Great Siberian Ice March

Overview

The Great Siberian Ice March was the name given to the 2,000-kilometre (1,200-mile) winter retreat of Admiral Kolchak's Siberian Army from Omsk to Chita, in the course of the Russian Civil War between 14 November 1919 and March 1920.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

The Great Siberian Ice March marked the effective collapse of Admiral Kolchak's White forces as a cohesive military power in the Russian Civil War. Beginning with the fall of Omsk on 14 November 1919, the retreat covered roughly 2,000 kilometres eastward to Chita across Siberia in winter conditions, representing the disintegration of the Russian State's principal eastern front. The withdrawal extended through March 1920, by which point the Siberian Army had ceased to function as an offensive force capable of threatening Bolshevik control. The march effectively ended the White movement's bid to hold central Siberia and shifted the balance of the eastern theater decisively toward the Russian SFSR.

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