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Alexander Rodzyanko
1970May, 6

Alexander Rodzyanko

Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (b. 1879)
Alexander Pavlovich Rodzyanko (Russian: Александр Павлович Родзянко; 26 August 1879 – 6 May 1970) was an officer of the Imperial Russian Army during the World War I and lieutenant-general and a corps commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil War. He also competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

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