Alexander Kolchak

Non-fiction

Project 1917 is a series of events that took place a hundred years ago as described by those involved. It is composed only of diaries, letters, memoirs, newspapers and other documents

Alexander Kolchak

Tokyo, Japan

30.12.17

Today is a day of great significance for me: having been summoned to see Sir Green at the embassy I received a message from him that will determine my immediate future. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

Tokyo, Japan

01.12.17

I went to the English envoy to Tokyo, Sir Green, and told him my thoughts on the situation, announcing that I do not recognise the present government, and I see it as my duty, as one who represents the former government, to honour our promise to the allies. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

San Francisco, USA

08.11.17

On the day of my departure, I received news about a Bolshevik coup in Petrograd. Apparently, Kerensky fled, the government is overthrown, and the Soviets are in control of the city. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

is leaving Washington and going to San Francisco

Washington, D.C., United States

20.10.17

Alexander Kolchak

Washington, D.C., United States

16.10.17

Once the maneuvres were over, I decided it was time to go home. I was deeply disappointed, as I wanted to continue my combat action, but I could see that Russians were treated negatively. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

New York, USA

10.10.17

I’ve not been seen with anyone for all this time I’ve spent in New York, because from morning till night we’ve spent all our time at the academy doing our work. I was commissioned to work on some purely technical issues, and I’ve been occupied with this. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

Washington, D.C., United States

20.09.17

On the very first days of the official receptions, after exchanging visits, I clarified that the plan regarding the American naval offensive in the Mediterranean Sea had been abandoned. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

Washington, D.C., United States

15.09.17

Upon our arrival in Halifax, we were met by a naval officer—naval agent Mishtovt, who told us that in Montreal, we would be met by representatives of the Naval Ministry of the United States, that a special wagon has been prepared for us, that we are here as guests of the American nation, and that we need worry neither about lodging, nor about transportation, for the American government has taken all this upon itself. See more

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Alexander Kolchak Anna Timiryova

Gloucestershire ship, the Atlantic ocean, west of the Faro islands

04.09.17

I've just returned from the deck. It's a beautiful summer day, waves have calmed down, there are a cloudless sky and an almost full moon. I've been thinking about you, about Helsingfors, about the Black Sea, where I walked on the deck just like now, about the Gulf of Riga, about meeting you in Helsingfors. Everything has changed, only your dear, gentle image has remained the same, just as important to me as before. See more

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Alexander Kolchak Anna Timiryova

Ship Gloucestershire, Irish Sea

31.08.17

This evening, after supper, I walked about the deck for a long time, thinking of our navy, of you, and of the dark, unknown future. The night is hazy. See more

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Alexander Kolchak Anna Timiryova

London, United Kingdom

22.08.17

Forgive me for the courage with which I decided to send you a few things that one can no longer find in Russia and which, perhaps, will be useful to you. I know that you will be angry with me, but forgive me with you kindness and grace for giving me the pleasure of thinking about you, about your lovely hands that gave me so much happiness. See more

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Alexander Kolchak Anna Timiryova

London, United Kingdom

17.08.17

It is my third day in London. I wait in constant expectation of my departure for America. My impressions after leaving Russia and especially in England and London have been very unhappy. You experience something like shame when you see order and convenience of the sort that has lost all representation in your homeland. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

Petrograd, Russian Empire

19.07.17

The skirmishes which were taking place in Petrograd led to a clash between the Bolshevik districts and the Cossacks. The only really serious incident was near the Liteiny Bridge. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

Petrograd, Russian Empire

05.07.17

There was a time, I wanted to go to the front and be assigned to command a heavy battery, but I decided to give up this idea after the disgraceful offensive at the southwestern front. After that, in light of it being impossible to wage war in Russia yet saw it necessary for the war to continue, a group of officers asked me to form a legion of volunteers and take it to France. See more

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Alexander Kolchak

Petrograd, Russian Empire

30.06.17

I had a top secret conversation of the highest importance with U.S. Ambassador Root and USN Admiral Glenon. The result was my decision to accept a role in the proposed operations of the American Navy. The matter immediately took on a feeling of extreme resolve, and I will depart in the very near future for New York. See more

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Age: 43

Occupation: Commander of the Black Sea Fleet Rank: Vice-admiral

In a relationship with

Anna Timiryova

Friends

Nicholas II

Alfred Knox

Alexander Kerensky

Vasily Gurko

Vasily Shulgin

Alexander Guchkov

Pavel Milyukov

Aleksei Brusilov

Mikhail Alekseyev

Lavr Kornilov