In St. Petersburg on Saturday, November 12, established a memorial Board to one of the leaders of the White movement, Admiral Alexander Kolchak. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
A sign posted on the Bay window of the house №3 along the street Big Zelenin, where Kolchak lived from 1905 to 1912. Workers mounted the Board within five hours.
The leader of the “White matter” Oleg Shevtsov said “Radio Baltika”, that the Board cost about 300 thousand rubles. Most of the amount made personal money from members and donations from citizens.
November 11 in “White” declared the postponement of the installation of the signs. They said that the authorities had refused to close the street, or in connection with the opening, originally scheduled for November 16, has been postponed.
After the revolution of 1917, Kolchak became one of the leaders of the White movement, held the post of commander-in-chief of the Russian army. Actively participated in the struggle against the Bolshevik movement in Siberia. Kolchak was captured by the Reds in the result of the betrayal of allies and executed in February 1920 by the decision Irkutsk military-revolutionary Committee.
Summer in Saint-Petersburg on the initiative of the “Military-historical society,” installed a plaque to Marshal Carl Mannerheim. This caused a mixed reaction of Petersburgers. As a result, in October the Board was removed and transported to the Museum-reserve “Tsarskoe Selo”. Before that it had been doused with paint, cut with an axe, and even fired.