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| Kolchak Coup | |||||||
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| Part of the Russian Civil War | |||||||
 Admiral Kolchak at the center of his inner circle, 1918. | |||||||
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 Alexander Kolchak Vyacheslav Volkov |
Nikolai Avksentiev | ||||||
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1 killed battalion surrendered | |||||||
The Kolchak Coup or Omsk Coup[1][2][3][4][5] refers to the events of 18 November 1918, when members associated with the left wing of the Directory (Provisional All-Russian Government) were arrested by members of the White Army in Omsk and the subsequent decision of the All-Russian Council of Ministers to transfer sole supreme power to Alexander Kolchak, the Minister of Military and Naval Affairs.
- ^ Nikolai Golovin. Russian Counter-Revolution in 1917-1918 (in Russian). ISBN 9785811243181.
- ^ Ivan Fedorovich Plotnikov (1998). Александр Васильевич Колчак. Жизнь и деятельность [Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Kolchak. Life and work] (in Russian). Phoenix Publishing House.
- ^ Vladimir Zenzinov (1919). The coup d'etat of Admiral Kolchak in Omsk, 18 November 1918. Collection of documents (in Russian).
- ^ "About the history of the Omsk coup d'état (November 18-19, 1918)". Sibirskaya-Zaimka (in Russian).
- ^ Vadim Zhuravlev. "'Having Given That Person the Name of the Supreme Governor': On the Title Assumed by Admiral A. V. Kolchak on 18th November 1918". CyberLeninka (in Russian).