Russian Revolution Stats Flashcards

1
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How big is russia?

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123 million squares

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2
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What’s the population (1900s) ?

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130 million

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3
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How long did tsar Nicholas II rule ?

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1894-1917

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4
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How many Russians were ethnic Russians?

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45%

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5
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How many people followed the orthodox faith ?

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70%

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6
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How many Jews did russia have at the time?

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5 million

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7
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What are pogroms?

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Violent riot with the aim to massacring Jews

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8
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What percent of the people were peasants?

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90%

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9
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When was emancipation introduced and what is it ?

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1861 - abolished serfdom in russia ( serfdom is when a farmer is bound to land and the will of the landlord)

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10
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What was the Khodynka, and how many died/ injured ?

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Coronation of NII, 1300 died, 1300 injured

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11
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What were the two battles japan vs russia

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Battle of Mukden, 89 000 dead, attack on port Arthur, 29 000 dead

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12
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By how much % did wages decline in 1905?

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20%

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13
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What day was Bloody Sunday and how many people were present?

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9th January 1905, 150 000 people following father gapon to the winter palace

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14
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What happened during bloody sunday?

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The crowd was dispersed by Cossacks, 200 killed 500 wounded

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15
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What were the other disturbances of 1905? (3)

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Increase in strikes, 800 000 workers went on strike

Peasants tracked manors, 3000 manors burnt

Formation of soviets

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16
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What were the fundamental laws of 1906?

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‘Supreme power belonged to the tsar’. The tsar could introduce laws without duma and could veto dumas laws

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17
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How many killed and arrested due to criticism of regime after the fundamental laws ?

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15 000 killed, 70 000 arrested

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18
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What is Stolypin’s Necktie ?

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Executions, 60 000 political detainees killed/exiled

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19
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When was stolypin killed?

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September 1911 by a Bolshevik

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20
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How many strikes were there in 1908 vs 1914

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892 strikes in 1908, 3534 strikes in 1914

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21
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What happened at battle of tanneburg august 1914

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70 000 killed, 92 000 captured

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22
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What happened at the offensive against Germany june 1917?

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60 000 lost troops

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23
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How many people were involved in the Bolshevik coup d’état ?

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30 000 people, only 5% of workers/soldiers in Petrograd

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24
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How many seats did the bolsheviks win during the constituent assembly 1918?

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24%, 175/715 seats

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25
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How many soldiers did the Whites have?

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250 000

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26
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What is war communism

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It is an economic policy introduced june 1918 to solve the issues caused by the civil war

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27
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What were the consequences of war communism?

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Non-agricultural labour force fell from 3.6 million to 1.5 million 1917-20

1920-21, industrial production fell by 82% compared to 1913

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28
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How many soldiers attacked the Kronstadt Naval base in Feb 1921?

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60 000 soldiers led by Trotsky + Cheka, fought 15 000 defenders

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29
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What is NEP

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New Economic Policy, introduced by Lenin in march 1921

Grain production went from 37 million tonnes 1921 to 56 million tonnes 1923

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30
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From when to when did Alexander III rule?

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1881-1894

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31
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Who was Alexander III

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Nicholas II’s father

32
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When and who were the socialist revolutionaries

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1901, radical and wanted equal wealth

33
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When and who were the social democrat Labour Party?

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1898, believed in socialist ideologies of Karl Marx

34
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Causes of the 1905 revolution ( 5 factors)

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Poor peasantry, high unemployment, banned trade unions, russification policy, defeat in the russo-Japanese war

35
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Who was witte and when did he work

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Finance minister from 1892-1903

Prime minister as of 1905 October - may 1906

36
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What and when was the October manifesto?

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Made by Nicholas II, advised by witte, in 1905, promised free speech, voting rights and an elected assembly called the Duma

37
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Who was stolypin and when did he serve?

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Prime minister 1906-11

38
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What was Article 87 of The fundamental Laws

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The article which allowed the tsar to make laws without the Duma’s agreement

39
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When was the first duma and how useful was it?

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May to July 1906

Tsar often ignored it, and it had limited power

40
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When was the second duma and how useful was it?

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Feb- june 1907

Duma was divided over reforms and government policies

Tsar dissolved it because he was scared of opposition

41
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When was the third duma and how useful was it?

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Nov 1907- june 1912

It had more representation

Mostly right winged ( 287/443 seats)

42
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When and how useful was the fourth duma?

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Nove 1912- aug 1914

Divided between socialists and Octoberists

43
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Who were the octoberists

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Believed in the constitutional monarchy, wanted a strong parliament

44
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What were the Black hundreds?

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Anti revolutionary gangs which terrorisée democracy supporters, from 1905- 1917

45
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What happened in Siberia 1912

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The Lena massacre, 270 miners killed and 200 wounded by tsarist soldiers

46
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What was the okhrana ?

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Protected the tsar, the royal family and the autocracy itself

47
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What date was the battle of tannenburg and how many killed?

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August 1914, 70 000 killed

48
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When did the tsar go to the front, during world war 1

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August 1915

49
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Who was Rasputin

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A spiritual healer who managed to save Nicholas II’s son, particularly close to the tsar in a and people felt like she was being influenced by him

50
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When was the Petrograd strike

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February 17th 1917

51
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Where was the tsar during the 1917 revolution ?

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He was 600km away, at the front, he was out of touch with the news

52
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Who was Mikhail Rodzianko ?

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Chairman of the state duma (third and fourth)

Conservative, pro monarchy

He warned Nicholas II about the revolution in 1917, however the tsar ignored him

53
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When did Nicholas II abdicate

A

2nd March 1917

54
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What happened to the duma after the1917 revolution

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Turned into the provisional government

55
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What happened to the duma after the 1917 revolution

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Turned into the provisional government

56
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Who was the first president of the provisional government

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Prince Lvov, moderate reformer, laissez faire

57
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Who was the second prime minister of the provisional government

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Alexander Kerensky, replaced Lvov in July 1917,
Belonged to the socialist revolutionaries

58
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What was the Petrograd soviet (1917 post revolution)

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Worked with the provisional government on reforms, voting rights, capital punishment etc

59
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What was the term used to describe the combined rule of the provisional government and the Petrograd soviet

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Dual authority

60
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What happened when Lenin first returned

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Returned in April 1917, bolsheviks adopted the ideas of socialist revolutionaries

61
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Why did the provisional government fail (4)

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Continued the war, + Lost an offensive against Germany

The July days

The kornilov affair

No reforms

62
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What offensive did the provisional government loose against Germany

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June 1917, 60 000 troops lost

63
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What were the July days?

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3-6th July 1917, sailors at Kronstadt ( naval base) established their own government,

It was poorly organized and the provisional government brought order soon

64
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What was ‘Pravda’

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The Bolshevik newspaper which promoted their ideologies and spread propaganda

65
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What was the kornilov affair

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Kornilov was commander in chief of the army and hated bolsheviks,

In august 1917, attempted to march on Petrograd

Kerensky accused kornilov of attempting to takeover and establish a military dictatorship

Kerensky lost favour because people thought he was responsible as well

66
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What was Lenin’s adaptation of Marxism called

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Marxism Leninism

67
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What was ‘the April theses’

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A programme developed by Lenin during 1917, calling for soviet control of state power, published April 1917, contributed to the July days and the October coup d’état

68
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Who was Trotsky

A

Organized the red guards

Responsible for negotiations with Germany

Led the red army after Bolshevik take over

69
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When did the October revolution of 1917 happen

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25th-27th October, during ‘all Russian congress of Soviets’ assembly

70
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What was the main government body after the Bolshevik revolution called?

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Council of people’s commissars

71
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What were the first three decrees after the Bolshevik revolution

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‘Decree on land’ - transfer of land to the peasants
‘Decree on peace’ - aimed to withdraw from the war with Germany
‘Decree on workers control’ - recognized takeover of factories by workers’ committees

72
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What was the red terror

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Opposition press banned, members of other parties arrested,

Cheka introduced to crush opposition

73
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when was the tsar family killed

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July 1918

74
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When was the treaty of Brest litovsk and what did russia loose ( 4 things)

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3rd march 1918

1 million square kilomètres
74% of coal mines
26% of the population
300 million gold rubles in reparation

75
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Who were the four leaders of the white army

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Kornilov, later replaced by Denikin

Piotr Wrangel

Alexander Kolchak

Nikolai Yudenich