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Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was a Baltic German nobleman and White Russian general in the Russian Civil War. His Asiatic Cavalry Division drove the Chinese out of Urga in February 1921 and restored the Bogd Khan, while he ruled Mongolia with notorious brutality. Defeated by Mongolian and Red Army forces later that year, he was captured and executed by the Bolsheviks in September 1921.
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