# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-samsonov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:39:25.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-samsonov"
name: "Alexander Samsonov"
slug: "alexander-samsonov"
description: "Alexander or Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov was a career officer in the cavalry of the Imperial Russian Army and a general during the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. He was the commander of the Russian Second Army which was surrounded and defeated by the German Eighth Army in the Battle of Tannenberg, one of the early battles of World War I. Ashamed by his loss of the army, Samsonov committed suicide while retreating from the battlefield."
tagline: "Russian general (1859–1914)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_V._Samsonov.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1859-11-14"
deathDate: "1914-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.1
  momentum:             0.6184538653366585
  historical:           21.43990933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Samsonov"
    title: "Alexander Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "ألكسندر سامسونوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "الكسندر سامسونوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Sams%C3%B3nov"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsónov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandr_Samsonov"
    title: "Alexandr Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Vasiljevitj_Samsonov"
    title: "Aleksandr Vasiljevitj Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Wassiljewitsch_Samsonow"
    title: "Alexander Wassiljewitsch Samsonow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BE%CE%AC%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81_%CE%A3%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%83%CF%8C%CE%BD%CE%BF%CE%B2"
    title: "Αλεξάντερ Σαμσόνοβ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Samsonov"
    title: "Alexander Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Sams%C3%B3nov"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsónov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samsonov"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samsonov"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Samsonov"
    title: "Alexandre Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleks%C3%A1ndr_Samsonov"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alexander Samsonov"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Vasil'evi%C4%8D_Samsonov"
    title: "Aleksandr Vasil'evič Samsonov"
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    title: "アレクサンドル・サムソノフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandras_Samsonovas"
    title: "Aleksandras Samsonovas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samsonov"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samsonov"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samsonov"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsonov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Samsonow"
    title: "Aleksandr Samsonow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504378"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump