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Alexander Kutepov
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'''Alexander Pavlovich Kutepov''' (''Александр Павлович Кутепов'' in
Russian language Russian) (9.16(28).
1882 —
1930) was a Russian
counterrevolutionary in South
Russia and
White movement White Army Infantry General (
1920).
Kutepov graduated from
Junker Infantry School in
St.Petersburg in
1904. He then participated in the
Russo-Japanese War and
World War I, commanding a
company (military unit) company, a
battalion and a
regiment. Kutepov joined the
Volunteer Army from the very start and held different military posts from company commander to commander of the 1st infantry
division (military) division. After the Whites captured
Novorossiysk in
August of
1918, Kutepov was appointed
governor general of the
Black Sea. Starting in January of
1919, he was a commander of the 1st army corps in the
Denikin army. Later, Kutepov was put in charge of a corps and 1st Army in the
Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel Wrangel army. Kutepov had a reputation of being a brave, decisive and no-nonsense military leader. After Wrangel's army defeat, Kutepov and the remnants of his army evacuated to
Gallipoli in
November of 1920. Despite unfavorable circumstances, his troops in Gallipoli kept their military coherence. He then moved to
Bulgaria in late
1921, but two years later was expelled from the country during an uprising, staged by the local
communists. Kutepov settled down in
Paris and headed a group of supporters of
Grand Prince Nikolai Nikolayevich. After Wrangel's death in
1928, Kutepov became the leader of the
Russian All-Military Union and continued its
anti-Soviet activities.
On
January 26,
1930, Kutepov was
kidnapped by the
OGPU agents (tied to the
Inner Line organization) and secretly deported from
Paris to
Soviet Russia. He died in
detention on his way to
Novorossiysk.
Category:Russian counter-revolution people Kutepov, Alexander
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