Ice March
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The Ice March, also called the First Kuban Campaign, a military withdrawal lasting from February to May 1918, was one of the defining moments in the Russian Civil War of 1917 to 1921. Under attack by
A Volunteer Army recruitment poster represents a woman addressing her son with the words: "My son! Go and save your Motherland!"
First Kuban Campaign Badge
Anton Denikin
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Anton Ivanovich Denikin was a Russian military officer who served as a lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army and as a leading commander of the anti-Bolshevik White movement during the Russia
Ice March
…carrying one rifle each, and hauling some field artillery, were accompanied by long trail of civilians from Rostov fearful of Bolshevik reprisals. Anton Denikin, Kornilov's second-in-command, later recalled, "We went from the dark night of spiritual slavery to unknown wandering-in search of the bluebird." The…
Denikin in 1895
Denikin in 1914
Denikin (center) with Generals Yakov Yuzefovich and Sergey Markov at the headquarters of Supreme Commander Mikhail Alekseev in Mogilev, May 1917
Denikin with a tank detachment under his command, 1919