Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later head of all the anti-Bolshevik White forces during the Russian Civil War. He was also a prominent expert on naval mines and a member of the Russian Geographic Society. Among Kolchak's awards are the golden saber "For Valor" in the battle of Port Arthur and the Great Gold Constantine Medal from the Russian Geographic Society. Soviet maps depicted Kolchak Island up until the mid-1930s.