Imperial Russian Military Personnel: Baron M Nchhausen, Jan Hendrik Van Kinsbergen, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Stanis Aw August Poniatowski

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 53. Chapters: Baron Munchhausen, Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen, Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Stanis aw August Poniatowski, Juliusz Rommel, Lucjan eligowski, Nikolai Przhevalsky, W adys aw Anders, Charles Edward Stuart, Count Roehenstart, Sava Mutkurov, Charles Michael, Duke of Mecklenburg, Wiktor Thommee, Henry Lloyd, Antoni Szylling, Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki, Jerzy Wo kowicki, Jaros aw D browski, Alexander Tumansky, Teodor Narbutt, Giorgi Kvinitadze, Hugh Elliot, Davit Guramishvili, Jan Rz dkowski, Stanis aw Tatar, Alexander, son of Bakar of Georgia, Franz Lefort, Nikolay Yung, W adys aw Kowalski, Julius Kuperjanov, Miko aj Bo tu, Yuri Lisyansky, Dmitry Ivanovitch Sviatopolk-Mirskii, Piotr Skuratowicz, Kadish Luz, Alexandre Remi, Boris L. Tageev, Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Georg Wilhelm de Gennin, Gustaw Orlicz-Dreszer, Alexander, son of Jesse of Kartli, James Trevenen, Nikolai Obruchev, Ivan Andreyevich Tolstoy, Antanas Ri ardas Druv, Kazimierz Rumsza, Leon Berbecki, Nikolay Svyatopolk-Mirsky, Sergei Ivanovich Mosin, Bronislav Grombchevsky, Yakov Rostovtsev, Richard Troyanovich Meves, Peter von Uslar, Maximilian Meyer Heine, Aleksandr Krymov, Yi Wi-Jong, Jerzy wirski, Ryszard Zakrzewski, Alexander Kazarsky, D. V. Putyata, Arshak Ter-Gukasov. Excerpt: Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von Munchhausen (German pronunciation: 11 May 1720 - 22 February 1797), usually known as Baron Munchausen in English, was a German nobleman born in Bodenwerder (Electorate Brunswick-Luneburg) and a famous recounter of tall tales. In his youth, the Baron was sent to serve as page to Anthony Ulrich II of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, and later joined the Russian military. He served until 1750, in particular taking part in two campaigns against the Ottoman Turks. Returning home, Munchhausen supposedly told a number of outrageously farfetched stories abo...