The capture of Constantinople, control of the Bosporus, transfer of Constantinople to the Greeks is the age-old dream of Russia. Few people know how close this dream was to realization at the beginning of 1921. The Russian army in Gallipoli, after the Exodus from Crimea, spent the winter in tents, in deprivation and hunger in the valley of the Beyur-Dere River, where they were given a place for a military camp. After the French ultimatum to surrender their weapons and disband the Army, a detailed plan was developed to capture the French garrison of Gallipoli and a military campaign against Constantinople, agreed upon with the Greeks and the Commander-in-Chief. The whole of European history could have turned out differently... You will learn about the transfer of Russian troops to Bulgaria and the military coup in Sofia, about the work of Comintern agents in Bulgaria and the dissolution of the White Army. Read the memoirs of an eyewitness - Deputy Commander of the 1st Corps, General V.K. Vitkovsky. The publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.