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| Spring 1919. Yudenich's offensive |
| 2022-05-19 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Oleg Airapetov [REGNUM] To facilitate the solution of the tasks facing Kolchak, it was decided to organize a sabotage against Petrograd, which was to be carried out by the gene. from inf. N. N. Yudenich. He was to create a new front for the Bolsheviks. At his disposal was the North-Western Corps. It was formed in Estonia under cover with the support of the British and Americans, and in the spring began to act against the Red Army along with the troops of local nationalists. Initially commanded by Gen.-l. A.P. Rodzianko. Of course, it was a corps only in name, it included two brigades - about 5,500 people, 30 machine guns and 10 guns. Yudenich stood at the head of the attackers on Petrograd, arriving from Helsingfors to Narva on a French destroyer. This happened at the end of July, and before that, the general led the actions of his corps from Finland. |
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