Paul von Plehwe

Paul von Plehwe
Born30 June 1850
Died28 March 1916(1916-03-28) (aged 65)
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service / branchRussian Empire Russian Imperial Army
RankGeneral
CommandsMoscow military district,
5th Army,
Northern Front
Battles / warsRusso-Turkish War
World War I

Paul von[1] Plehwe[2] (Russian: Па́вел Ада́мович (фон) Пле́ве, Pavel Adamovich (von) Pleve) (30 June 1850 – 28 March 1916), more commonly known as Pavel Plehve, was a Russian Empire general of Baltic German descent who distinguished himself as a commander during World War I.

  1. ^ In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means 'of' or 'from' and usually denotes some sort of nobility. While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.
  2. ^ Nordic Family Book