biography
| name: |
Denikin, Anton Ivanovich
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pronunciation:
[denikin]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1872–1947)
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| biography:
| Russian soldier, born near Warsaw, Poland. He entered the army at the age of 15, and rose to be lieutenant-general in World War 1. After the Revolution of 1917 he led the White Army in the S against the Bolsheviks (1918–20). He won the Ukraine, but was defeated by the Red Army at Orel (1919), and in 1920 resigned his command and escaped to Constantinople. Thereafter he lived in exile in France (1926–45) and the USA (1945–7). |
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