Aleksandr Petrovich Filimonov (Russian: Александр Петрович Филимонов; 14 September [O.S. 2 September] 1866 – 4 August 1948) was the first Ataman of the anti-Bolshevik Kuban People's Republic from 1917 to 1919.[1][2]
Aleksandr Filimonov | |
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| Native name | Александр Филимонов |
| Born | 14 September 1866 Grigoropolisskaya stanitsa, Kuban oblast, Russian Empire |
| Died | 4 August 1948 (aged 81) Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
| Allegiance |  Russian Empire Kuban People's Republic White movement |
| Years of service | 1884–1919 |
| Rank | Colonel (Imperial Russian Army) Ataman (Kuban Host) Lieutenant general (White movement) |
On 25 October 1917, he was elected Ataman. In December, in an effort to counter Bolshevism in the Kuban, Filimonov supported the formation of two volunteer units, one under Galaev and another under Viktor Pokrovsky.[2]
He and his Kuban Cossacks joined the White Army during the Russian Civil War, but after disagreements with Anton Denikin, he stepped down as Ataman in December 1919, and emigrated to Yugoslavia.
References edit
- ^ Jonathan D. Smele (2015). Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 399. ISBN 978-1-442-25281-3.
- ^ a b Kenez, Peter (2004). Red Attack, White Resistance; Civil War in South Russia 1918. Washington, DC: New Academia Publishing. pp. 104–106, 246, 269. ISBN 9780974493442.