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Alexander von Kaulbars
Baltic German military leader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alexander Wilhelm Andreas Freiherr[2] von Kaulbars (Russian: Александр Васильевич Каульбарс, romanized: Aleksandr Vasil'evič Kaul'bars; 23 May [O.S. 11] 1844 – 25 January 1925) was a Baltic German military leader who served in the Imperial Russian Army during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A noted explorer of Central Asia, he was also regarded as one of the original organisers of the Russian Air Force.
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![]() General Alexander von Kaulbars | |
Other name(s) | Alexander Vasilyevich Kaulbars |
Born | 23 May [O.S. 11] 1844 Mödders Manor, Mödders, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire |
Died | 25 January 1925(1925-01-25) (aged 80) Paris, French Third Republic |
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Years of service | 1861–1916 |
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Commands held | 2nd Sofia Infantry Regiment 1st brigade, 14th Cavalry Division War Minister of Bulgaria (1882-1883) 1st Cavalry Division 15th Cavalry Division 2nd Cavalry Corps 2nd Siberian Army Corps Odessa Military District (1904) 3rd Manchurian Army 2nd Manchurian Army |
Battles/wars | January Uprising Russo-Turkish War Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War World War I Russian Civil War |
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