Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel
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Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (Врангель, Пётр Николаевич in Russian) (August 15, 1878, Novo-Aleksandrovsk, Lithuania (then Imperial Russia) — April 25, 1928, Brussels, Belgium), was the one of the leaders of the counterrevolution in Southern Russia, Lieutenant General (1917).
After graduating from the Institute of Mining Engineering (1901), Wrangel volunteered for the Cavalry Regiment and in 1902 he was promoted to an officer's rank. Wrangel took part in the Russo-Japanese War. In 1906, he became a member of the punitive expedition forces under General A.N.Orlov in the Baltic region. In 1910, Wrangel graduated from the General Staff Academy. He was a commander of a cavalry unit during the World War I. After the October Revolution Wrangel moved to Crimea and in August of 1918 became a member of the White Volunteer Army. First, he commanded a Cavalry Division, then in spring of 1919 - the Caucasus Army, and then in December, 1919 and January, 1920 - the whole Volunteer Army. After a conflict with Anton Denikin, Wrangel was forced to go abroad. On April 4, 1920 he was elected Commander-in-Chief of the so called Russian army in Crimea (see Wrangelevschina). After defeat in Northern Tavria and Crimea, Wrangel with a major part of his army fled from Russia on November 14, 1920. In 1924, he established the so called Russian All-military Union (Русский общевоинский союз in Russian). Wrangel wrote memoirs called "Notes" (Записки), published in the White Cause magazine (Белое дело) in Berlin in 1928.pl:Piotr Nikołajewicz Wrangel ru:Врангель, Пётр Николаевич fi:Pjotr Wrangel