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Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin
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March 29, 1848, Shemchurino, Pskov province, Russia
Died:
March 23, 1925 (aged 76)
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Aleksey Kuropatkin in his library, 1904/05.
Aleksey Kuropatkin in his library, 1904/05.

Aleksey Kuropatkin

Russian general
Also known as: Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin
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Aleksey Kuropatkin (born March 29, 1848, Shemchurino, Pskov province, Russiaβ€”died March 23, 1925) was a Russian general. He was chief of staff during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), commander in chief in Caucasia in 1897, and minister of war (1898–1904). In the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05) he commanded the Russian troops in Manchuria; he resigned after the Russian defeat at the Battle of Mukden (1905).

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