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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 ...
Alexander Samsonov was the commander of the Russian Army. Born in 1858 in the Russian Empire, Samsonov spent his earliest years as a cavalry officer and served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. After fighting in the war, Samsonov went on to attend the Nikolaevsky Military Academy in St. Petersburg, and he was subsequently given greater and ...
Other articles where Alexander Vasiliyevich Samsonov is discussed: Battle of Tannenberg: Initial developments on the Eastern Front: Alexander Samsonov. The two armies formed a group under the higher control of Zhilinsky. Zhilinsky’s plan was that Rennenkampf should advance against East Prussia from the east, drawing upon himself the German defending forces, and then, two days later, Samsonov ...
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Jun 25, 2021 · General Alexander Samsonov, who was in charge of the Russian 2nd Army in the South, shot himself on August 30, 1914, after his forces were defeated by the Germans. “That was not uncommon, even ...
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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 ...
Samsonov saw combat service during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 and, after serving a term as governor of Turkestan, was given command of the Russian Second Army when war broke out in August 1914, tasked, along with Paul von Rennenkampf, commander of First Army, with the Russian invasion of East Prussia. Samsonov's first major action in East ...
Mar 31, 2015 · Alexander Samsonov commanded the Russian Army at the Battle of Tannenburg. This battle was a disaster for both Samsonov and the Russian Army. Samsonov was born in 1858 and he spent his earliest years in the Russian Army as a cavalry officer. Samsonov served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 and in 1914, was given …
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