pinega

Updated: May 16, 2025

In fact it was a somewhat confused color scheme of Red and White civil government that the Americans found in the Pinega Valley. The writer commanded this area in the winter and speaks from actual experience in dealing with this Pinega local government, half Red as it was.

Lewis E. Jahns - The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki: Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919

Reference to the war map will show that this Pinega area gave all the advantages of strategy to the Red commander, whose rapid advance down the valley with the approach of winter had taken the Archangel strategists by surprise.

Lewis E. Jahns - The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki: Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919

Far out on their left flank and to their rear was the little force of "G" Company who were holding Pinega and a long sector of road which was daily becoming more difficult to safeguard.

Lewis E. Jahns - The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki: Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919

Also under the instruction of a veteran Russian artillery officer the two field-pieces, Russian 75's, had been manned largely by peasant volunteers who had served in the old Russian artillery units. In addition, a scouting unit had been developed by a former soldier who had been a regimental scout under the old Russian Government. Pinega was quiet and able to defend itself.

Lewis E. Jahns - The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki: Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919