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Anton Denikin's White Army was a bastion of antisemitism, using "Strike at the Jews and save Russia!" as its motto. [16] The Bolshevik Red Army , although individual soldiers committed antisemitic abuses, had a policy of opposing antisemitism, and as a result, it won the support of much of the Jewish population.

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov [b] (22 April [ O.S. 10 April] 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, [c] was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924.

Anton Denikin, Civil War general, one of the leaders of White Movement; Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Zabalkansky, field marshal, took Adrianople during the Russo-Turkish War (1828–1829) Mikhail Petrovich Dolgorukov (1780–1808), Russian major-general who was killed in the Battle of Virta Bro against the Swedes

On 3 July Denikin issued his Moscow Directive, the order for a general attack on the Soviet capital. It was an all-or-nothing gamble, counting on the speed of the White cavalry to exploit the temporary weakness of the Reds. Read more...

Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; [d] 18 May [ O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917.

At the turn of the Iranian New Year in March 1941, Reza Shah, the autocratic ruler of Iran for sixteen years and the virtual master of Iran for even longer— twenty years—could look back with some satisfaction at what he had already accomplished: nothing less than the transformation of his country.

Вооруженные силы Юга России. Январь 1919 г. – март 1920 г. Очерки русской смуты. Белое движение и борьба Добровольческой армии. Сервис электронных книг 📚 ЛитРес предлагает скачать книгу 📙 ...

It has fallen three times, in 1670 and 1774 to Cossack rebels, and again to Russian general Anton Denikin during the Russian civil war. Sited on the western bank of the Volga in Southern Russia, Stalingrad was, and still is, an important gateway for vital river traffic as well as a hub for rail connecting the Caucasus, the Donets Basin, Moscow ...