Ice March (with Kornilov). Memoir. On 24 February 1918, as Rostov and the Don Cossack capital of Novocherkassk fell to the Bolsheviks, General Lavr Kornilov led the Volunteer Army on the epic 'Ice March' into the empty steppe towards the Kuban. Although badly outnumbered, he escaped destruction from pursuing Bolshevik forces and laid siege to Ekaterinodar. (Wikipedia and Mark Chulsky)