Pierre-Thiébaut-Charles-Maurice Janin (October 19, 1862, Paris

Paris

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 – 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

Siberia

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 during the Russian civil war

Russian Civil War

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On January 14, 1920, after giving his word to guarantee the safety of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak

Aleksandr Kolchak

Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Kolchak was a Russian naval commander, polar explorer and later - Supreme ruler . Supreme ruler of Russia , was recognized in this position by all the heads of the White movement, "De jure" - Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, "De facto" - Entente States...

, leader of the anti-Bolshevik resistance, he ordered the Czechoslovak Legion

Czechoslovak Legions

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 to kidnap him and hand him over to the Socialist Revolutionaries at Irkutsk

Irkutsk

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Janin is recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis

Order of Lacplesis

The Order of Lāčplēsis, the first and the highest Latvian military award, was established in 1919 on the initiative of the Commander of Latvian Army, during the Latvian War of Independence, Jānis Balodis. The Lāčplēsis Order is awarded in the first, second and third class. Initially, a holder of...

, 2nd class.