Erzurum offensive
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The Erzurum offensive or Battle of Erzurum was a major winter offensive by the Imperial Russian Army on the Caucasus Campaign, during the First World War that led to the capture of the strategic city
Le Petit Journal Feb. 27, 1916 Retreat of the Turks after the taking of Erzurum by the Russians
Russian soldiers in front of captured Ottoman 15 cm RK L/26 gun.
Russian troops holding captured standards at Erzurum
Russian soldier at Erzurum
Nikolai Yudenich
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Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich was a commander of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was a leader of the anti-communist White movement in northwestern Russia during the Civil War.
Erzurum offensive
…northern sectors of the front remained quiet. At the same time, the end of the Gallipoli Campaign would free up considerable Turkish soldiers, which made Nikolai Yudenich, the commander of the Russian Caucasus Army, prepare to launch an offensive. He hoped to take the main fortress of Erzurum in the area, followed by…
Yudenich, c. 1916
Nikolai Yudenich
The building of barricades in Petrograd during the offensive of General Yudenich in 1919
Nikolai Yudenich grave