RUSSIAN EMIGRE LITERATURE ABOUT THE EVALUATION OF ADMIRAL A.V. KOLCHAK’S ACTIVITIES IN THE WHITE MOVEMENT
The article describes the points of view of the Russian emigre literature on the A.V. Kolchak’s activities in the anti-Bolshevik movement. A particular attention is paid to the characteristics of the emigre authors’ views on the duties implementation by the Admiral as the Supreme Ruler of Russia and Supreme Commander of the Russian army. We use the written works of generals A.P. Budberg,N.N. Golovin, D.V. Filatyev, K.V. Sakharov, the members of A.V. Kolchak’s government G.K Gins,Serebrennikov; the head of the constitutional democratic party P.N. Milyukov’s written works; his- torian S.P. Melgunov’s papers; the work of the A.V. Kolchak’s biographer M.I. Smirnov. The author analyzes the opinions of a number of emigre authors, who considered the nomination of the Admiral to the post of the dictator was a mistake. Generally that mistake had a large negative impact on the White movement in the East of the country, and, in particular, it caused the defeat of the White army.