'Supreme Ruler of Russia': Rise of Admiral Kolchak

November 1918. In western Europe, the four-year slaughter of World War One was drawing to an end.But across the former Russian Empire, a new conflict had broken out… a civil war that raged from central Europe to the Pacific, claiming an estimated nine million lives. Lenin, the Bolsheviks and their new Soviet Republic battled for survival against their many enemies – collectively known as the ‘Whites’.

The Whites’ great hope: their newly-appointed ‘Supreme Ruler of Russia’, Admiral Alexander Kolchak. Kolchak was a war hero, a man of duty and discipline, who believed above all in service to ‘the motherland’. Millions looked to him to crush the Bolsheviks, avenge the murdered Tsar, and save Russia from chaos and collapse.

This is the extraordinary tale of the life and death of Admiral Kolchak – Russia’s only ‘Supreme Ruler’.
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Some Russian sources consulted for this video:

Admiral Kolchak, the supreme ruler of Russia, Zyryanov P. N.
Admiral Kolchak Dictator at will, Cherkashin N. A.
Alexander Kolchak: Military-theoretical works, Kolchak A. V.
Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak: Researcher, Admiral, Supreme Ruler of Russia, Ivan Plotnikov
The Rise and Fall of Admiral Kolchak, Anatoly Vasilyevich Smolin

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[EpichistoryTv]

What did you learn about Kolchak? And what are you looking forward to in part two? Let us know in the comments!

One small correction - in June 1916, Kolchak was promoted to Vice-Admiral, not full Admiral, as implied in the video. He was only promoted to full Admiral in November 1918, after he became Supreme Ruler of Russia.

[AbsoluteAmoeba]

Epic History TV once again putting out content that surpasses even TV productions in information, entertainment and quality.

[PedroLanzarini]

We need more Russian imperial history in this channel. The doc about the decembrist revolt was superb, but there's so much more to talk.

[mitchelcole]

I want desperately to look up this guy’s Wikipedia but I won’t let myself out of fear of spoiling part 2.

[helgt]

Two of my grandfathers served Kolchak, they were the Voronov's brothers. For this, their sister (12 y. high school student) and mother were sent to a concentration camp by the Bolsheviks. Kazakh shepherds helped them survive, the fate of the brothers is unknown.

[ferretman]

21:36 “Mr Kolchak there has been a second revolution”

[HoH]

Rewatching this again after recommending it to a friend who's interested in this period of Russian history. Absolutely superb, thank you for all your work.

[НикоэльСам]

Caesar, Napoleon and Kolchak meet. Caesar - now I'm a salad, Napoleon - I'm a cake, Kolchak - I'm a restaurant in Omsk...

[johnpepper]

I am honestly amazed you recognized general Gajda and mentioned him. It is not so well known story about him. This channel is really something of a quality so high, it has hardly any equals! :)

[HoH]

I've been looking forward to this all week!

[MatthewBallantine-cmdn]

These videos are edited so well that you could talk about any military leader in europe and I would still watch it. Exceptional work and thank you to everyone involved in making these videos

[SammiCurr]

Thanks for making this video. I love that Russian movie 'The Admiral' from 2008 about him. It's one of my favourite movies. There was also a longer version of the film that was an 8 episode tv series. It was on Amazon but unfortunately it's been deleted. Both the movie and tv series were epic.

[lotfih]

Great content .. Great story .. the only thing i didn't like about this episode is that it ended ... For real .. thank you for your hard work

[JCDenton]

Epic History keeps showing why they are the best History Channel not only on YouTube, but on any other source of media, period. Love you guys, keep it up!

[romanchannel]

A small remark. The word “Volya” means “Freedom” but also means “the Will”. It's a little bit old fashioned. There is a word “Svoboda” that means also “Freedom” but also “Liberty”.

[ytjthjuggalo]

Another epically insightful and historical video. Thank you guys for your contribution to the fantastic source of history on YouTube.
Epic History, A fantastic job to the entire team.

[zeroconnection]

Love Russian history. Absolutely elated if you did a video/videos on Peter the Great and the Great Northern war.

[shadeitplease]

The music is always on point in y’all’s episodes!

[НикитаОшуев-пб]

A little mistake at 07:00. The railway from Chita to Khabarovsk did not exist that time. It was built 10 years later. That is why the only way to Vladivostok via Harbin was so important in the war

[Jay-fkuk]

If anyone wants to see more on Kolchak, there’s this obscure Russian Biopic from 2008 called “Admiral” that does an excellent, albeit dramatized, job of portraying Kolchak’s life and the major events of the Russian Revolution