The rise and fall of Admiral Kolchak. Smolin A.

The hero of this book is one of the most contradictory figures of Russian history of the beginning of the 20th century - Admiral Alexander Vasilievich Kolchak. Regardless of who his friends or enemies represented - the Savior of Russia or a person who played an extremely negative role in its history, Kolchak has long turned into a symbol of the white movement during the Civil War. Professor A.V. Smolin (Institute of History of St. Petersburg State University) represents the reader a biography of a real person - a Russian officer and a politician of the Time of Troubles. For students and teachers of humanitarian universities and all those interested in Russian history.