Alexander Filimonov (Cossack) Explained

Aleksandr Filimonov
Native Name:Александр Филимонов
Birth Date:14 September 1866
Birth Place:Grigoropolisskaya stanitsa, Kuban oblast, Russian Empire
Death Place:Osijek, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Allegiance:
Kuban People's Republic
White movement
Serviceyears:1884–1919
Rank:Colonel (Imperial Russian Army)
Ataman (Kuban Host)
Lieutenant general (White movement)

Aleksandr Petrovich Filimonov (Russian: Александр Петрович Филимонов; – 4 August 1948) was the first Ataman of the anti-Bolshevik Kuban People's Republic from 1917 to 1919.[1] [2]

On 25 October 1917, he was elected Ataman. In December, in an effort to counter Bolshevism in the Kuban, Filimonov supported the formation of two volunteer units, one under Galaev and another under Viktor Pokrovsky.[2]

He and his Kuban Cossacks joined the White Army during the Russian Civil War, but after disagreements with Anton Denikin, he stepped down as Ataman in December 1919, and emigrated to Yugoslavia.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Jonathan D. Smele. Historical Dictionary of the Russian Civil Wars, 1916-1926. 399. 2015. Rowman & Littlefield. 978-1-442-25281-3.
  2. Book: Kenez . Peter . Red Attack, White Resistance; Civil War in South Russia 1918 . 2004 . New Academia Publishing . Washington, DC . 9780974493442 . 104-106,246,269.