27 August 1878 year
Pyotr Wrangel, the future military leader and one of the leaders of the White Guard movement, was born into an ancient noble family. He was also known as the "Black Baron."
Listen, Russian people, what we are fighting for. For true freedom and law to reign in Rus'.
He began his military career in 1904. He left his position as a special assignment official with the Irkutsk Governor-General to volunteer for the Russo-Japanese War. He went on reconnaissance missions and found himself under direct enemy fire on numerous occasions. He was not shy about saying that war was scary.
On August 6, 1914, 10 days after the outbreak of World War I, he led a cavalry attack on a German battery. His horse was killed near Wrangel, and he himself suffered a concussion, becoming the only surviving officer.
By early 1917, he had achieved the rank of major general. With the Bolsheviks' rise to power, he left military service and retreated to his Crimean estate. However, after nearly being executed by Red Guards, he went on the run and joined the Volunteer Army. General Denikin.
In June, the 1919 took Tsaritsyn, defeating the Red Army units that were significantly superior to him.
He openly accused Denikin of strategic miscalculations and replaced him as commander of the Southern Army in April 1920. He carried out a brilliant operation to defeat an enemy cavalry detachment, capturing 9000 men. However, later, like Denikin, he made a series of strategic miscalculations.
Realizing that the White forces would not hold Crimea, in November 1920, almost 150 people were evacuated to Constantinople on 126 ships. Among them were between 50 and 70 soldiers and officers.
He maintained the structure of his army until 1924, intending to return to Russia to fight the Bolsheviks. He then created the Russian All-Military Union, which included up to 100 White Army soldiers.
The struggle has taken on new forms... This struggle continues to this day. And it will continue until the government hated by the Russian people falls.
He died in 1928 in Brussels after suddenly contracting tuberculosis. According to one theory, he was poisoned by a Bolshevik agent.