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The Russian invasion of East Prussia occurred during World War I, lasting from August to September 1914.[1]

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  1. 65 relations: Alexander Samsonov, Alfred von Schlieffen, Alfred von Waldersee, Ballantine Books, Battle of Augustów (1914), Battle of Gumbinnen, Battle of Stallupönen, Battle of Tannenberg, Battle of the Vistula River, Berlin, Chernyakhovsk, Chevalier Guard Regiment, Cossacks, