The 100th anniversary of the Russian Exodus was widely celebrated in Crimea

Kerch honored the memory of all those who more than a hundred years ago were forced to leave their homeland as a result of the fratricidal war.


 

On April 25, 2021, within the framework of the Days of Remembrance dedicated to the centenary of the Russian Exodus , flowers were laid at the cross at the Kerch sea station, according to the official website of the Heritage Foundation .

The event was attended by the orchestra of the 115th separate special-purpose brigade of the Russian National Guard under the direction of Major Daniil Rafailov. The banner group of reenactors of the Drozdovsky regiment from St. Petersburg with an exact copy of the regimental banner stood guard at the cross. Representatives of the military-historical club "Rubezh" from Maikop and the Union of Societies "Heritage of the Empire" from the village of Otradnoye of the Krasnodar Territory, the Kerch-Yenikalsky khutor Cossack society of the Black Sea Cossack Host lined up nearby. Representatives of the Kerch community were also present at the laying of flowers.

The audience was addressed by the President of the Heritage NBF, Lieutenant General Leonid Reshetnikov, who thanked the representatives of the Black Sea Cossack army, Donets, Tertsy for their work on restoring the historical memory of millennial Russia.

“Why are we holding the Days of Remembrance dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Russian Exodus? To learn from the terrible events of more than a century ago. We are trying to tell the truth about the Civil War so that such a split, such hatred does not repeat itself in our country. This war has divided people. As a result, the country lost millions of the best sons of the Fatherland: military men, inventors, scientists, writers, engineers. We must know and remember this tragedy. We have one truth - love for Russia, ”Reshetnikov emphasized in his speech.

Further, a funeral lithium was served for all those who died during the Civil War and who left for the Exodus, flowers were laid at the memorial Cross. After that, everyone went to the embankment of Kerch, where a military-historical reconstruction of the episode of the Russian Exodus took place with the participation of more than 300 reenactors representing military-historical clubs from all over Russia.

To immerse the audience in the era of a century ago, from 11 am on the embankment, interactive platforms were open, where they showed weapons, uniforms, medicine of that time, it was possible to enroll in the Volunteer or Red Army. People dressed in the fashion of a century ago were walking along the embankment.

Children and older people enjoyed examining the Lanchester armored car and the 1902 Russian cannon. Here, like yesterday in the Leninsky District, history was at arm's length. Reenactors talked about the peculiarities of uniforms, weapons, medicine, took pictures with those who wish.

The event was attended by the head of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Crimea A.V. Novoselskaya and the head of the administration of Kerch S.V. Borozdin.

In 1920, Kerch became the last city where the Russian flag was lowered, from where more than 40 thousand citizens of the Russian Empire departed into obscurity. Therefore, the choice of the venue for the festival is not accidental. The first part of the reconstruction was an action with elements of a theatrical production, reproducing episodes of the evacuation in November 1920, based on historical documents and memoirs. The loading of military and civilians on the ship was shown. Two ships participated in the reconstruction - the 100-seater "Chernomorye" and the replica minesweeper KTShch # 581 "Tuapse". According to the scenario, after loading the main part of the reenactors, "Chernomorye", having given a signal, departed from the coast. A wreath was launched from its side in memory of those "who had no place in their homeland." After that, stragglers appeared on the embankment, and the offensive of the Bolsheviks began,a fight ensued. The minesweeper covered the stragglers by firing from the water.

The reconstruction scenario based on historical materials was prepared by the commander of the VIC "Consolidated Officer's General Markov Regiment" Colonel G.A. Yakovitsky. The music was specially selected. The following compositions were performed: G. Kitler "Expectation", Polonaise by Mikhail Oginsky "Farewell to the Motherland", march "Longing for the Motherland", Mozart "Requiem for a Dream", March of Kornilovtsev, March of Markovtsev, Antonio Vivaldi "Tango of Death" and others. The course of the production was covered by the commentator - a military historian from St. Petersburg B.G. Kipnis. Thanks to the dramatic script and professional, captivating commentary, viewers were able to experience unforgettable emotions and feel everything that happened in their city more than a hundred years ago. Many had tears in their eyes. At the end of the action, the audience thanked the reenactors with applause.

According to the deputy commander of the VIC "Consolidated Officer General Markov Regiment" Captain D. Wilhelm, the past two-day festival has become the largest of such events in the Civil War in our country over the past five years and unique - for the first time the reconstruction of the events of the Russian Exodus was shown, loading on ship.

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Kuban's Parade to the 30th anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Cossacks

On April 24, a parade of historical departments of the Kuban Cossack army took place in Krasnodar, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Cossacks. The event took place on the Main City Square in compliance with all sanitary and epidemiological requirements - behind closed doors without spectators.

The event was attended by the head of the region Veniamin Kondratyev, the ataman of the Kuban Cossack army (KKV), the vice-governor of the region Alexander Vlasov, the speaker of the ZSK Yuri Burlachko, the chief federal inspector for the region Alexey Ermakov, member of the Federation Council from the region Vladimir Beketov, Metropolitan of Yekaterinodar and Kuban Grigory , the military priest Archpriest Ioann Garmash and other guests of honor.
The parade participants were greeted by the Governor of the Krasnodar Territory Veniamin Kondratyev, who in his speech noted the importance of this event and the role of the Cossacks in the life of the region, including their service to the country and the people, protection of borders, participation in the management of cities and villages.
Ataman KKV Alexander Vlasov stressed that today the Kuban army is the most numerous and has more than 55 thousand Cossacks in its ranks. Also successfully organized work on public service, the development of the system of Cossack education.





The parade began with the carrying of the banner of the Kuban Cossack army by the banner group of the Guard of Honor. The banner was consecrated by His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia and was presented to the ataman of the Kuban Cossack army by the President of the Russian Federation.
The banner group of the Guard of Honor brought to the square the military banner and regalia of the Kuban Cossacks - among them the diploma of Empress Catherine II, banners bestowed on the Kuban Cossack army by Russian emperors, Orthodox icons. Then the ceremonial calculations of the historical departments of the Kuban Cossack army passed with a marching step. Also, the traditional laying of the "Garland of Memory" at the Eternal Flame took place - it was taken to the memorial by car.



Recall that the parade of historical calculations of the Kuban Cossack army takes place in Krasnodar and is timed to the anniversary of the signing of the RSFSR Law of 26.04.1991 "On the rehabilitation of repressed peoples" and the Day of rehabilitation of the Kuban Cossacks, established 9.10.1995 № 15-KZ "On the rehabilitation of the Kuban Cossacks" and 14.12.2006 № 1145-KZ "On the establishment of holidays and memorable dates in the Krasnodar Territory . "

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A monument dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War was unveiled in Sevastopol

A monument dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in Russia was opened in Sevastopol.

Recall that the original idea was to erect a monument to Russian people forced to flee from the Bolsheviks who occupied the country. Hence the place of installation - the embankment of Sevastopol, from where, among other things, the patriots of Russia went into exile. Then the Russian Military Historical Society got down to business, and the monument turned into a "monument to the reconciliation of the Reds and Whites." It is noteworthy that particular dissatisfaction was expressed by the ideological and spiritual heirs of the Russophobes-Bolsheviks, who announced the rehabilitation of the "unfinished counter".

The monument was opened on the coast of the Quarantine Bay of Sevastopol, from there a view of the Tauric Chersonesos and St. Vladimir's Cathedral opens up. Nearby in the roadstead are lined up the sailing ship "Chersonesos", the patrol ships of the Black Sea Fleet "Pytlivy" and "Ladny" and the oldest naval ship in Russia and in the world, in service - the rescue ship "Volkhov" (Bolshevik nickname "Commune"), built in 1913 ...

The ceremony was attended by Assistant to the President, Chairman of the RVIO Vladimir Medinsky, Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev, Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Vice Admiral Igor Osipov, Senator Yekaterina Altabaeva, Deputy of the Russian State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy , the military and the public.

“There is nothing worse when a split occurs within one state, one family. This monument to the 100th anniversary of the end of the Civil War is a memorial to its tragedy. Dedicated to its participants, all the sons of Russia. This is the first such large-scale memorial in Russia. We must remember this lesson of history - a house, destroyed from the inside, as it is said, will not stand. We can be very different, but we are one people, and we have one Russia, ”said Vladimir Medinsky.

On a high pedestal, a female figure is the image of Russia, the image of a mother calling for the reconciliation of her sons, who were raised by the Civil War. Their figures are located at the foot of the pedestal. At the foot of the column, on three sides, poems dedicated to these tragic days by poets Maximilian Voloshin, Marina Tsvetaeva, Nikolai Turoverov, and also Mikhail Sholokhov are engraved in stone on three sides.

The author of the monument is sculptor, chairman of the Union of Artists of Russia Andrey Kovalchuk.

 

From IA "Legitimist": On the monument is written "We are one people, and we have one Russia." Given that the slogan of the whites was indeed "United and indivisible Russia", and the slogan of the red was "Workers of all countries unite", i.e. the slogan of the world revolution, to which they sacrificed Russia. The activation of the supporters of the Reds in the recent (see, for example, previously published news) clearly indicates that there is no desire for reconciliation on their part.

 

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Kornilov's commemoration by the Tsargrad Society

 

On April 17th in Yekaterinodar, at the site of the death of General Lavr Georgievich Kornilov, aKornilov commemoration took place. The memory of the general of the Volunteer Army, the heroes of the volunteers and the Cossacks came to honor the Cossacks of the Kuban Cossack army, headed by Ataman Vlasov, representatives of Cossack societies, the city administration, and public organizations.

Archpriest John, spiritual troops and rector of the military cathedral of Alexander Nevsky, conducted a memorial service for the dead general, volunteers and Cossacks. At the headquarters, where the preparations for the assault were discussed by Denikin, Kornilov, Alekseev and other generals - now the flag of our society Constantinople, with the imperial two-headed eagle, weighs on a permanent basis.

"We sacredly honor the memory of the heroes of the white movement who gave their lives in the fight against Bolshevism for a united and indivisible Russia" said Общество ЦАРЬГРАД (Tsargrad Society).

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Prayers for the Cossacks who suffered from genocide after the revolution were held in the churches of North Ossetia

In honor of the innocently murdered Cossacks who suffered from genocide after the revolution, prayers were held in the churches of St. John the Warrior in Vladikavkaz and Alexander Nevsky in the village of Arkhonskaya. On the territory of the Terek region for twenty years, more than 12,000 people, including children and the elderly, have suffered. Many were sent into exile. In memory of the 101st anniversary of those tragic events, a motor rally was also organized.

Andrey Perevoznikov, ataman of the Arkhonsk stanitsa Cossack society: “The villages of Vorontsovo-Dashkovsk, Tarskaya, Sunzhenskaya were evicted. Archonskaya, Ardona's farm, Khristianovskaya, Nikolaevskaya and Zmeiskaya were terrorized. Through all these villages, we make a cross-country rally with the relics of St. Sergius of Radonezh, Alexander Nevsky, Kirill and Mary. It is necessary to honor the memory, especially since we live in a region where everyone always remembers their dead. "

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The battle for Vyselki, First Kuban campaign of the Russian Civil War, reconstrution held

On March 13, the Cossacks of the Regional Representation of SKVRiZ in the Republic of Adygea, headed by their ataman, head of the department of the Tsargrad Society, Sergei Fomin, plunged into the atmosphere of the Civil War. On the fields near the village of Vyselki, Krasnodar Territory, a reconstruction of the battle of the First Kuban campaign ("Ice" campaign) took place. Historical clubs in Moscow, Kuban and other regions of the country with the participation of Cossacks and representatives of various public Cossack associations reproduced the battles between units of the Volunteer and Red armies.

All participants in the reconstruction were armed with blank weapons. From the memoirs of the hero of the Civil War, General Bogaevsky AP: “... For the entire 2½-month“ Ice campaign ”, among the fifty battles that we had to endure, the battle for Vyselki, early in the morning of March 3, left in my memory the most heavy recollection ... We took Selenium, but at the cost of some desperate efforts and sacrifices! .. "

The organizers of the reconstruction made strict demands on the appearance of the participants. They must wear uniforms and equipment from the period 1914-1918. But the use of elements of the form of the imperial army, volunteer chevrons with the colors of the national flag, stripes, chevrons and shoulder straps of shock units of the 1917 model were also allowed. Those who were in the role of the Red Guards cannot used cockades on their headdresses in the form of a red star and insignia of the command staff of the Red Army of the 1918-1922 model, as well as "budenovka". Recall that by order of the Revolutionary Military Council, "Budennovka" became an official winter headdress only in January 1919. 

"On the distant approaches, the Partisan and Consolidated Officer Regiments lay down from heavy machine-gun fire and are preparing to meet the attack of the Reds. The Reds are attacking. White volleys force the sailors and Red Army men to retreat to their positions. After that, until the Reds were entrenched, the regiments unanimously attack the Reds' defense, hack into it and occupy the first line. The Reds retreat to the second line. The field of a short skirmish between the lines of the Reds and Whites, Partizansky and Consolidated Officer, at the command of the commanders, attack the second line of defense, engage in bayonet battle with the sailors and the Red Guards. They win and try to occupy the third line of defense on the move. But there the Red forces have two machine guns that stop the desperate attack. White retreats to the second line, the Reds consolidate at the third, last line. After some lull, both white regiments begin the last battle, where after 2-3 attacks the last one follows, where the red forces are partially killed, partially surrendered."

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Dozens of Cossacks crossed Lake Baikal on ice in memory of the Siberian ice campaign of 1920

A group of 30 people from the Irkutsk, Zabaikalsk, Black Sea Cossack troops, as well as volunteers from Irkutsk and Ulan-Ude, crossed Lake Baikal on the ice on March 6 in memory of the Siberian ice campaign of 1920, the BaikalPost news agency reported in the press center of the Oblastnaya newspaper. “The ice trip will go from Listvyanka to the Tankhoi railway station, the distance is about 40 kilometers. The patriotic community has been carrying out such transitions since 2004. ”


The Cossacks passed from Listvyanka to Tankhoy, taking into account the bypassing hummocks and cracks, the length of the route was about 45 kilometers, the travel time was 15 hours. The participants started after the prayer service in the Church of St. Nicholas in Listvyanka, which began at 6.30.

“The transition turned out to be not easy - the last 10 kilometers the path ran through deep snow and hummocks, but, despite all the difficulties, by 9 o'clock in the evening the trailing part of the group entered Tankhoy,” the commander of the detachment, chief of staff of the Irkutsk Cossack army esaul Valery Bobrov is quoted in the message ...

The rally is dedicated to the final stage of the Civil War in Eastern Siberia, when in mid-February 1920 the remnants of the retreating Russian army of General Kappel crossed Lake Baikal and went to Chita. Historically, the route of the Siberian ice campaign in 1920 ran from the village of Bolshoye Goloustnoye to the town of Babushkin in Buryatia. At that time, about 35 thousand people, including women and children, overcame Baikal on the ice. Similar transitions have been carried out since 2004. 

 

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Putin appointed adviser Aksenov ataman of the Crimean Cossacks

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on March 5th appointing Anton Sirotkin ataman of the Black Sea Cossack army. The document was published on the official portal of legal information.

Sirotkin, who is a member of United Russia, holds the position of adviser to the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov.

Recall that the Black Sea Cossack army was created at the beginning of last year to unite the Cossacks of Crimea and Sevastopol.

 

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The memory of Russian soldiers of the White North-Western Army was honored in Narva

On February 24, Estonia celebrates Independence Day, recalling the 1918-1920 war that Estonia waged against the communist RSFSR. For many, both in Estonia and abroad, the role of the Russian North-Western Army of General N.N. Yudenich in that war is unknown.


That is why, with the blessing of Vladyka Lazar, Bishop of Narva and Chuddin, February 24 of this year. In Narva, at the memorial to the North-Westerners at the Russian military cemetery in the Sivertsi region, a memorial service was served for the White soldiers who fell in battles and died from typhus in late 1919 - early 1920. (The memorial was restored with private donations, in 2006-7, 6 granite slabs with the names of 722 soldiers of the NWA were installed at the expense of the Muscovite Alexander Makarov. In total, from 3500 to 5000 soldiers and officers of the army of General N.N. Yudenich are buried there).

Link to the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AE1BJ-Zfsw

 

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The Tsarevich Georgy announces his wedding

The Russian Imperial House announced the upcoming wedding of Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich to the hereditary noblewoman from Italy Rebecca (baptized Victoria Romanovna) Bettarini. Metropolitan Barsonuphius of St. Petersburg and Ladoga gave Victoria Romanovna Bettarini on the day of her accession to Orthodoxy the icon of the Heavenly patroness, St. Victoria of Rome. Saint Petersburg, 12 July 2020. Indeed, for monarchs, marriage is not only a private matter, but also a question of continuing the Dynasty. And in our Russian case, when the Romanov Dynasty has only one and only legal heir, this issue is of particular importance.

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Tchernetzov's Partisans Honored by the Don Cossacks

The days of memory of the legendary Don hero-partisan, Colonel Chernetsov and the young soldiers of his detachment were held in the Rostov region. Days of memory of the legendary Don Colonel Chernetsov and the young soldiers of his detachment were held on the Don. The Chernetsovites fought successfully, but at the end of January 1918, during one of the battles, they suffered serious losses, there were no reinforcements, at the same time several guns went out of order. As a result, 30 partisans were taken prisoner by the Cossacks, opponents of the military foreman Nikolai Golubov. Vasily Chernetsov was killed by a Cossack, a supporter of the establishment of a new government on the Don, Fyodor Podtyolkov. This fraternal battle is considered the beginning of the Civil War on the Don.

In memory of the events of those years, Days of Remembrance are held in the Rostov region, and in the places of the battles of the detachment - a historical reconstruction. Traditionally, this year students of the Shakhty Cossack Cadet Corps of General Baklanov took part in the events. So, in February, a creative evening "Lines Born by the Civil War" took place, during which Cossack cadets performed songs. Also, young people marched through the native village of Chernetsov - Kalitvenskaya, along the last path of his detachment to the place of the legendary battle. The cadets paid military honors on February 9th near the memorial cross at the site of the death of Chernetsovites, bowed to the ashes of Ataman Alexei Kaledin and young soldiers who were buried in the old Novocherkassk cemetery.


Vasily Mihailovich Tchernetzov (March 3, 1890 – January 23, 1918) was a Don Cossack Russian Imperial Army officer who served as a colonel in the Don Army. Chernetsov wass a Cossack of the village of Kalitvenskaya and a hero of the First World War. He led Tchernetzov's Partisans, an independent irregular Don Cossacks military company commissioned after the Act of Ataman by Alexey Kaledin on November 7, 1917. This 600-man regiment-size unit was formed of Don Cossack officers and students His detachment is known, which operated on the territory of the Don region at the beginning of the Civil War. It included cadets, or gymnasium students. The fighters held back the offensive on the Don of the troops that supported the Soviet regime. Colonel Tchernetzov's death at the hands of the Communists was explored in Mikhail Sholokhov's novel And Quiet Flows the Don.After the death of Vasily Tchernetzov, surviving members joined the Volunteer Army's Ice March in the end of February 1918.

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How the red army commander surrendered the city of Tsaritsyn to the whites

In the Civil War, out of 100 commanders of the red armies, 82 were military specialists. Of these, regular officers - 62. 5 people changed the Soviet power. One betrayal played a fatal role in the fate of our hero city, which bore the name Tsaritsyn in those years.

What are you uneducated boors!

The sun was rising. The sky was blue, the air was warmer, filled with bird noise. But the eight passengers of the car were now not up to the beauties of nature. They looked around anxiously, afraid to see the pursuit.



The farmstead was left behind, the overloaded car trudged along the off-road, shuddering heavily on bumps, now and then falling into potholes. Finally, the meanders of the Medveditsa River sparkled ahead. At the crossing the fugitives were met by a hundred Cossacks, peaks swaying overhead.



“Here is the guard of honor,” Nikolai Dmitrievich thought unhappily for some reason. - Now they will bring the bread and salt. Or a glass on a saber. "



An officer separated from the ranks, accompanied by three Cossacks, drove up to the car, said casually:



- General, by order of my superiors, I will arrest you. Take the trouble to hand over your checker, revolver and valuables.



“Here's to you, grandmother, and St. George's Day! Nikolai Dmitrievich gasped mentally. - Here is your word of honor of the Don Cossack! After all, they promised an honorable surrender, with the abandonment of the weapon.



But he didn't say anything out loud. Obediently he sat down in the car that had rolled over, a cornet sat down next to him, put the barrel of a revolver to the prisoner's temple, and made an evil promise:



- If you try to run, I'll shoot you.



The column began to move, on every bump the muzzle hit painfully in the temple of Nikolai Dmitrievich, he was seriously afraid of an accidental shot. And gloomy thoughts swarmed in my head: “These are idiots of high flight! The commander of the IX Soviet Army voluntarily came to you, brought information and documents of extreme importance, and you turn your nose away from him. What uneducated boors you are! "



Such were the circumstances of the flight from the Bolsheviks of Nikolai Dmitrievich Vsevolodov, commander of the IX Army, with his entire family. It happened on June 22, 1919, near the Sennaya farm, which was located 40 km from Mikhailovka. Vsevolodov himself recalled everything that happened, in his declining years found himself in New York and published his memoirs here.



Curious reading, I must admit. A participant in the First World War and the Civil War, Vsevolodov gives details of events, draws portraits of famous figures on different sides of the barricades. True, one cannot completely trust the memoirist - the old years, the obvious bias (not to say - a lie) do not allow relying on memories as a completely reliable source.



To begin with, Mr. Vsevolodov was not a general. He, constantly stumbling on the career ladder, rose to the rank of colonel of the General Staff in the pre-revolutionary Russian Empire. Moreover, without being in battles and campaigns, but only wiping breeches in various staff positions. However, he managed to become a knight of three orders: St. Stanislav 3rd and 2nd degree and St. Anna. For what deeds - God knows.



The Colonel's fate kept

Comparing various documents and studies (here the main merit belongs to the famous Russian historian Andrei Ganin), you come to the conclusion that the main driving force in the life of Nikolai Dmitrievich was personal interest. And the main motto is everything to the family! And he was strong and almost always and everywhere was with him, wherever fate threw him. His wife and three children followed him everywhere, for the sake of them he did the seemingly unthinkable and incredible in the conditions of war and revolutionary times.



It should be noted that fate, by and large, kept the colonel. The October Revolution began for him with his arrest and placement in prison. Many of his classmates disappeared there in the execution cellars. But Nikolai Dmitrievich remained alive and actively began his military career in the service of the victorious class. In 1918 he was already Chief of Staff of the IX Army.



The family, of course, is with him. In addition to fulfilling troublesome official duties, Nikolai Dmitrievich brought in animals - cows, pigs, and sold milk. How he managed to combine a high military post and low commerce, only he himself knows. But this practical vein will save the family in subsequent wanderings.



As a military leader, he is directly responsible for the fall of Red Verdun - Tsaritsyn. Vsevolodov, in violation of a direct order from the high command, instead of an offensive, organized the retreat of his army. As a result, Wrangel defeated the neighboring X army defending Tsaritsyn, and the city was taken by the Wrangel troops on June 30, 1919.



The most interesting thing is that, no matter how Vsevolodov tried later, to present his actions as thoughtful and initially aimed at defeating the red units, the researchers are inclined to conclude that this happened due to the mediocrity of the commander.But the fact is that the information provided by the colonel to the command of the whites allowed them, in addition to Tsaritsyn, to seize the cities of Balashov and Borisoglebsk. However, Vsevolodov and his family, as the reader already knows, was not met with bread and salt in the White Camp at first. The colonel was under investigation for half a year without receiving any assistance. But the commercial talent worked here too. Vsevolodov somehow managed to get a heating car, bought in the rear all sorts of shortages, such as soap, pins, matches, threads and other things, and successfully launched trade in the Taganrog markets.



In December 1919, the investigation concluded that Vsevolodov brought a lot of benefits to the White movement, he was accepted into secondary staff positions. Here his talent as a journalist was cut through, he was often published in the White Guard newspapers - his articles regularly appeared on the desk of the head of the Cheka Felix Dzerzhinsky, or even Lenin himself.



Vsevolodov's later life resembles an adventure novel. Even before the complete defeat of the whites, the colonel managed to take the family to Constantinople. Here he first started a car business, then opened a teahouse. Moved to Budapest soon after. He worked as a taxi driver. He managed to create a jazz orchestra, in which his two sons played - the former army commander himself rather briskly drummed on the keys of the piano.



During the Second World War, Vsevolodov was already the owner of a coffee shop. Then - a throw to the American continent: Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and the final - in the United States, where in 1964 his memories came out. Nikolai Vsevolodov was already 85 years old. More information about him is not available.

