictatorship, which ruled over the territory of the…