Maurice Janin
Pierre-Thiébaut-Charles-Maurice Janin (October 19, 1862, Paris – April 28, 1946) was a French general (from April 20, 1916) and military commander who was the chief of the Allied military mission in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. As such, he commanded the Czechoslovak Legion in Russia. Janin betrayed and detained Supreme Leader and Commander-in-Chief of All Russian Land and Sea Forces Admiral Alexander Kolchak and handed him over to local Socialist-Revolutionaries in January 1920. In February 1920, the Bolsheviks executed Kolchak in Irkutsk.
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| Birth name | Pierre Thiébaut Charles Maurice Janin |
| Born | 19 October 1862 7th arrondissement of Paris, France |
| Died | 28 April 1946 (aged 83) Saint-Sébastien, Isère, France |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service/ | French Army |
| Rank | Divisional general |
| Battles/wars | First World War Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War |
| Alma mater | École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr |
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