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Cossacks of the Irkutsk region honored the memory of Kolchak

 

Prayer service in memory of the Council of New Martyrs and Confessors of the Russian Church and laying a wreath at the monument to Admiral A.V. Kolchak, in honor of the 101st anniversary of his death, took place in Irkutsk. This was reported on February 7, 2021 by Oblastnaya.

The event was held by the Irkutsk Cossack military society. On this day (January 25, O.S. style), the Holy Church commemorates all the departed who suffered for the faith of Christ.

- Today the Cossacks of Irkutsk and the Irkutsk region have gathered here to honor the memory of the remarkable naval commander, Arctic explorer and Supreme Commander-in-Chief Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak. This is a person who chose his fate and did not betray it. 101 years ago, here, at the confluence of the Ushakovka and Angara rivers, his earthly journey ended. A difficult life befell this man. But he was always faithful to duty and to his Fatherland. Life turned so that brother went to brother, father to son. And this is a great lesson for us. We must no longer allow this to happen. Nor should the roots of our historical memory, the memory of our Cossacks be severed. Without roots, the tree will fall and dissolve into oblivion, our Fatherland. Today here we, the Irkutsk Cossack Society, commemorate Alexander Vasilyevich. The regional branch of the Union of Cossacks of Russia is with us. Together we serve for the good of the Motherland for the Orthodox faith.

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Tsarevich visits the Metropolitan of Chelyabinsk

GRAND DUK GEORGE MIKHAILOVICH MET WITH METROPOLITAN OF CHELYABINSK AND MIASS GRIGORY. On February 5, 2021, the Chelyabinsk diocesan administration was visited by E.I. Heir to the Tsarevich and Grand Duke Georgy Mikhailovich. The visit began with a visit to St. Simeon's Cathedral. Accompanied by the secretary of the Chelyabinsk diocese, Mitred Archpriest Igor Viktorovich Shestakov, the August guest examined the exhibits of the parish museum of the history of Orthodoxy in the South Urals.

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General Vladimir Oskarovich Kappel, commemorative events in Moscow

 

On January 26, 2021, on the day of memory of the General Staff of Lieutenant General Vladimir Oskarovich Kappel, commemorative events took place at his grave in the Donskoy Monastery in Moscow. A memorial service was served for the now remembered generals Vladimir Kappel and Alexander Kutepov, as well as for General Anton Denikin and the philosopher Ivan Ilyin who had reposed near them. The traditional "Zarya" ceremony was performed by naval cadets. The officers of the ROVS held a memorable roll call of the participants of the Great Siberian Ice Campaign.
At the end of the roll call, the floor was given to the guests of honor: Chairman of the "Heritage of the Empire" Association L.P. Reshetnikov and co-chairman of the Skobelevsky committee A.N. Alekaev. White roses from the ROVS and "Heritage of the Empire" were laid at the grave of Vladimir Oskarovich.
This event took place on the initiative of the Moscow branch of the ROVS, with the active support of the Moscow cadet classes of Tsarevich Alexei and the Heritage of the Empire Association.
Moscow branch of ROVS

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Tributes in memory of the Cossacks killed during the years of the Bolshevik terror held

In January 24, events were held throughout the country in memory of the Cossacks killed during the years of the Bolshevik terror. Members of the regional branches of the Tsargrad Society also took part in these events.
So, in the village of Starocherkasskaya, a procession was held, in which Cossacks and atamans of SKVRiZ and VKO VVD took part. In Crimea, the activists of "Constantinople" together with the Cossacks of the Black Sea Cossack army defended a prayer for the victims of decossackization, after which they laid a wreath at the monument to the killed Cossacks.
Mourning events and funeral services were held in other cities: Ryazan, Yoshkar-Ola, Astrakhan, Kirov, Ulyanovsk, Orel, Lipetsk, Kurgan, Belgorod, etc. In Moscow, in memory of the killed Cossacks, a service was held in the Cossack temple Joy and Consolation on Khodynka field , which was also attended by members of our Society.

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Nou llibre sobre la segona campanya de Kuban de l’exèrcit de voluntaris

A Rússia s'ha publicat un nou llibre sobre la segona campanya Kuban de l'exèrcit de voluntaris: "La segona (II) campanya Kuban. 10.VI - 18.IX.1918" (autor - Igor Nikolaevich Komendrovsky). Aquest és el primer estudi militar-històric detallat de les accions militars de l'exèrcit de voluntaris a les regions de Kuban i Stavropol l'estiu de 1918, durant la Guerra Civil Russa. Aquest llibre forma part de la sèrie Exèrcit de voluntaris en combat i campanya. Principis bàsics de la presentació del llibre: La segona campanya de Kuban es divideix en operacions separades, s’analitzen en l’ordre següent: teatre d’operacions, forces i plans dels bàndols, rumb i resultats de les operacions militars per a cada operació. El material es dóna per ordre cronològic. Es presta una atenció considerable a la descripció estadística de les operacions militars de l'exèrcit de voluntaris. Un aparell de referència clar, la presència d’esquemes.Per a l’estudi de la segona campanya de Kuban, a més de documents publicats, memòries i investigacions, es van utilitzar materials procedents dels arxius del GARF, RGVA, GARO, TsDNIRO i GAKK. L’apèndix conté una sèrie de materials inèdits: fragments dels manuscrits de V.G. Kharzhevsky, G.K. Kochergin, memòries de B.I. Kazanovich. sobre les batalles prop de Yekaterinodar a l’estiu de 1918, informació i materials analítics. El llibre conté 17 esquemes de colors originals de la segona (segona) campanya de Kuban de l'Exèrcit Voluntari. Sobre aquest tema, l'autor va publicar dos articles a l'almanac "Exèrcit blanc. Escriptura blanca" núm. 14 i núm. 21. Per a aquesta edició, s’han revisat radicalment atraient noves fonts.L’apèndix conté una sèrie de materials inèdits: fragments dels manuscrits de V.G. Kharzhevsky, G.K. Kochergin, memòries de B.I. Kazanovich. sobre les batalles prop de Yekaterinodar a l’estiu de 1918, informació i materials analítics. El llibre conté 17 esquemes de colors originals de la segona (segona) campanya de Kuban de l'Exèrcit Voluntari. Sobre aquest tema, l'autor va publicar dos articles a l'almanac "Exèrcit blanc. Escriptura blanca" núm. 14 i núm. 21. Per a aquesta edició, s’han revisat radicalment atraient noves fonts.L’apèndix conté una sèrie de materials inèdits: fragments dels manuscrits de V.G. Kharzhevsky, G.K. Kochergin, memòries de B.I. Kazanovich. sobre les batalles prop de Yekaterinodar a l’estiu de 1918, informació i materials analítics. El llibre conté 17 esquemes de colors originals de la segona (segona) campanya de Kuban de l'Exèrcit Voluntari. Sobre aquest tema, l'autor va publicar dos articles a l'almanac "Exèrcit blanc. Escriptura blanca" núm. 14 i núm. 21. Per a aquesta edició, s’han revisat radicalment atraient noves fonts.Sobre aquest tema, l'autor ha publicat dos articles a l'almanac "Exèrcit blanc. Escriptura blanca" núm. 14 i núm. 21. Per a aquesta edició, s’han revisat radicalment atraient noves fonts.Sobre aquest tema, l'autor ha publicat dos articles a l'almanac "Exèrcit blanc. Escriptura blanca" núm. 14 i núm. 21. Per a aquesta edició, s’han revisat radicalment atraient noves fonts.







