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.24 (11), 1918, pp.1 2; Az, (n.d.), p.2 3.Also,  Kratkiie svedeniia o deiatel nosti  Soveta Gosudarstvennago O edi-neniia,  Azbuka report, April, 1919, WMA, file 129, p.4, and Denikin, Ocherki, III,119.Among Bezak s followers there were: K.P.Grigorovich-Barskii, Katenin,Skarzhinskii.Pelikan s group included Prince Kochubei, Kotov-Konashevich andShcheglovitov, son of former minister I.G.Shcheglovitov shot by Bolsheviks.Formerminister of Agriculture A.V.Krivoshein and former assistant to Premier Stolypin92 Chapter IVS.E.Kryzhanovskii were mentioned among Bloc s sympathizers, if not its members,cf.Azbuka reports from Kiev in WMA, file 141:  Doklad Oko, Oct.26 (Nov.8), 1918,p.2; Az, (n.d.), p.3, and a report dated Oct.10, 1918.9.Sources also mention Dolgorukov as the head of the Monarchist Bloc.How-ever, Denikin quotes an official agreement between the Bloc and the Astrakhan Armywhere Sokolov figures as the Bloc s leader (Ocherki, III, 119n).10.Azbuka reports from Kiev in WMA, file 141:  Soobshchenie Az, Aug.10,1918, p.5; Az, Sept.20, 1918, p.3; Az, (n.d.), p.3; Oko, Sept.4, 1918; Oko, Sept.15, 1918.Also  Kratkiie svedeniia o deiatel nosti  Soveta Gosudarstvennago Ob edi-neniia,  p.4; Gertsog G.Leikhtenbergskii,  Kak nachalas Iuzhnaia Armiia, ARR,VIII (1923), 166, 173 74; Gurko,  Iz Petrograda cherez Moskvu, 33 42; Denikin,Ocherki, III, 120 21.11.Leikhtenbergskii,  Kak nachalas Iuzhnaia Armiia, 173.Keller had beenDenikin s commander in the past and Denikin could not bring himself to condemnhim, as he did with all the others who participated in German and Ukrainian spon-sored actions.12.Leikhtenbergskii,  Kak nachalas Iuzhnaia Armiia, 166.Azbuka reports fromKiev in WMA, file 141: Az, (n.d.), p.3 and  Doklad poruchnika Novitskago, (n.d.),pp.2 3.This attitude was typical among pro-German politicians.General Krasnov,who was only loosely connected with the extreme monarchists, expresses this senti-ment very well: P.N.Krasnov,  Vsevelikoe Voisko Donskoe, ARR, V (1922),218 23; 238 41.13. Diiachi Skoropadshchiny, Ukraina no.5, and  Ekstrennoe SoobshchenieAza, Nov.24 (11), 1918, pp.1 2.See also other Azbuka reports from Kiev in WMA,file 141: Az, (n.d.), pp.2 3;  Doklad poruchnika Novitskago, pp.2 3; Oko, Aug.26 (Sept.8), 1918; Dobro, Sept.8, 1918.See also Izhe, Azbuka report, Kiev, Sept.2(15), 1918, WMA, file 136.Azbuka agent Dobro suggested in one of his report thatAkatsatov was  a former, pre-revolutionary agent provocateur (Dobro,  Politich-eskaia obstanovka, Azbuka report, Sept.10, WMA, file 141).14. Diiachi Skoropadshchiny, Ukraina no.5, and  Ekstrennoe SoobshchenieAza, Nov.24 (11), 1918, pp.1 2; Leikhtenbergskii,  Kak nachalas IuzhnaiaArmiia, 169 182; P.I.Zalesskii,  Iuzhnaia Armiia, Donskaia Letopis, III (1923),234, 237; Denikin, Ocherki, III, 119 21.15.V.V.Shul gin to V.A.Bobrinskii, correspondence, Sept.30 (O.S.), 1918,WMA, file 136.16. Diiachi Skoropadshchiny, Ukraina no.5;  Ekstrennoe Soobshchenie Aza,Nov.24 (11), 1918, p.2; Az, (n.d.), Kiev, p.2 in WMA, file 141 and Leikhten-bergskii,  Kak nachalas Iuzhnaia Armiia, 178.17.It was the first Russian army sponsored by the Germans.When they cutfunds in August, Tundutov (an adventurer according to Denikin) was forced tolook elsewhere for support, and on Sept.7, 1918 (O.S.) he entered into an agree-ment with the Monarchist Bloc: Denikin, Ocherki, III, 117 19.On the AstrakhanArmy, see also,  Donesenie Oko, Azbuka report, July 27 Aug.9, 1918, WMA,file 141.Tundutov and his army had contacts with Moscow Right Center accord-ing to Denikin (ibid.).Kiev: The Tilt to the Right 9318. Diiachi Skoropadshchiny, Ukraina no.5;  Ekstrennoe Soobshchenie Aza,Nov.24 (11), 1918, p.2.See also, Azbuka reports from Kiev in WMA, file 141:  Soob-shchenie Ize, Oct.10, 1918;  Soobshchenie Oko, Oct.24, 1918 (O.S.),  Soobshche-nie Aza, Nov.29 (16), 1918;  Soobshchenie Buki, Jan.12, 1919 (Dec.30, 1918); Poiasnitel naia zapiska k shtabam biura Severnoi Armii, (n.d.), and in WMA, file136:  Dla Izhe, Oct.13, 1918 (O.S.);  Vedi ot Izhe, Nov.8, 1918 (N.S.).19.This united army was sometimes called the Southern Army which causes ad-ditional confusion.Some sources mention Keller as its designated commander.How-ever, the evidence is clear that Keller and Dolgorukov attempted to convince theGrand Duke to lead monarchist forces. Soobshchenie Vedi ot Aza, Azbuka report,Kiev, Oct.18, 1918, WMA, file 141, p.5, and Denikin, Ocherki, III, 254 55.20.Such a scenario was never put together in one, comprehensive plan by the ex-treme Right.Its recreation presented here is based on various statements and allu-sions, which sometimes contain contradictory details.All evidence however, indicatesthat this was a general objective of the extreme monarchists.For example, see severalintelligence reports written by Azbuka in Kiev in WMA, file 141: Az, (n.d., but lateSept.or early Oct., 1918), pp.3 4; Oko, Sept.25;  Soobshchenie Vedi ot Aza, Oct.18, 1918; Izhe, (n.d.), p.6.See also Azbuka report, Sept.21 29, 1918, in WMA, file167, p.5; Leikhtenbergskii,  Kak nachalas Iuzhnaia Armiia, 166 67; Krasnov, Vsevelikoe Voisko Donskoe, 243 44, and Denikin, Ocherki, III, 254 55; IV, 183.21.General Krasnov who left a very unflattering description of the Southern andAstrakhan Armies (confirmed by many Azbuka reports), did not treat extreme monar-chists as equal partners, and himself aspired to a leadership position in an anti-Bolshevik crusade: Krasnov,  Vsevelikoe Voisko Donskoe, 236 39, 243 45.Gen-eral Alekseev disturbed by rumors that Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich might acceptthe Bloc s proposition, urged him to refuse: Denikin, Ocherki, III, 255 56.Similarletter sent Rodzianko, Shulgin and Stepanov: M.V.Rodzianko, V.A.Stepanov, V.V.Shul gin to Grand Duke (Nikolai Nikolaevich), correspondence, Azbuka report,WMA, file 136.Keller was so shocked by Grand Duke s refusal that he becameill:  Soobshchenie Vedi ot Aza, Azbuka report, Kiev, Oct.18, 1918, WMA, file 141,p.5.See also  Doklad poruchnika Novitskago, p.3.22.Krasnov,  Vsevelikoe Voisko Donskoe, 236 39.Report on the situation inUkraine, Sept.1918 to Feb.1919, Cheriachukin Papers, file 4, Hoover Institution,Stanford University.An Azbuka agent suggested earlier that Skoropadskyi wantedonly an alliance between the Don and Ukraine, but Krasnov insisted on including theVolunteer Army: Dobro,  Politicheskaia obstanovka k 16 mu oktiabria, Ezhenedel -noe donesenie, Azbuka report, Oct.16, 1918, Kiev, WMA, file 141, p.2.Denikinmentions a letter sent to General Dragomirov on Nov.18, 1918 in which Skoropad-skyi is quoted as saying that he had asked Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich to acceptthe supreme command over all Russian armies and governments in the South [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]