Maurice Janin
French general
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| Intro | French general | ||||||||||
| A.K.A. | Janin Pierre Thiébaut Charles Maurice | ||||||||||
| A.K.A. | Janin Pierre Thiébaut Charles Maurice | ||||||||||
| Places | France | ||||||||||
| was | Military officer Military personnel | ||||||||||
| Work field | Military | ||||||||||
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| Birth | 19 October 1862, Paris, France | ||||||||||
| Death | 28 April 1946Saint-Sébastien, France (aged 83 years) | ||||||||||
| Star sign | Libra | ||||||||||
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Biography
Pierre-Thiébaut-Charles-Maurice Janin (October 19, 1862, Paris – April 28, 1946) was a French general (since April 20, 1916) and military commander who was the chief of the French military mission in Siberia during the Russian civil war. As such, he commanded the Czechoslovak Legion especially in Russia.
Janin is recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class. He was also ordered the Czechoslovak Military variant of Order of the White Lion in 1923.
In fiction
In the 2008 Russian biopic The Admiral, Janin is played by Richard Bohringer.