On November 10, 1920, the evacuation of Crimea began, which ended the retreat of the Russian army of General Wrangel. Within three days, troops, families of officers, and part of the civilian population of the Crimean ports were loaded onto 126 ships. At the end of November, the fleet was reorganized into the Russian squadron. Rear Admiral Kedrov became its commander. On December 1, 1920, France agreed to receive the Russian squadron in the port of Bizerte in Tunisia. The squadron's transition to Bizerte ended only in February 1921. And began a long, gloomy and hopeless “sitting” in exile, ending in October 1924, after France recognized the Soviet government, when the Russian squadron was disbanded...