Kolchak
KONSTANTINE, a Russian admiral, chief leader of the anti- Bolshevik elements in Russia. He took a prominent part as admiral in the naval operations around Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War, in 1904, and during the European War he was in command of the Black Sea Fleet. After the Bolshevik Government came into power, into power , he fled to Siberia, where he succeeded in seizing the dictatorship of the All-Rus- ADMIRAL KOLCHAK sian Provisional Government, in 1918, and established headquarters at Omsk.
For over a year he waged war against the Soviet Government at Moscow which seemed at one time on the point of success, but late in 1919 his forces began crumbling. He was finally handed over a prisoner to Bolshevik sympathizers by his own troops and executed as a traitor.