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Alexander Samsonov
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Russian general (1859–1914)
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1859-11-14 ) 14 November 1859, Andreevka, Kherson Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 30 August 1914 (1914-08-30) (aged 54), near Försterei Karolinenhof, Willenberg , East Prussia , (now Karolinka Forestry near Wielbark, Poland )
- Cause of death
- Suicide
- Allegiance
- Russian Empire
- Branch
- Imperial Russian Army
- Service years
- 1877–1914
- Rank
- General of the Cavalry
- Commands
- Warsaw Military District (1906–?), Second Army (1914)
- Conflicts
- Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War Battle of Mukden World War I Battle of Tannenberg †
- Awards
- See Honours
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Andriyivka
- Place of death
- Wielbark
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- Nikolaevskaya Cavalry School
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Imperial Russian Army
- Military rank
- General of the Cavalry
- Image
- Alexander V. Samsonov.png
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- Commons category
- Alexander Samsonov
- date of birth
- 1859-11-14
- date of death
- 1914-08-30
- manner of death
- Suicide
- social classification
- Cossacks
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- allegiance
- Russian Empire
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- different from
- Samsonów
- name in native language
- Алекса́ндр Самсо́нов
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Encyclopedic overview
Alexander or 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.
Early military career
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