Sevastopol stories. White Guard. Last stronghold

In the winter of 1928, a reading of M.A. Bulgakov's play "The Flight" was held at the Moscow Art Theater. Konstantin Stanislavsky received the play very well, it was added to the repertoire, and casting began. But things ended quite unexpectedly: the work was brought up at a Central Committee meeting and then banned altogether. Meanwhile, the prototype for Bulgakov's play's protagonist, Roman Khludov, was living peacefully in Moscow and teaching at the main military courses. A loyalty to a former Wrangel general, incomprehensible at the time...

This was the famous Yakov Slashchev. In 20, during the Civil War, he was a true terror for the Red Army. At that time, Crimea became a refuge for many. Commoners, former deputies, ministers, prominent politicians, and the capital's bohemians fled there from the bloody carnage. The brilliant writer, "king of humor," and publisher of the magazine "Satyricon," Arkady Averchenko, returned to his homeland, Sevastopol. He founded the "Nest of Migratory Birds" café and hosted literary evenings there. The singer Leonid Sobinov, a beloved figure, rented a room in Balaklava. Life in Sevastopol, albeit distantly, was still reminiscent of its former self.

There were so many people that housing became Crimea's main problem at the time. And now, retreating troops of the White Volunteer Army were flocking there on all fronts. Unable to change anything, its commander, A.I. Denikin, decided to leave his post. Baron Wrangel took responsibility for the decimated army. The White Army was renamed the Russian Army. To prevent the Reds from breaking through to the peninsula, Slashchev's army corps held Perekop.

It can be said that it was thanks to Slashchev that Crimea remained the only territory in which Imperial Russia held out and resisted for almost a year.

In the autumn of 20, the Red Army moved to conquer the last stronghold of White territory – Crimea. Wrangel's Russian army was unable to withstand such an avalanche. Its exodus began.

Comments

[dnepropetrovsk]

It's a bit one-sided. Wrangel is all white and fluffy. Read what Slashchev wrote to Denikin about Wrangel.