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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1859-11-14 ) 14 November 1859, Andreevka, Kherson Governorate , Russian Empire
- Died
- 30 August 1914 (1914-08-30) (aged 54), near Försterei Karolinenhof, Willenberg , East Prussia , (now Karolinka Forestry near Wielbark, Poland )
- Cause of death
- Suicide
- Allegiance
- Russian Empire
- Branch
- Imperial Russian Army
- Service years
- 1877–1914
- Rank
- General of the Cavalry
- Commands
- Warsaw Military District (1906–?), Second Army (1914)
- Conflicts
- Boxer Rebellion Russo-Japanese War Battle of Mukden World War I Battle of Tannenberg †
- Awards
- See Honours
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Aleksandr
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Andriyivka
- Place of death
- Wielbark
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Educated at
- Nikolaevskaya Cavalry School
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Conflict
- World War I
- Military branch
- Imperial Russian Army
- Military rank
- General of the Cavalry
- Image
- Alexander V. Samsonov.png
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- Commons category
- Alexander Samsonov
- date of birth
- 1859-11-14
- date of death
- 1914-08-30
- manner of death
- Suicide
- social classification
- Cossacks
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- allegiance
- Russian Empire
- military casualty classification
- killed in action
- different from
- Samsonów
- name in native language
- Алекса́ндр Самсо́нов
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