biography
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Wrangel, Pyotr Nikolayevich, Baron
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pronunciation:
[vranggl]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1878–1928)
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| biography:
| Russian army officer and commander of White Russian forces during the Civil War, born in Aleksandrovsk, Lithuania. Educated at the St Petersburg Mining Institute, he entered military service in 1904 and commanded a cavalry corps during World War 1. In the Civil War, he commanded cavalry divisions and the Volunteer Army in the Ukraine, and in 1920 became commander-in-chief of the White Armies in the South. After the Red Army victory, he fled to Turkey with the remnants of his troops. |
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