Maurice Janin

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Military postcard of the Czechoslovak Legion with Maurice Janin

Pierre-Thiébaut-Charles-Maurice Janin (October 19, 1862, Paris^[1] – 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. Maurice Janin is known as "the general without honour" because of his betrayal of White movement leader Admiral Alexander Kolchak.

On January 14, 1920, after giving his word to guarantee the safety of Admiral Kolchak, leader of the anti-Bolshevik resistance, he ordered the Czechoslovak Legion to kidnap him and hand him over to the Socialist Revolutionaries at Irkutsk.

Janin is recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class.^[1] He was also ordered Czechoslovak Military variant of Order of the White Lion in 1923.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Priedītis, Ērichs Ēriks (1996). Latvijas Valsts apbalvojumi un Lāčplēši. (in Latvian). Riga: Junda. ISBN 9984-01-020-1. OCLC 38884671.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 20593567 LCCN: n88624432 ISNI: 0000 0000 8205 1792 GND: 123593921 BNF: cb11310910t

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Name	Janin, Maurice
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Short description	French general
Date of birth	October 19, 1862
Place of birth
Date of death	April 28, 1946
Place of death

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