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Red Cross organization on the German front
- With the outbreak of World War I, Guchkov was put in charge of the Red Cross organization on the German front, and it fell to him to search for the corpse of the unfortunate General of the Second Army, Alexander Samsonov. (Which was eventually repatriated to his wife by the Germans). He became friends with Alexei Polivanov.
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Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Гучко́в; 14 October 1862 – 14 February 1936) was a Russian politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of War in the Russian Provisional Government.
Alexander Guchkov was war minister in the Provisional Government until May 1915, when he was replaced by Kerensky. Before his departure, Guchkov delivered a speech on the fate of Russia and her government, suggesting that it was at the “edge of an abyss”:
Apr 26, 2017 · Kerensky and Tereshchenko took it upon themselves to sharply attack the point about the Straits and Milyukov’s entire role in the Provisional Government. I was the only one to stand up for him. See more
Having fought in the Second Boer War of 1899-1902 against the British, Guchkov's role in the subsequent disastrous Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05 was as head of Russian Red Cross operations.
Kerensky argued that Milyukov was now working closely with other right-wing forces to destroy the Provisional Government: "In mid-October, all Kornilov supporters, both military and civilian, were instructed to sabotage government measures to suppress the Bolshevik uprising."
Alexander Ivanovich Guchkov was a Russian politician, Chairman of the Third Duma and Minister of War in the Russian Provisional Government.
The result was that he and the minister of war, Octobrist leader Aleksandr Guchkov, were forced to resign on May 2 (May 15). A new coalition was formed that included Socialist Revolutionary leader Viktor Chernov and Menshevik Irakli Tsereteli.
