Alexander Samsonov

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Russian general human

Alexander Samsonov was a Russian Imperial Army general best known for leading the ill-fated Second Army that was encircled and destroyed by German forces in East Prussia during World War I.

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Alexander Samsonov canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Russian general ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance Russian Empire ⓘ
awardReceived Order of St. Anna ⓘ
Order of St. George ⓘ
Order of St. Stanislaus ⓘ
Order of St. Vladimir ⓘ
burialPlace East Prussia ⓘ
surface form: East Prussia (exact grave unknown)
causeOfDeath suicide by firearm ⓘ
conflict Russo-Japanese War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
contemporaryOf Erich Ludendorff ⓘ
Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
countryOfBirth Russian Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Russian Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1859-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1914-08-30 ⓘ
educatedAt Imperial Nicholas Military Academy ⓘ
surface form: Nicholas General Staff Academy

Pavlovsk Military School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Russians ⓘ
familyName Samsonov ⓘ
genreOfActivity land warfare ⓘ
givenName Alexander ⓘ
hasCause ordered to invade East Prussia in August 1914 ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle General of Cavalry ⓘ
mannerOfDeath suicide ⓘ
militaryBranch Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
militaryUnitCommanded Russian Second Army ⓘ
nativeLanguage Russian ⓘ
notableEvent encirclement and destruction of his army by German forces in East Prussia ⓘ
notableFor command of the Russian Second Army in World War I ⓘ
defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
occupation military officer ⓘ
participantIn Battle of Tannenberg ⓘ
Russian invasion of East Prussia ⓘ
surface form: East Prussian campaign of 1914
partOf Russian Second Army ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kherson Governorate ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Willenberg, East Prussia ⓘ
positionHeld commander of the Russian Second Army ⓘ
commander of the Warsaw Military District ⓘ
governor-general of Turkestan ⓘ
military district commander in Turkestan ⓘ
serviceEnd 1914 ⓘ
serviceStart 1877 ⓘ

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Battle of Tannenberg → commander → Alexander Samsonov ⓘ
Russian Second Army → commander → Alexander Samsonov ⓘ
Russian invasion of East Prussia → commander → Alexander Samsonov ⓘ
German Eighth Army under Paul von Hindenburg → opponentCommander → Alexander Samsonov ⓘ