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Paul von Rennenkampf

1854 - 1918

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Paul Georg Edler von Rennenkampf (Russian: Па́вел Ка́рлович Ренненка́мпф, romanized: Pavel Karlovich Rennenkampf, IPA: [ˈpavʲɪl ˈkarləvʲɪtɕ ˌrʲenʲːɪnˈkampf]; 29 April [O.S. 17 April] 1854 – 1 April 1918) was a Baltic German nobleman, statesman and general of the Imperial Russian Army who commanded the 1st Army in the invasion of East Prussia during the initial stage of the Eastern front of World War I. He also served as the last commander of the Vilna Military District. Rennenkampf gained a reputation as an effective cavalry commander during the Boxer Rebellion and the Russo-Japanese War. Following service in the latter, he led the detachment that suppressed the Chita Republic during the 1905 Russian Revolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul von Rennenkampf has received more than 335,107 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Paul von Rennenkampf is the 504th most popular military personnel (down from 456th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Estonia (down from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Military Personnel.

Paul von Rennenkampf was a Russian general during World War I. He is most famous for his invasion of East Prussia and his eventual defeat at the Battle of Tannenberg.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Paul von Rennenkampf ranks 504 out of 2,058. Before him are William Westmoreland, François Joseph Lefebvre, Thersites, Roustam Raza, Yevhen Konovalets, and Josef Harpe. After him are Dmitry Utkin, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Conon, Hijikata Toshizō, and Theodor Busse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Paul von Rennenkampf ranks 20. Before him are George Eastman, Albert Edelfelt, Johannes Rydberg, Engelbert Humperdinck, Paul Natorp, and Léo Taxil. After him are Georg Kerschensteiner, Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Yan Fu, Salomon August Andrée, Alfredo Catalani, and Hubert Lyautey. Among people deceased in 1918, Paul von Rennenkampf ranks 54. Before him are Ivan Cankar, John Bauer, César Ritz, Daniel Burley Woolfall, Vasily Radlov, and Charles-Émile Reynaud. After him are Princess Anna of Prussia, Victor Adler, August Oetker, Mikhail Alekseyev, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, and Sidónio Pais.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Paul von Rennenkampf ranks 22 out of 351. Before him are Adolf von Harnack (1851), Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770), Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Kaja Kallas (1977), Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), and Siim Kallas (1948). After him are Evald Aav (1900), Jakob von Uexküll (1864), Ernst Öpik (1893), Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), and Jaan Kross (1920).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Estonia

Among military personnels born in Estonia, Paul von Rennenkampf ranks 1. After him are Otto von Kotzebue (1787), Johan Laidoner (1884), Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914), August Kork (1887), Alfons Rebane (1908), and Arnold Meri (1919).

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