Viktor Pokrovsky

Viktor Pokrovsky graduated from Pavlovsk army cadet and Sevastopol aviation military schools.

He served in the Russian army during First World War as a pilot and was awarded Cross of St. George for bravery.

In December 1917, after the October Revolution, Kuban Ataman Filimonov supported the formation of a volunteer unit under the command of Pokrovsky.

[1] Pokrovsky's men played a key role in the capture of Tsaritsyn and Kamyshin from the Bolshevik forces in the summer of 1919.

Many in the White movement, including military officers, complained about Pokrovsky's penchant to hang prisoners.