The Belosovki (White Soviets) are the people who supported the Whites in the Civil War, but also supported Stalin's USSR in World War II.
They revere Kolchak and Denikin, because even during the Civil War, when they needed to ally with other forces, they refused to make territorial concessions to the independence movements. They wanted Russia to be the same size as it was before 1914, and they were not willing to compromise.
For example, the future Marshal of Finland, Karl Mannerheim, wrote to Kolchak that the White Finns could enter Petrograd (St. Petersburg) and kill all the local Bolsheviks in exchange for recognition of their independence.
"Regarding the Finnish movement into Karelia, we have received reassuring assurances from the French government, which we consider entirely satisfactory.
We believe that we should not protest now, as this could only complicate our relations with Finland, with which, in order to carry out joint actions against Petrograd, it is essential to establish the friendliest relations...
While fully approving of your efforts to establish a Russian administration in the liberated regions of Karelia, we believe that friction with Mannerheim must be avoided, since there remains hope for his movement against Petrograd..."
A little later, on June 23, Kolchak also addressed a letter to the commander of the Finnish army, General Mannerheim, attempting to deceive him with promises. He writes: "In these decisive days of our struggle against the destructive and anarchic remnants of Bolshevism, I would be failing in my duty to Russia if I did not address Your Excellency with a completely open and deeply trusting appeal, prompted by my concern for saving countless human lives languishing under the yoke of Bolshevism.
I proceed from the conviction that everything possible must be done to achieve the most rapid crushing of Bolshevism. Therefore, I would like to hope that you will encourage the Finnish government to participate in the common cause and take decisive measures to liberate Russia's northern capital, beginning active operations in the direction of Petrograd.
On behalf of the Russian government, I wish to declare to you that now is not the time for doubts and hesitations related to any political issues, and I do not allow the possibility of any future irresolvable misunderstandings between liberated Russia and the Finnish nation. I ask you, General, to accept this appeal of mine as a sign of the unwavering memory of the Russian army." "About your glorious past in its ranks and Russia's sincere respect for the national freedom of the Finnish people."
Admiral Kolchak"
In response to Kolchak's appeal, the latter responded from Stockholm on July 10, 1919: "I ask Your Excellency to accept my gratitude for the telegram of June 23, which I received on the 4th of this month. The majority of the Finnish people, together with me, are following with sympathy the struggle that you, at the head of the brave Russian troops, are waging to exterminate Bolshevism, especially since we are also taking part in it."Having crushed the Red uprising in Finland, supported and directed by the Soviet government, and then, as volunteers, responded to the call of the Estonian people and the population of the Olonetsk province in their difficult struggle against the Bolsheviks.
Although I am confident that I can henceforth destroy any attempt to raise the red banner of revolution in Finland, we nevertheless know that the Soviet regime there represents a constant threat to us and is far from indifferent to the suffering endured by the Russian people under the Bolshevik yoke. Beyond the humanitarian aspect of the matter, the capture of Petrograd would be of great significance as a stronghold for Soviet military operations in northern Russia, given the concentration there of all threads of northern Russian revolutionary propaganda. Therefore, the Finnish people and their government are far from averse to the idea of regular Finnish troops participating in the liberation of Petrograd. I will not conceal from you, Mr. Admiral, that in the opinion of my government, the Finnish Diet will not approve of an undertaking that, although beneficial to us, requires heavy sacrifices, unless we receive guarantees that the new Russia, in whose favor we have begun to act, has agreed to certain conditions, the fulfillment of which we consider not only essential for our participation but also a necessary guarantee for our national and state existence.
Karl. Mannerheim."
(Mannerheim more than transparently hinted at recognition of Finland's independence.)
and this is just one case where White leaders deprived themselves of potential allies with their arrogance and obsession with territorial numbers on maps.
They revere Kolchak and Denikin, because even during the Civil War, when they needed to ally with other forces, they refused to make territorial concessions to the independence movements. They wanted Russia to be the same size as it was before 1914, and they were not willing to compromise.
For example, the future Marshal of Finland, Karl Mannerheim, wrote to Kolchak that the White Finns could enter Petrograd (St. Petersburg) and kill all the local Bolsheviks in exchange for recognition of their independence.
"Regarding the Finnish movement into Karelia, we have received reassuring assurances from the French government, which we consider entirely satisfactory.
We believe that we should not protest now, as this could only complicate our relations with Finland, with which, in order to carry out joint actions against Petrograd, it is essential to establish the friendliest relations...
While fully approving of your efforts to establish a Russian administration in the liberated regions of Karelia, we believe that friction with Mannerheim must be avoided, since there remains hope for his movement against Petrograd..."
A little later, on June 23, Kolchak also addressed a letter to the commander of the Finnish army, General Mannerheim, attempting to deceive him with promises. He writes: "In these decisive days of our struggle against the destructive and anarchic remnants of Bolshevism, I would be failing in my duty to Russia if I did not address Your Excellency with a completely open and deeply trusting appeal, prompted by my concern for saving countless human lives languishing under the yoke of Bolshevism.
I proceed from the conviction that everything possible must be done to achieve the most rapid crushing of Bolshevism. Therefore, I would like to hope that you will encourage the Finnish government to participate in the common cause and take decisive measures to liberate Russia's northern capital, beginning active operations in the direction of Petrograd.
On behalf of the Russian government, I wish to declare to you that now is not the time for doubts and hesitations related to any political issues, and I do not allow the possibility of any future irresolvable misunderstandings between liberated Russia and the Finnish nation. I ask you, General, to accept this appeal of mine as a sign of the unwavering memory of the Russian army." "About your glorious past in its ranks and Russia's sincere respect for the national freedom of the Finnish people."
Admiral Kolchak"
In response to Kolchak's appeal, the latter responded from Stockholm on July 10, 1919: "I ask Your Excellency to accept my gratitude for the telegram of June 23, which I received on the 4th of this month. The majority of the Finnish people, together with me, are following with sympathy the struggle that you, at the head of the brave Russian troops, are waging to exterminate Bolshevism, especially since we are also taking part in it."Having crushed the Red uprising in Finland, supported and directed by the Soviet government, and then, as volunteers, responded to the call of the Estonian people and the population of the Olonetsk province in their difficult struggle against the Bolsheviks.
Although I am confident that I can henceforth destroy any attempt to raise the red banner of revolution in Finland, we nevertheless know that the Soviet regime there represents a constant threat to us and is far from indifferent to the suffering endured by the Russian people under the Bolshevik yoke. Beyond the humanitarian aspect of the matter, the capture of Petrograd would be of great significance as a stronghold for Soviet military operations in northern Russia, given the concentration there of all threads of northern Russian revolutionary propaganda. Therefore, the Finnish people and their government are far from averse to the idea of regular Finnish troops participating in the liberation of Petrograd. I will not conceal from you, Mr. Admiral, that in the opinion of my government, the Finnish Diet will not approve of an undertaking that, although beneficial to us, requires heavy sacrifices, unless we receive guarantees that the new Russia, in whose favor we have begun to act, has agreed to certain conditions, the fulfillment of which we consider not only essential for our participation but also a necessary guarantee for our national and state existence.
Karl. Mannerheim."
(Mannerheim more than transparently hinted at recognition of Finland's independence.)
and this is just one case where White leaders deprived themselves of potential allies with their arrogance and obsession with territorial numbers on maps.
