Maurice Janin

Pierre-Thiébaut-Charles-Maurice Janin (October 19, 1862, Paris – 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. 
As such, he commanded the Czechoslovak Legion especially in Russia. 

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

In fiction
In the 2008 Russian biopic The Admiral, Janin is played by Richard Bohringer.

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Category:1862 births
Category:1946 deaths
Category:French generals
Category:French military personnel of World War I
Category:People of the Russian Civil War
Category:Recipients of the Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class
Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Russian)
Category:French expatriates in Russia
Category:Czechoslovak Legions