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Pyotr Wrangel

1878 - 1928

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Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Врангель [ˈpʲɵtr nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ˈvranɡʲɪlʲ]; August 27 [O.S. August 15] 1878 – 25 April 1928) was a Russian military officer of Baltic German descent. A veteran of the Russo-Japanese War and World War I, he rose to become a commanding general in the anti-Bolshevik Volunteer Army during the Russian Civil War. In 1920, he became the last commander-in-chief of the White forces in Southern Russia, which he reorganized as the Russian Army. After graduating as a mining engineer, Wrangel volunteered for service in the Russo-Japanese War, where he decided on a military career. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2024). Pyotr Wrangel is the 161st most popular nobleman (down from 93rd in 2024), the 20th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Lithuanian Nobleman.

Pyotr Wrangel is most famous for being a Russian general who led the White Army during the Russian Civil War.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Pyotr Wrangel ranks 161 out of 1,415. Before him are Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Robert the Strong, Avidius Cassius, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, and Julia, Princess of Battenberg. After him are Béla II of Hungary, Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Sorghaghtani Beki, Odo of France, and Henry II of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Pyotr Wrangel ranks 15. Before him are Manuel L. Quezon, Pancho Villa, André Citroën, Alfred Döblin, Robert Walser, and Lucien Febvre. After him are Ferenc Molnár, Paul Reynaud, Maurice René Fréchet, Ernest King, Milan Nedić, and Gemma Galgani. Among people deceased in 1928, Pyotr Wrangel ranks 14. Before him are Édouard-Henri Avril, Emmeline Pankhurst, Theodore William Richards, Johannes Fibiger, Franz Stuck, and Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach. After him are Alexander Bogdanov, Luigi Cadorna, Stjepan Radić, Italo Svevo, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and Zhang Zuolin.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Pyotr Wrangel ranks 20 out of 328. Before him are Kęstutis (1297), Emilia Plater (1806), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), Antanas Smetona (1874), César Cui (1835), and Valdas Adamkus (1926). After him are Jascha Heifetz (1901), Barbara Radziwiłł (1520), Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis (1875), Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander (1799), Aaron Klug (1926), and Marija Gimbutas (1921).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Lithuania

Among noblemen born in Lithuania, Pyotr Wrangel ranks 1. After him are Sophia of Lithuania (1371).

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