Sunday, January 14, 2018

The Explorers' Club, № DXCIV

Operation AXIOM: The World War—The Russian Civil War, Part I
9 January 1918 (Old Style: 27 December 1917): The Volunteer Army, a central formation of the "White Army," was formally announced, under the leadership of generals Mikhail Alekseyev, former chief of the imperial staff, & Lavr Kornilov (of the eponymous Affair); based in the city of Rostov-on-Don, the army from the outset strove to form a united anti-Bolshevik front with the Don Cossacks.





Lest we forget.

Commentary: "The Explorers' Club," № DLXIV—The Kornilov Affair: Wayback Machine.

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