Colchuck's White Army Was Closer to the City Than the Red Army Was

Admiral kolchuk wanted safe passage to vlativastok and a ticket out of russia. He still hoped to be allowed to leave peacefully, but the orders from moscow were to ship him back to the capital for trial. But what was left of colchuck's white army was closer to the city than the red army was. So in the wee hours of february seventh, allegedly out of fear that the admiral would be rescued by that white army, they took him out back and shot him along with the guy who had been serving as his prime minister. Their bodies were then unceremoniously dropped in a river.