Pavel Bermondt-Avalov
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Prince Pavel Rafailovich Bermondt-Avalov or Prince Avalov was a Russian officer and Cossack adventurer-warlord. He is best known as the commander of the West Russian Volunteer Army which was active in
Transbaikal Cossacks of the Russian Imperial Army
Pavel Bermondt-Avalov and Rudiger von der Goltz in a parade, c. 1919
Pavel Bermondt-Avalov with a group of officers, c. 1919
1 Mark of the Western Russian Volunteer Army
White movement
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The White movement, also known as the Whites, was one of the main factions of the Russian Civil War of 1917–1922. It was led mainly by the right-wing and conservative officers of the Russian Empire, w
Pavel Bermondt-Avalov
…March 1877 Tiflis, Tiflis Governorate, Russian Empire Died 27 December 1973 (aged 96) New York City, U.S. Allegiance Russian Empire Russian Republic White movement Branch Imperial Russian Army White Army West Russian Volunteer Army Service years 1901–1919 Rank Major General Unit Argun 1st Cossack Regiment Ussuri…
Propaganda poster of the Russian Whites, contrasting its positive ideal of a "Holy" Christian Russia to Soviet Russia of the Bolsheviks
"Why aren't you in the army?", Volunteer Army recruiting poster during the Russian Civil War
Kornilov's Shock Detachment (8th Army), later became the Volunteer Army's elite Shock Regiment
In the summer of 1919, Denikin's troops captured Kharkiv