Llibre 2 Les primeres victòries. Volum 1. La segona campanya de Kuban. 10.VI-18.IX.18 Moscou. 2020 348s. 17 combinacions de colors. Tapa tova. RUB 590 (prepagament, inclòs el lliurament a Rússia). Envieu totes les sol·licituds a l’adreça: igorcamenevv@yandex.ru El lliurament es realitza a Rússia i a l’estranger per Russian Post. Pagament a la targeta de Sberbank de Rússia, contra reemborsament és possible. El preu es dóna tenint en compte el prepagament de la targeta; el lliurament en efectiu de reemborsament i a l’estranger es calcula per separat. Rostov-on-Don: la recollida és possible, en aquest cas el cost és de 500 rubles. Si es vol, l'autor pot signar el llibre.





Contingut del llibre Komendrovsky Second Kuban campaign. 10.VI-18.IX.18: 

Introducció. La situació militar-política a l’inici de la II i Kuban campanya 10 (23). VI-18.IX (1.X). 1918: Rússia soviètica. - Exèrcit de voluntaris. - "Campanya del Volga" de l'Exèrcit de Voluntaris. - Kuban i el nord del Caucas. - República soviètica de Kuban-Mar Negre. Teatre de guerra; Forces de les parts: Exèrcit voluntari: les tropes vermelles del Kuban, Stavropol i Don;

Capítol 1. Juny. Operació comercial i gran duc de l'exèrcit de voluntaris. 10.VI - 15.VI.1918 - Batalles pel comerç. 10-12.VI.: Plans i forces de les parts: Exèrcit de voluntaris: tropes de la República de Kuban-Mar Negre i del territori de Stavropol. - El curs de les hostilitats. 10 de juny. 11 de juny. 12 de juny. - Lluita a la zona del pont Kazenny (riu Manych) - Resultats. L'ofensiva contra el gran duc. 15.VI. - Plans i forces de les parts. - El curs de les hostilitats: el centre de la posició, el flanc dret i esquerre - Resultats.

Capítol 2. Juny. Operació de Tikhoretsk. 18.VI - 1.VII 1918. - Plans i forces de les parts. - Batalles per Peschanokopskaya 18 - 20.VI. - Ofensiva contra l’argila blanca 22 - 23.VI. - Batalles al sector nord del front 18 - 25.VI. - La situació al front abans de l'atac a Tikhoretskaya el 28.VI. Forces i plans de les parts. - "Incursió de Borovsky" del 28 al 30 de juny. - Assalt a Tikhoretskaya 1.VII. - Resultats.

Capítol 3. Juliol. L'ofensiva de l'exèrcit de voluntaris a la regió de Kuban i al territori de Stavropol. 3 - 15.VII.1918 - Operació Kushchevskaya 5 - 10.VII i persecució del grup Sorokin 11 - 13.VII - "Desembarcament de Yeysk". 11.07. - Operació caucàsica de la 2a Divisió d’Infanteria. 3 - 9.VII. 1a operació Armavir 2a pd. 12 - 15.VII. - Promoció de la tercera carretera en direcció Yekaterinodar. 3 - 13.VII. - Direcció Stavropol. 2 - 14.VII: Primera defensa de Stavropol. 10-13 VII. - Resultats.

Capítol 4. Juliol. Les batalles de l'exèrcit de voluntaris a la part central de la regió de Kuban i el territori de Stavropol. 14.VII - 3.VIII.1918: Plans, forces i ubicació de les parts; Operació Ekaterinodar. 14.VII - 3.VIII.1918: batalla de Korenovsk. 14 - 23.VII. - L’equilibri de forces en direcció Yekaterinodar. - El curs de la batalla. Primer pas. 14-17.VII: Batalla per Dinskaya. 14.VII. - Contraofensiva del grup de Sorokin. 14-17.VII. - Lluita per Korenovskaya. 16-17.VII. - Batalles a Ekaterinodar i altres sectors del front. 15 - 18.VII; El curs de la batalla.

Segona fase. 18-23.VII: Berezanskaya-Zhuravskaya 18-19.VII. - Platnirovskaya 18.VII. - Defensa Korenovskaya 3 pd. 18-19.VII. - Berezanskaya-Zhuravskaya. 19-23.VII; L'atac a Yekaterinodar. 24.VII - 3.VIII - La situació al front, forces i plans de les parts - Zhuravskaya-Korenovskaya. 24-25.VII - Persecució de tropes soviètiques. 26-29.VII: operació Ust-Labinsk de la 3a divisió. 26-29.VII - Assalt de Yekaterinodar 1 - 3.VIII. - Resultats; Direcció Armavir. 17 - 30.VII.18; La segona defensa de Stavropol 17 - 31.VII.18. - Resultats.

