White leadership in Russia after victory

Olmeka

Banned
Who had the chance of making the top leaders of White leadership if Bolsheviks would be defeated ?
 
It depends when the war ends, really - but I imagine the following are all possibilities for leaders of some sort of military dictatorship.
  • Admiral Alexander Kolchack (commander in the East)
  • General Peter Wrangel (commander in the South)
  • General Anton Denikin
  • General Peter Krasnov
If the whites win expect a nasty regime with a lot of anti-semitism and corruption. It would be pretty much completely reliant on the army for the first few years.
 
There was also Judenich in the North tho his main period of possibility was 1918 IIRC, first with Ludendorff as an ally, then threatening Petrograd with the Finns as his ally.

It would be interesting to see how the Bolsheviks responded if Petrograd fell to these after the German surrender ?

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Grey Wolf
 
Well, the lack of a single leader was one of the reasons the Whites lost -- they weren't so much a "side" in the Civil war as "all of the numerous, numerous sides that weren't run by Vladimir Lenin."
 
von Ungern-Sternberg might have made it into the upper levels, IIRC he was a semi-competant general, just a little crazy.
 
Roman von Ungern Sternbreg was not affiliated with the Whites he was an independent warlord as he fought both the Reds and Kolchack's Whites.
 
  • Admiral Alexander Kolchack (commander in the East)
  • General Peter Wrangel (commander in the South)
  • General Anton Denikin
  • General Peter Krasnov
Kolchak stated number of times that he's a temporary ruler, until "people of Russia express their will", and he was not overly ambitious, just kinda of patriotic technocrat. He did not have Ataturk gene. Although I can imagine him staying in power for a long time "to overcome dire situation". Vrangel nad Denikin are pretty much conflicting parties, it is pretty hard to imagine TL with them both in charge simultaneously. Krasnov had been pretty much German marionette (and had been recognized as such by all parties in Russian civil war), so chances of him becoming dictator after Civil War are slim without German victory in WWI. Yudenich was capable, but relatively minor figure (his leap for Petrograd was typical Civil War thingy, when determined commander of small force can do short-living wonders), although would he control Petrograd and Northwestern Russia, he could have pretty solid negotiation position post-war.

Most Russian analysts consider junta of Kolchak-Denikin or Kolchak-Denikin-Yudenich to be most likely outcome.
 
Kolchak stated number of times that he's a temporary ruler, until "people of Russia express their will"

As you said, it would be easy for him to go back on this and remain in power.


I think whoever deals the fatal blow to the revolutionaries (capturing Moscow or St Petersburg?) would have the best chance. So therefore it'd be useful to have a POD, as that'll basically decide who becomes leader.
 
I think whoever deals the fatal blow to the revolutionaries (capturing Moscow or St Petersburg?) would have the best chance.
Yudenich had pretty real chance of taking Petrograd (city's name at this point), but I don't believe his (quite possible) success would make him undisputable leader. Being junior partner in a triumvirate may be.
 
Wrangel is best case for Russia. Deniken was to soft and corruption flourished under him along with the problem that he avoided any idea of what post war Russia was going to be. Wrangel was Compitent and hard enough to keep corruption in post war Russia. Kolack I believe was too far East and had to few resources and people to last.
 

Rocano

Banned
Well ill tell you who is gonna last its the One, the only the Great Baron Ungern Von Sternberg
 
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