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Go to On this day. Previous day Next day. Go to Foreigners in Russia. A Russian naval commander, polar explorer and head of the anti-Bolshevik fight during the Russian Civil War, Aleksandr Kolchak is undoubtedly one of the most controversial figures of Russian history. Aleksandr Kolchak was born in the village of Aleksandrovskoye, near Saint Petersburg.

He received his primary education at home, and then studied in a gymnasium. After that he started his navy service, first as assistant watch officer on the cruiser Ryurik, stationed in the Far East, and then as watch officer of the clipper Cruiser, having spent a few years working in the Pacific Ocean. In Aleksandr Kolchak received the rank of lieutenant.

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He became interested in oceanography and hydrology, and published an article about his scientific observations during cruises. In Aleksandr Kolchak received an invitation to participate in an expedition around the Arctic Ocean. Throughout this period he continued his scientific research. In Toll ensured the memory of Kolchak by naming an island in the Kara Sea and a cape, discovered during the expedition, after him.

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In Eduard von Toll, together with three others, decided to continue on foot further to the north, while Kolchak was sent back to Saint Petersburg to deliver already gathered scientific information. Seventeen people on twelve sledges pulled by dogs took an exhausting three-month trip up to Bennet Island, where they found the diaries and the expedition collections, which shed light on the tragic fate of Baron Eduard Von Toll and his companions.

In Aleksandr Kolchak, worn out by this long adventure, headed to Saint Petersburg, where he hoped to marry Sofia Omirova.