Alexander von Kaulbars

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Alexander Wassiljewitsch von Kaulbars (around 1914)

Alexander Wilhelm Andreas Freiherr von Kaulbars ( Russian Александр Васильевич Каульбарс ; transcribed Alexander Vasilyevich Kaulbars; born 11 jul. / 23. May  1844 greg. On the estate Modders / District Wesenberg, Governorate of Estonia , today Mõdriku , Lääne-Viru County ; †  January 25, 1925 in Paris ) was a Baltic German cavalry general in the Russian army and explorer .

Life

Kaulbars undertook expeditions to the Himalayas between 1869 and 1872 , including the Tian Shan . On the last one he concluded a trade agreement with Jakub Beg , the new ruler of Kashgar , which at the time was in Chinese Turkestan . In 1873 he took part in the expedition to Amu-darja . After the Russo-Turkish War from 1878 to 1879 he was a member of the commission for the new demarcation line of Serbia . Between July 1882 and September 1883 he served as Minister of War in Bulgaria , where he ruthlessly asserted the Russian preponderance.

In 1892 he formed a new Russian cavalry division, was promoted to lieutenant general and commander of the 15th cavalry division ( Plotsk ) in 1894 , commanded the 2nd Siberian Army Corps from July 1900 and took part in the campaign against China during the Boxer Uprising . Subsequently, Kaulbars was governor general of Odessa and later in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904 commander of the 3rd , later the 2nd Manchurian Army . Between 1905 and 1909 Kaulbars was the commandant of the Odessa military district.

His brother Nikolai von Kaulbars was also a Russian general.

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SURNAME Kaulbars, Alexander von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaulbars, Alexander Wilhelm Anders von; Kaulbars, Alexander Wassiljewitsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian general and explorer
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Modders Estate, Wesenberg County, Estonia Governorate
DATE OF DEATH January 25, 1925
Place of death Paris