Kolchak
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Kolchak is a Russianized (or Turkificated; "armour
Armour
Armour or armor is protective covering used to prevent damage from being inflicted to an object, individual or a vehicle through use of direct contact weapons or projectiles, usually during combat, or from damage caused by a potentially dangerous environment or action...

") Romanian surname, and may refer to:

People

  • Iliash Kolchak
    Ilias Colceag
    Iliaş Colceag was a Moldavian mercenary and military commander, in the Ottoman and Russian Empire.He entered the Ottoman army and was first posted in Bosnia. Here, he converted to Islam and took the name of Hussein. He distinguished himself during the Russo-Turkish War of 1710/11 being promoted...

     ("Kolchak-Pasha")
    • Vasily Kolchak (1837–1913), Russian arms constructor, the father of Aleksander Kolchak
      • Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak
        Aleksandr Kolchak
        Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later - Supreme ruler . Supreme ruler of Russia , was recognized in this position by all the heads of the White movement, "De jure" - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, "De facto" - Entente States...

         , Russian naval commander, head of all anti-Bolshevik White forces

  • David G. Potter
    Gharlane of Eddore (Pen-name)
    David G. Potter was a computer technician at California State University, Sacramento who was widely known for acerbic, scathingly humorous and knowledgeable postings to Usenet science fiction newsgroups...

    , a science fiction writer ("Gharlane of Eddore"), who used "Carl Kolchak" as his name in many of his emails

Kolčák

  • Kristián Kolčák
    Kristián Kolcák
    Kristián Kolčák is a Slovak football midfielder who currently plays for the Slovak Corgoň Liga club Slovan Bratislava and the Slovakia national under-21 football team....

     (born 1990), a Slovak football midfielder
  • Rastislav Kolčák, a Slovak cameraman

Place name

  • Kolchak Island
    Kolchak Island
    Kolchak Island or Kolchaka Island , is an island in the Kara Sea located NE of the Shturmanov Peninsula, in an area of skerries south of the Nordenskiöld Archipelago. Compared to other large islands in the area it has a quite regular shape....

     (Kolchaka Island, ostrov Kolchaka), an island in the Kara Sea

Fiction

  • Television series Kolchak: The Night Stalker
    Kolchak: The Night Stalker
    Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974-1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter — Carl Kolchak, played by Darren McGavin — who investigates mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly ones law...

    , ABC during the 1974-1975
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