West Russian Volunteer Army commander who attacked Riga
Commanded the West Russian Volunteer Army, incorporating many German soldiers. Despite an anti-Bolshevik banner, he fought Latvian and Lithuanian forces in 1919 and went into exile after failing at Riga. Accounts of his ethnic background differ.
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- 1918–1922The Civil War and Foreign InterventionWest Russian Volunteer Army commander who attacked RigaCommanded the West Russian Volunteer Army, incorporating many German soldiers. Despite an anti-Bolshevik banner, he fought Latvian and Lithuanian forces in 1919 and went into exile after failing at Riga. Accounts of his ethnic background differ.
- 1918.11–1920.10Baltic wars of independence and border settlementsWest Russian Volunteer Army commander who attacked RigaCommanded the West Russian Volunteer Army, incorporating many German soldiers. Despite an anti-Bolshevik banner, he fought Latvian and Lithuanian forces in 1919 and went into exile after failing at Riga. Accounts of his ethnic background differ.
Revolution and independence wars
Commanded the West Russian Volunteer Army, incorporating many German soldiers. Despite an anti-Bolshevik banner, he fought Latvian and Lithuanian forces in 1919 and went into exile after failing at Riga. Accounts of his ethnic background differ.