Kolchak Coup

Kolchak Coup
Part of the Russian Civil War

Admiral Kolchak at the center of his inner circle, 1918.
Date18 November 1918
Location
Omsk, Russia
Status Admiral Kolchak becomes Supreme Ruler of Russia
Belligerents

Siberian Army

  • 1st Siberian Cossack Regiment

Russia Provisional All-Russian Government

  • Directory Security Battalion
Commanders and leaders
Russia Alexander Kolchak
Vyacheslav Volkov		 Russia Nikolai Avksentiev
Casualties and losses
1 killed
batallion 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.

  1. ^ Nikolai Golovin. Russian Counter-Revolution in 1917-1918 (in Russian). ISBN 9785811243181.
  2. ^ Ivan Fedorovich Plotnikov (1998). Александр Васильевич Колчак. Жизнь и деятельность [Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Kolchak. Life and work] (in Russian). Phoenix Publishing House.
  3. ^ Vladimir Zenzinov (1919). The coup d'etat of Admiral Kolchak in Omsk, 18 November 1918. Collection of documents (in Russian).
  4. ^ "About the history of the Omsk coup d'état (November 18-19, 1918)". Sibirskaya-Zaimka (in Russian).
  5. ^ 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).