Capítol 5. Agost. Lluites a l'oest i al sud de la regió de Kuban, a la província del Mar Negre i a Stavropol. 4 - 28.VIII.: Persecució de les tropes soviètiques 5.VIII - 13.VIII.1918. Plans, punts forts i ubicació de les parts; Aixecament al departament de Maikop. Juliol agost; Operació Kuban inferior. 5.VIII - 13.VIII.1918: Plans i forces de les parts. - El curs de les hostilitats. 5 - 11.VIII. - Verkhnebakanskaya. 12.VIII. - Novorossiysk. 13.VIII. - Resultats. Ps "L'opció de Sorokin". - "Corrent de ferro". Persecució de l'exèrcit de Taman. 13 - 19.VIII.1918: Plans, forces i ubicació de les parts. - El curs de les hostilitats: els tamans - a Tuapse! 13.VIII - 19.IX. Persecució de l'Exèrcit Roig del Nord Caucàsic a la regió de Trans-Kuban. 4 - 25.VIII.18: plans de les parts - Forçar el primer cd de Kuban. 4 - 13.VIII. Fracàs a Ust-Labinskaya 7 - 8. VIII. - Organització de les tropes del districte militar de Belorechensk.- Persecució del grup de Sorokin. 14 - 22.VIII. - Contraofensiva de l'Exèrcit Roig del Nord Caucàsic. 22-23VIII. - Lluites al departament de Maykop. 20 - 26VIII: Activació dels rebels Morozov i Gaiman. "Rierol de ferro": travessant la principal dorsal caucàsica de la 1a columna de l'exèrcit de Taman. 20 -27.VIII - CD Raid 1 Cube a Belorechenskaya i Maykop. 20 - 26.VIII; Armavir "davant". Agost de 1918; "Conflicte de Zhlobin". Mitjans d'agost - principis de setembre; Batalles a prop de Stavropol 5 - 28. VIII.1918: Plans, forces i ubicació de les parts. - La tercera defensa de Stavropol. 5-10.VIII. - Contraofensiva de l'exèrcit de voluntaris prop de Stavropol. 11 - 28VIII.: Sector oriental del front. 11 - 14VIII. - Sector occidental del front. 13 - 17VIII. - El sector sud del front. Batalla per Nedremennaya. 17 - 18.VIII. - Nord-est de Stavropol. Agost de 1918 - Regió de Stavropol.Secció nord del front. Agost de 1918 Capítol 6. Agost - setembre. La batalla a la part alta de Kuban. 26 d'agost - 18 de setembre de 1918: Plans, forces i ubicació de les parts. - Sector occidental del front. Operació defensiva Belorechensk 1 CD cube. 26.VIII - 6.IX. - La batalla per Pshekhskaya. 28.VIII. - La batalla per Belorechenskaya. 29.VIII - 02.IX. - Avanç de l'exèrcit de Taman. 03-06.IX. - Resultats. - Ps sector oriental del front. L'ofensiva de l'exèrcit de voluntaris. 26.VIII - 9.IX.18 - Forçant la 3a Divisió d’Infanteria de Kuban. 26.VIII - 2.IX. - Battles for Petropavlovskaya 1st CD. 27-30.VIII. - Conflicte Kislov - Negre. Cap al 05-10 de setembre. - L'atac a Nevinnomysskaya 2 pd. 26.VIII-2.IX. - 2a operació Armavir 3 pd. 4-9.IX. - Batalles per Nevinnomyssk 3-8.IX. - Raid Skins. 30.VIII - 10.IX. - Resultats. La transició de l’exèrcit de voluntaris a la defensa. Sector oriental del front. Batalles defensives de l'exèrcit de voluntaris.Del 10 al 18 de setembre - Operació defensiva Armavir. 10-15.IX - Batalles per Invinnomysk. 10-15 IX. - Pell. 10-15 IX. Sector occidental del front. 5-16.IX. - Lluita per Maykop 5-7.IX.18. - "Córrer cap a Laba" de la 1a divisió Kuban. 8-16.IX. Sector oriental del front: operació Mikhailovskaya de la 1a divisió de cavalleria i la 3a d’infanteria. 18.IX. Regió de Stavropol. Primera quinzena de setembre de 1918; Costa del Mar Negre. Finals d'agost - mitjans de setembre de 1918; Resultats; Ps Opcions alternatives. Finals d'agost - setembre.Costa del Mar Negre. Finals d'agost - mitjans de setembre de 1918; Resultats; Ps Opcions alternatives. Finals d'agost - setembre.Costa del Mar Negre. Finals d'agost - mitjans de setembre de 1918; Resultats; Ps Opcions alternatives. Finals d'agost - setembre.



Conclusió. Apèndixs Apèndix 1. Operacions bàsiques de la segona campanya de Kuban de l'Exèrcit Voluntari. 10.VI - 18.IX.18 Dates - Esdeveniments - Números. Taula. Apèndix 2. Taula sincronista sobre la història de la Guerra Civil a l'Imperi Rus, període V-IX.1918. Apèndix 3. Kazanovich B.I. Lluites en direcció Yekaterinodar el juliol de 1918. // GARF f.5827, op.1. 60. Apèndix 4. Capítol X. Una breu visió general de la vida interna de les bateries de la 3a Divisió d’Infanteria i les seves activitats econòmiques durant la 2a campanya de Kuban el 1918. // Kharzhevsky V.G. Sobre les accions militars de l'Exèrcit Roig contra l'Exèrcit de Voluntaris al nord del Caucas el 1918-1919. GARF f. 5895 op.1 fitxer 17 pp. 23-26. Apèndix 5. Retir amb les unitats Sorokinsky, intent de capturar Tikhoretskaya, abandonament de Krasnodar.// Un fragment de les memòries de Kochergin "Assaigs sobre la guerra civil al nord del Caucas". TsDNIRO f.12 Istpart. op. 3, d.621. ll. 48-58. Apèndix 6. Composició de l'exèrcit de voluntaris. Estiu de 1918 Apèndix 7. L’estructura de l’exèrcit de voluntaris al 10 de juliol de 1918. (segons GARF f.5827 op.1 d.56 Esquema d’organització del benestar del 10.VII.1918) Apèndix 8. Esquema de comunicació del quarter general de l’exèrcit de voluntaris abans del 16 de setembre de 1918. RGVA f.39720 op.1 fitxer 10. Apèndix 9. El nombre donat i la correlació real de forces de les tropes enemigues a la Guerra Civil a Rússia. Llista d’esquemes. Esquema 1. IIa campanya de Kuban. 10.VI - 18.IX.1918 Curs general d'hostilitats. Esquema 2. Operació Comerç-Gran Duc. 9.VI - 15.VI.1918 Esquema 3a. Operació de Tikhoretsk. Batalles per Peschanokopskaya i White Clay. 18.VI - 27.VII.1918 Esquema 3b. Operació de Tikhoretsk. L'atac a Tikhoretskaya. 28.VI - 01.VII.1918Esquema 4. Operació Kushchevskaya. Persecució de les tropes de Sorokin. 06 - 13.VII.1918 Esquema 5a. Operació Ekaterinodar. 14.VII - 3.VIII.1918 Batalla de Korenovsk. 14 - 23.VII.1918 Esquema 5b. Operació Ekaterinodar. 14.VII - 3.VIII.1918 L'atac a Yekaterinodar. 24.VII - 3.VIII.1918 Esquema 6. Operació de Kuban inferior. 5 - 13.VIII.1918 Esquema 7 batalles per Stavropol. 08.VII - 18.IX.1918 Esquema 8. Persecució de l'exèrcit de la república del nord del Caucas a la regió de Trans-Kuban. 4 - 26.VIII.1918 Esquema 9. La batalla a la part superior de Kuban. 26.VIII - 15.IX.1918 Curs general d'hostilitats. Esquema 9a. Battles for Belorechenskaya 1 Cd cd. 29.VIII - 03.IX.1918 (portada del títol) Esquema 9b. Forçant la 3a Divisió d’Infanteria de Kuban. 26-31.VIII. Esquema 9c. Contraofensiva de les tropes vermelles del "Front Armavir" 1-2.IX Esquema 9d. L'atac a la 3a línia de front d'Armavir del 3 al 9 de setembre de 1918 Esquema 9d.Batalles per al cd de Maykop 1 Cube. 5-7.IX. "Run to Laba" 1 Cube cd. 8-16.IX. Esquema 9d. Operació defensiva Armavir 3 pd. 12-15 de setembre de 1918



