Georg von Stackelberg


Georg August Paul von Stackelberg
General Georg von Stackelberg.
Other name(s)Georgy Karlovich Stackelberg
Born30 July [O.S. 18] 1851
St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died25 July [O.S. 12] 1913 (aged 61)
Hungerburg, Kreis Wierland, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire
(present-day Narva-Jõesuu, Ida-Viru County, Estonia)
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service / branchRussian Imperial Army
Years of service1869-1913
RankGeneral of the Cavalry
Commands15th Cavalry Division
10th Cavalry Division
2nd Siberian Army Corps
1st Siberian Army Corps
Battles / wars
Coat of arms of the Thomel branch of the Stackelberg family of 1728, in the Baltic Coat of arms book [et] by Carl Arvid von Klingspor in 1882.[1]

Georg August Paul Freiherr[2] von Stackelberg (Russian: Георгий Карлович Штакельберг, romanizedGeorgij Karlovič Štakel'berg; 30 July [O.S. 18] 1851 – 25 July [O.S. 12] 1913) was a Baltic German cavalry general in the service of the Imperial Russian Army. He was noted for his role during the Russo-Japanese War, especially during the Battle of Sandepu, in which he was awarded the Order of St. George afterwards.

  1. ^ Klingspor (1882), pp. 108
  2. ^ Regarding personal names: Freiherr is a former title (translated as 'Baron'). In Germany since 1919, it forms part of family names. The feminine forms are Freifrau and Freiin.