The Great Siberian Ice March

The great siberian ice march represents the disintegration of colchuks forces in the east. By november 19 19, colchak's armies falling apart and his government was an increasingly hopeless bunch of corrupt officials who didn't really have power over anything. With very little standing between the red army and their capital at omsk, they decided to just abandon the city and flee east towards lake bykall maybe regroup in er kutsk. Colchuck himself was separated from what was left of his main forces, but he would not be separated from the single most valuable thing in his possession - 36 freight cars loaded with gold. This gold represented a large chunk of