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Monument to the Cossacks who suffered from decossackization to be installed in Krasny Sulin

In Krasny Sulin, they want to perpetuate the memory of the Don Cossacks who defended the Don, as well as those who suffered from decossackization. So far, only a model has been made, and the money for the production will come from extra-budgetary sources. The monument already has a name - "Glory, Cossack Sulin!"

- The new element of urban architecture is a sculptural composition, where the oldest Cossacks are in the foreground, followed by the younger representatives of the Cossacks. Behind them there is a cross of St. George with the outline of the temple of Alexander Nevsky, which once stood on the Suli land, the press service of the government of the Rostov region reports.

The temple was built in 1900 for the workers of the local plant and residents of five nearby settlements, at the expense of the owner of the Sulinsky metallurgical plant Nikolai Petrovich Pastukhov. He rented land, and after the end of the term he decided to give the temple to the ownership of the Don Army.

It took two years to erect a stone building that could accommodate a thousand people. After the consecration of the Alexander Nevsky Church, the philanthropist continued to allocate money for the maintenance of the clergy, and nearby he built a parish school for children whose parents worked at his factory.

Services in the temple continued until the 20s of the XX century, and then it was closed. The building was dilapidated and was finally destroyed during the Great Patriotic War, when a bomb fell on the roof and exploded. The local residents did not restore anything, and soon the church was completely dismantled. Small buildings have survived to this day, which are now located on the territory of school №4.

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North-Western Army monument in Ivangorod restored

The monument was preserved, being the only monument to the White soldiers in Russia in Soviet times. On the 100th anniversary of the North-Western Army in Ivangorod, on June 1, the renovated monument was unveiled and consecrated at the mass grave of White soldiers and civilian refugees from the St. Petersburg province.
In 2019, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the North-Western Army, General N.N. Yudenich (formerly the Northern Corps), and, accordingly, the 100th anniversary of the events of the civil war in North-West Russia, are celebrated. In Ivangorod in Petropavlovsk, the former Narva Znamensky Orthodox cemetery, there is a monument to the Soldiers of the North-Western Army and civilian refugees from St. Petersburg gubernia who died and died from a typhoid epidemic in 1919-1920.
The monument on the mass grave was opened in the period of the First Estonian Republic in 1936 on the initiative of the Orthodox inhabitants of Narva, among whom was the famous Russian writer Vasily Nikimofor-Volgin. It was he who addressed the people of Narva with a call to perpetuate the memory of those who died during the civil war, protecting Narva and its inhabitants, and was buried in this cemetery. To the dead and those who died of wounds, those who died of a pestilence (typhus epidemic), which broke out in Narva and Ivangorod in the spring of 1920, were added.
The monument suffered during the hostilities in 1944, but remained. On the initiative and with the financial participation of the Military Brotherhood of St. Michael the Archangel and the editorial staff of the journal of historical Russia "Mikhailov Day" (S.G. Zirin, Yamburg), the memorial educational center "White Business" (coordinator O.A.Shvetsov, St. Petersburg ), St. Petersburg Mitrofanievsky Union, as well as the descendants of white soldiers living in Russia and abroad, in April-May 2019, the monument was restored.

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Memorial to Mikahil- Drozdovsky, one of the leaders of the White Armies

A Memorial plaque dedicated to the knight of honor Mikahil- Drozdovsky 1881-1919) has been unveiled Rostov-on-Don. This is another project that saw the light of day thanks to the efforts of A.N. Alekaeva and Beloe Delo. With the Bolshevik seizure of power in the October Revolution and separate peace with Germany, Drozdovsky was forced to resign his commission. He refused offers of a position as commander of an infantry division in late November, and instead contacted General Mikhail Alekseev, who had started an anti-Bolshevik uprising in the Don region. Drozdovsky promised to form a unit of volunteers from troops at the Romanian front and join the White movement. In January 1918 "White Guard" volunteer units were created in Kishinev, and Iaşi in Romania, as well as in Bolgrad in the Odessa region. Colonel Drozdovsky decided to lead his anti-Bolshevik forces east and join the Volunteer Army in its fight against the Red Army in the Don region of southern Russia. On February 26, 1918, despite the actions of the Romanian army, which tried to disarm them, Drozdovsky and his men, numbering around 1100 war veterans (most of them officers), started their march to the Don. On its way Drozdovsky was joined by other officers and soldiers hostile to the new Soviet regime. Drozdovsky's private notes written during the march show him as a patriotic officer who felt that he had no choice but to fight the Bolsheviks—whom he considered the destroyers of Russia. The notes often reveal a sense of doomed resignation. This, however, did not prevent him from acting with great energy and from being an inspiration to his men. On April 21, 1918, Drozdovsky briefly captured Rostov-on-Don.

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