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French general
A.K.A.
Janin
Pierre Thiébaut Charles Maurice
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Place of birth
Paris, France
Star sign
LibraPlace of death
Saint-Sébastien, France
Age
83 years
Education
École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr
Awards
Order of Lāčplēsis
Order of the White Eagle with swords
(1916)
Legion of Honour
Order of the White Lion
(1923)
Cross of Valour
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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.
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