West Russian Volunteer Army
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The West Russian Volunteer Army or Bermontians was a pro-German White Russian military formation in Latvia and Lithuania during the Russian Civil War from November 1918 to December 1919.
The only surviving flag of the West Russian Volunteer Army
Bermontians' planes captured by the Lithuanian Army near Radviliškis
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
West Russian Volunteer Army
…Allies, von der Goltz withdrew into the background. The first units of the future WRVA were brought from Germany to Latvia on 30 May 1919. On June 12, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov arrived in Jelgava with his headquarters, and on July 10 formed the Central Council of the Western Russian District. It put into circulation special…
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