Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov | |
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Born | Andreevka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) | 14 November 1859
Died | 30 August 1914 Willenberg, East Prussia (now Wielbark, Poland) | (aged 54)
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Years of service | 1877–1914 |
Rank | General of the Cavalry |
Commands held | Warsaw Military District (1906–?) Second Army (1914) |
Battles/wars | Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War |
Awards | See Honours |
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Самсо́нов, tr. Aleksándr Vasíl’evič Samsónov; 14 November [O.S. 2 November] 1859 – 30 August [O.S. 17 August] 1914) 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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