Pyotr Krasnov
Pyotr Nikolayevich Krasnov (; – 17 January 1947), also known as Peter Krasnov, was a Russian military leader, writer and later Nazi collaborator.Krasnov served as a lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and later led anti-Bolshevik forces during the Russian Civil War, where he served as the ataman of the Don Republic. Approximately 25,000 to 40,000 people were executed by Krasnov's White Cossacks, which lasted until the Red Army conquered the region following their victory at Tsaritsyn.
After the civil war, he lived in exile. During World War II, Krasnov collaborated with the Germans who mobilized Cossack forces to fight against the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Following the end of the war, Krasnov was repatriated and executed by the Soviet authorities. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Vadim I Krivokrysenko, Ilia A Toshkov, Anatoli S Gleiberman, Peter Krasnov, Inna Shyshynova, Ivan Bespalov, Ratan K Maitra, Natalya V Narizhneva, Vijay K Singh, Mark H Whitnall, Andrei A Purmal, Alexander N Shakhov, Andrei V Gudkov, Elena FeinsteinGet full text
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Published 2012-01-01
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