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Also Known As Nikolay Nikolayevich
Born November 18, 1856 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died January 5, 1929 (aged 72) • Antibes • France
Role In Battle of Stalingrad • Eastern Front • World War I

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Aleksey Andreyevich Polivanov
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Nicholas II
Nicholas II
tsar of Russia
Aleksandr Kerensky
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Conrad von Hötzendorf, Franz, Graf
Franz Graf Conrad von Hötzendorf
Austrian military strategist
August von Mackensen
August von Mackensen
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Peter I
Peter I
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Alexander I
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Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
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Alexander II
Alexander II
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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov, Count Rimniksky
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