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Alexander Samsonov

Russian general (1859-1914) · Died at 54

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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.

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Samsonov at the outbreak of the warSamsonov at the outbreak of the war

Awards

Knight of the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky
Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
Order of Saint Anna, 3rd class
Order of Saint Anna, 4th class
Order of the White Eagle
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class
Order of Saint Stanislaus, 3rd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class
Order of St. Vladimir, 2nd class
Order of St. George, 4th class
Order of Saint Stanislaus

About this person

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.

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deceased
Dates
Lived 1859 to 1914 · aged 54

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