Traveler Sergei Volkov dispels the myth that there Kolchak gold

05/24/2010

He prepared for publication the book "The Phantom of gold tier", which shows that during the Civil War gold Kolchak did not get to the bottom of Lake Baikal.

Sergei Volkov studied the relevant documents in the archives of the State Historical Museum (Moscow) and came to the conclusion that the Bolsheviks were able to capture gold, send it to the capital, and to give Germany as part of the Brest-Litovsk. The traveler and writer, is waiting in the near future, the official publication of these documents, to release his book.

"Look for the gold Kolchak in the lake, as it intends to do the third expedition of deep submersibles" Mir on Baikal "is useless, it's not there. And the gold of the east of Irkutsk abroad are not taken away ", - says Sergey Volkov.

In his book he refutes a number of well-established misconceptions that still pushes people to search for legendary gold admiral, reported IA "Baikal Info." For example, say that a train with a precious cargo in 1920, fell into the water while crossing the bridge at Birch Bay on the Circum-Baikal Railway. However, according to Sergei Volkov, the bridge at this location did not exist in 1916. There are a traveler in a new book and an explanation of reducing the number of cars with gold sent back to Moscow, which allegedly proves that some of the precious metal fell into the lake.

Recall Kolchak gold - this is a big part of the gold reserves of the Russian Empire, which the government seized the admiral during the Civil War. Weight of metal - over 490 tons, mostly in coins and bullion.

Source: GazetaIrkutsk.ru