Paul von Rennenkampf, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian general
Date of Birth: 17-Apr-1854
Place of Birth: Konofer Manor, Estonia
Date of Death: 01-Apr-1918
Profession: military personnel
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Paul von Rennenkampf
- Paul Georg Edler von Rennenkampff (Russian: ??´??? ??´?????? ????????´???, tr.
- Pável Kárlovic Rennenkámpf; 29 April [O.S.
- 17] 1854 – 1 April 1918), more commonly known as Paul von Rennenkampf in English, 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.
- This earned him further promotion, and by the outbreak of World War I Rennenkampf was commander of the Vilna Military District, whose forces were used to form the 1st Army under his command.
- He led the 1st Army in the invasion of East Prussia and won an early victory at Gumbinnen in late August 1914, but was relieved of command after defeats at Tannenberg, the Masurian Lakes and Lódz, although he was later proved innocent for the mistakes made in the Battle at Lódz.
- Exonerated by an official inquiry into his actions, Rennenkampf was shot by the Bolsheviks in Taganrog during the Red Terror in 1918.
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