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Roman von Ungern-Sternberg

1886 - 1921

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Nikolai Robert Maximilian Freiherr von Ungern-Sternberg (Russian: Роман Фёдорович фон Унгерн-Штернберг, romanized: Roman Fyodorovich fon Ungern-Shternberg; 10 January 1886 – 15 September 1921), often referred to as Roman von Ungern-Sternberg or Baron Ungern, was a Russian military leader in the Russian Civil War and then an independent warlord who intervened in Mongolia against China. Part of the Russian Empire's Baltic German minority, Ungern was an ultraconservative monarchist who aspired to restore the Russian monarchy after the 1917 Russian Revolutions and to revive the Mongol Empire under the rule of the Bogd Khan. His attraction to Vajrayana Buddhism and his eccentric, often violent, treatment of enemies and his own men earned him the sobriquet "the Mad Baron" or "the Bloody Baron". He was viewed by his Mongolian subjects during his rule as the "God of War". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roman von Ungern-Sternberg is the 135th most popular military personnel (up from 193rd in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Austria (up from 119th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was a Baltic German who served as the Governor-General of Russian Turkestan from 1911 to 1920. He was notorious for his brutality, which included massacring entire villages and torturing people.

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Among military personnels, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 135 out of 2,058. Before him are Semyon Timoshenko, Cimon, Louis-Nicolas Davout, Vasily Chuikov, Hermann Hoth, and Jean-de-Dieu Soult. After him are Axel von Fersen the Younger, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Narses, Ludwig Beck, Abu Muslim, and August von Mackensen.

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Among people born in 1886, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 13. Before him are Manne Siegbahn, Oskar Kokoschka, Béla Kun, Jean Arp, Sergey Kirov, and Mir Osman Ali Khan. After him are Karl von Frisch, Ernst Thälmann, Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Marc Bloch, Karl Barth, and René Guénon. Among people deceased in 1921, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 9. Before him are Enrico Caruso, Peter Kropotkin, Prince Louis of Battenberg, Nicholas I of Montenegro, Peter I of Serbia, and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg. After him are Alfred Hermann Fried, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Carl Menger, Talaat Pasha, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and `Abdu'l-Bahá.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 101 out of 1,424. Before him are Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Alma Mahler (1879), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Saint Florian (250), Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540), and Engelbert Dollfuss (1892). After him are Alfred Hermann Fried (1864), Karl von Frisch (1886), Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (1883), Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria (1339), Maximilian Schell (1930), and Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1743).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 3. Before him are Otto Skorzeny (1908), and Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852). After him are Józef Poniatowski (1763), Alois Brunner (1912), Franz Stangl (1908), Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), Lothar Rendulic (1887), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), and Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817).

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