高尔察克

高爾察克

Gāo'ěrchákè

popculture

Meanings

1 Aleksandr Kolchak (1874-1920), Russian admiral
2 leader of anti-Bolshevik White forces during the Russian Civil War

Characters

(transliteration: Kol-)

(transliteration: -r)

(transliteration: cha-)

(transliteration: -k)

Examples

高尔察克是俄国白军的领袖之一。

Gāo'ěrchákè shì Éguó báijūn de lǐngxiù zhī yī.

Kolchak was one of the leaders of the Russian White Army.

1920年，高尔察克在伊尔库茨克被处决。

Yī jiǔ èr líng nián, Gāo'ěrchákè zài Yī'ěrkùcìkè bèi chǔjué.

In 1920, Kolchak was executed in Irkutsk.

Tips

history

Aleksandr Vasilyevich Kolchak was a polar explorer and naval commander who in 1918 became 'Supreme Ruler' (最高执政官 zuìgāo zhízhèngguān) of the White movement based in Siberia. After his forces collapsed, he was handed to Bolshevik authorities and shot in February 1920 — a key moment in the Russian Civil War (俄国内战).

memory

The transliteration mirrors Russian Колчак: 高 'Kol-' (kao→go), 尔 'r', 察克 'chak'. The 高 'high/tall' is purely phonetic — not 'tall Kolchak'.

Stroke Order

高 gāo

尔 ěr

察 chá

克 kè