Kolchak Coup

Kolchak Coup
	Part of the Russian Civil War
	; Admiral Kolchak at the center of his inner circle, 1918.
Date	18 November 1918
Location	Omsk, Russia
Status	Admiral Kolchak becomes Supreme Ruler of Russia
Belligerents
Siberian Army 1st Siberian Cossack Regiment;	Provisional All-Russian Government Directory Security Battalion;
Commanders and leaders
Alexander Kolchak; Vyacheslav Volkov	Nikolai Avksentiev
Casualties and losses
	1 killed; batallion surrendered

The Kolchak Coup or Omsk Coup^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] refers to the events of 18 November 1918, when members associated with the left wing of the Directory (Provisional All-Russian Government) were arrested by members of the White Army in Omsk and the subsequent decision of the All-Russian Council of Ministers to transfer sole supreme power to Alexander Kolchak, the Minister of Military and Naval Affairs.

^ Nikolai Golovin. Russian Counter-Revolution in 1917-1918 (in Russian). ISBN 9785811243181.
^ Ivan Fedorovich Plotnikov (1998). Александр Васильевич Колчак. Жизнь и деятельность [Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Kolchak. Life and work] (in Russian). Phoenix Publishing House.
^ Vladimir Zenzinov (1919). The coup d'etat of Admiral Kolchak in Omsk, 18 November 1918. Collection of documents (in Russian).
^ "About the history of the Omsk coup d'état (November 18-19, 1918)". Sibirskaya-Zaimka (in Russian).
^ Vadim Zhuravlev. "'Having Given That Person the Name of the Supreme Governor': On the Title Assumed by Admiral A. V. Kolchak on 18th November 1918". CyberLeninka (in Russian).

[1] Nikolai Golovin. Russian Counter-Revolution in 1917-1918 (in Russian). ISBN 9785811243181.

[2] Ivan Fedorovich Plotnikov (1998). Александр Васильевич Колчак. Жизнь и деятельность [Aleksandr Vasilʹevich Kolchak. Life and work] (in Russian). Phoenix Publishing House.

[3] Vladimir Zenzinov (1919). The coup d'etat of Admiral Kolchak in Omsk, 18 November 1918. Collection of documents (in Russian).

[4] "About the history of the Omsk coup d'état (November 18-19, 1918)". Sibirskaya-Zaimka (in Russian).

[5] Vadim Zhuravlev. "'Having Given That Person the Name of the Supreme Governor': On the Title Assumed by Admiral A. V. Kolchak on 18th November 1918". CyberLeninka (in Russian).

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