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At the age of 19 she married then Captain (and future Admiral) Sergey Nikolayevich Timiryov with whom she soon had a son, but whom she divorced in 1918 to join Alexander Kolchak. [1] After Kolchak's execution in 1920, she was arrested several times and served several prison and labour camp sentences.
In December 1903, Kolchak was en route to St. Petersburg to marry his fiancée, Sophia Omirova, when, not far from Irkutsk, he received notice of the start of war with the Empire of Japan and hastily summoned his bride and her father to Siberia by telegram for a wedding, before heading directly to Port Arthur.
In December 1902, the main part of the Russian polar expedition of 1900–1902 arrived in Saint Petersburg and reported their results to the Academy of Sciences. The academy was worried about the fate of Baron Toll, who split from the expedition with three assistants to explore Bennett Island and sent no correspondence since then, and Alexei Byalynitsky-Birulya who was left on New Siberia.
The friendly relations between Kolchak and Toll strengthened, and in 1901 Toll named after Kolchak one of the islands that they discovered. Kolchak himself named another island and a cape after his bride, Sophia Feodorovna Omirova, who was waiting for him in St. Petersburg. [7] [22] Kolchak's next expedition from the ship nearly cost him his life.
The Russian Government [1] (Government of the Russian State, Omsk government, Kolchak government) was the highest executive body in White-controlled parts of Russia during the Russian Civil War, formed as a result of the coup of 18 November 1918 in Omsk headed by Alexander Kolchak.
Admiral Alexander Kolchak was elected by secret ballot to members of the Council of Ministers for this post. The admiral accepted the offer and announced the assumption of the rank of Supreme Commander. A new Russian government was formed, which went down in history as Omsk government, or the Kolchak government, which existed until January 4, 1920.
The election was held on a secret ballot using closed notes and Admiral Alexander Kolchak was chosen. Kolchak issued the following appeal to the population: [3]: 178 "The Provisional All-Russian Government has fallen. The Council of Ministers, having all the power in its hands, has invested me, Admiral Alexander Kolchak, with this power.
The Russian Army (Русская Армiя/Русская армия, Russkaya armiya) was the armed forces of the White movement, united on an all-Russian scale in 1919 under the sole formal command of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of all the armed forces of the Russian State Admiral Alexander Kolchak.