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citations for verification. Please help im prove this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material m ay be challenged and removed. (November 2006) Petro Mykolayovich Krasnov (Ukrainian: ????? ??????????? ???????, Russian: ???? ? ????????? ???????) September 22 (10 old style), 1869 January 17, 1947), sometime s referred to in English as Peter Krasnov, was Lieutenant General of the Russian army when the revolution broke out in 1917, and one of the leaders of the count errevolutionary White movement afterward. Contents 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Russian Army Russian Civil war Exile in Germany Repatriation and death Personal See also Writings References

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Kosinski Uprising Nalyvaiko Uprising Khmelnytsky Uprising Hadiach Treaty Hetmanate Colonisation of Siberia Bulavin Rebellion Pugachev's Rebellion Decossackization Betrayal XV Cossack Cavalry Corps 1st Cossack Division Famous Cossacks Kondraty Bulavin Petro Doroshenko Bohdan Khmelnytsky Petro Sahaidachny Ivan Mazepa Yemelyan Pugachev Stenka Razin Ivan Sirko Andrei Shkuro Ivan Vyhovsky Yermak Timofeyevich Cossack terms Ataman Chupryna Hetman Kontusz Papakhi Plastun Szabla Shashka Stanitsa Yesaul v t e Petro Krasnov was born in 1869 in Saint Petersburg, son to lieutenant-general Ni kolay Krasnov and grandson to general Ivan Krasnov. In 1888, Krasnov graduated f rom Pavlovsk Military School and later served in the Ataman regiment of the Life Guards. During World War I, he commanded a Cossack brigade and a division, in A ugust October 1917, of the 3rd Cavalry Corps. During the October Revolution, Alexa nder Kerensky appointed Krasnov commander of the army, which was sent to Petrogr ad from the front to suppress the Bolshevik revolution (see Kerensky-Krasnov upr ising). However, Krasnov was defeated and taken prisoner. He was released by the Soviet authorities on the condition that he would not continue his struggle aga inst the revolution. He agreed to this but reneged on his promise to do so. Russian Civil war Krasnov fled to the Don region and in May 1918, in Novocherkassk, was elected At aman of the Don Cossack Host. With support from Germany, he equipped the army, w hich would oust the Soviets from the Don region in May June 1918. By the middle of June, a Don Army was in the field with 40,000 men, 56 guns and 179 machine-guns

. In the second half of 1918, Krasnov advanced towards Povorino-Kamyshin-Tsarits yn, intending to march on Moscow, but was defeated. After Germany's defeat in Wo rld War I, he set his sights on the Entente powers in his search for allies. In January 1919, Krasnov was forced to acknowledge General Denikin's authority over the White movement, despite animosity towards him. Exile in Germany On February 19, 1919, Krasnov retired from the military and went to Germany due to his frictions with the command of the Volunteer Army. In Germany, he continue d his anti-Soviet activities. Krasnov was one of the founders of the Brotherhood of Russian Truth, an anti-communist organization with an underground network in Russia. In exile Krasnov had written memoirs and several novels. His famous trilogy From Double Eagle To the Red Flag, in addition to the main plot, with its hero, Gene ral Sablin, has several sub-plots which encompass many places, events, and perso nages. It presents a vast panorama of the Revolution and the Civil War throughou t the country. Events are revealed through the fates of many characters, who, in turn, give their own interpretations of the events. Even the revolutionaries ha ve an opportunity to express their views, although, in general, their political expositions seem to be the weakest parts of the novel. The ideology of the book is thus presented polyphonically. The author, although he tends to align himself with his conservative characters, offers no personal opinion of his own. All ma jor themes, such as authority vs. anarchy, respect for human dignity vs. violenc e, creative work vs. destruction, as well as cruelty and terror, are treated in this polyphonic manner.[1] Krasnov's novels were translated into English, German, French, Serbian and other European languages. During World War II, Krasnov continued his "German orientation" by seeking an al liance with Nazi Germany. He agreed to organize and head Cossack units out of Wh ite emigres and Soviet (mostly Cossack) prisoners of war, to be armed by the Naz is. The Nazis, in turn, expected Krasnov to follow their political line and keep to a separatist Cossack orientation. In November 1944, Krasnov refused the appe al of General Andrei Vlasov to join the latter's Russian Liberation Army. At the end of the war, Krasnov and his men voluntarily surrendered to British forces i n Austria. All of them were promised upon surrender by Major Davis that they, as White Russian emigres, would not be repatriated to the Soviets.[citation needed ] Repatriation and death On May 28, 1945, Pyotr Krasnov was handed over to the Soviets by the British aut horities in Operation Keelhaul. He was sentenced to death by the Military Colleg ium of the Supreme Court of the USSR, together with General Andrei Shkuro, Timof ey Domanov and Helmuth von Pannwitz. On January 17, 1947, he was executed by han ging. Personal On January 17, 2008, Victor Vodolatsky, Ataman of Don Cossacks and a deputy of t he United Russia party in the Russian Duma signed a controversial decree regardi ng creation of a workgroup for rehabilitation of Pyotr Krasnov. Krasnov is the granduncle of Miguel Krassnoff, an Austrian-born Chilean military who has been convicted of numerous crimes against humanity committed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.[2] See also The Betrayal of Cossacks

Writings From Double Eagle To Red Flag. New York, Duffield and Company, 1926. 2 vols. The Unforgiven. New York, Duffield and Company, 1928. 444 p. The Amazon of the Desert. Trans. by Olga Vitali and Vera Brooke. New York, D uffield, 1929. 272 p. Napoleon And The Cossacks. 1931. Largo: A Novel. New York, Duffield and Green, 1932. 599 p. References ^ Ludmila A. Foster. The Revolution and the Civil War in Russian Emigre Nove ls. Russian Review, Vol. 31, No. 2 (Apr., 1972), pp. 153-162 ^ Krasnov family genealogy on Russian Wikipedia Authority control VIAF: 63998988 View page ratings Rate this page What's this? Trustworthy Objective Complete Well-written I am highly knowledgeable about this topic (optional) Categories: 1869 births 1947 deaths People from Saint Petersburg Don Cossacks People executed by hanging Russian generals Russian anti-communists Russian counter-revolutionaries Russian writers Russian people of World War I People of the Russian Civil War Russian people of World War II Russian Provisional Government generals Russian people executed by the Soviet Union White Russians Recipients of the Order of Saint Stanislaus (Russian) Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree Navigation menu Create account Log in Article Talk Read Edit View history Main page

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