MILITARY PERSONNEL

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 an anti-communist general in the Russian Civil War and then an independent warlord who intervened in Mongolia against China. A 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." In February 1921, at the head of the Asiatic Cavalry Division, Ungern expelled Chinese troops from Mongolia and restored the monarchic power of the Bogd Khan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roman von Ungern-Sternberg has received more than 1,377,097 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Roman von Ungern-Sternberg is the 193rd most popular military personnel (up from 202nd in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Austria (up from 125th 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

Among military personnels, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 193 out of 2,058. Before him are Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Maxime Weygand, Ernst Busch, Johannes Blaskowitz, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, and Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy. After him are Giovanni Giustiniani, Syagrius, Date Masamune, Dietrich von Choltitz, Aleksei Brusilov, and Bai Qi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 17. Before him are René Guénon, Jean Arp, Ernst Thälmann, Karl Barth, Wilhelm Furtwängler, and Karl von Frisch. After him are George Mallory, Karl Polanyi, Jan Masaryk, Theodor Morell, Hermann Broch, and Gotthard Heinrici. Among people deceased in 1921, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 11. Before him are Peter I of Serbia, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Carl Menger, Alfred Hermann Fried, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, and Talaat Pasha. After him are Nicholas I of Montenegro, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, John Boyd Dunlop, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, and Alexander Blok.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg ranks 119 out of 1,424. Before him are Karl von Frisch (1886), Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (1883), Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France (1554), Hans Asperger (1906), Maria Josepha of Austria (1699), and Nikola IV Zrinski (1508). After him are Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Ivan Illich (1926), Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (1633), Helmut Berger (1944), Ernest, Duke of Austria (1377), and Gustav Meyrink (1868).

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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 Józef Poniatowski (1763). After him are Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643), Franz Stangl (1908), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Lothar Rendulic (1887), Alois Brunner (1912), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Gustav Wagner (1911), and Walter Nowotny (1920).

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