Maurice Janin

Pierre-Thiébaut-Charles-Maurice Janin (October 19, 1862, Paris[1] – 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. [2]

Military postcard of the Czechoslovak Legion with Maurice Janin

Janin is recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class.[1] 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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References
  1. Priedītis, Ērichs Ēriks (1996). Latvijas Valsts apbalvojumi un Lāčplēši (in Latvian). Riga: Junda. ISBN 9984-01-020-1. OCLC 38884671.
  2. PRECLÍK, Vratislav. Masaryk a legie (Masaryk and legions), váz. kniha, 219 str., vydalo nakladatelství Paris Karviná, Žižkova 2379 (734 01 Karviná) ve spolupráci s Masarykovým demokratickým hnutím (Masaryk Democratic Movement, Prague), 2019, ISBN 978-80-87173-47-3, pp. 8 - 52, 57 - 120, 124 - 128, 140 - 148, 184 - 199
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