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Aleksey Maksimovich Kaledin

Russian military officer
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Born:
Oct. 24 [Oct. 12, Old Style], 1861, Ust-Khopyorskaya, Russia
Died:
Feb. 11 [Jan. 29], 1918, Novocherkassk, Russian S.F.S.R., U.S.S.R. (aged 56)
Political Affiliation:
White Army

Aleksey Maksimovich Kaledin (born Oct. 24 [Oct. 12, Old Style], 1861, Ust-Khopyorskaya, Russia—died Feb. 11 [Jan. 29], 1918, Novocherkassk, Russian S.F.S.R., U.S.S.R.) was a Russian Imperial Army officer and Cossack leader who was one of the first to organize military resistance against the Bolsheviks after their accession to power in Russia (October 1917, Old Style). The son of a Don Cossack officer, Kaledin became a professional soldier and served in World War I as commander of a cavalry division operating in Galicia, then as commander of the 8th Army, which waged an offensive at Lutsk (in Ukraine) in 1916. He ...(100 of 300 words)

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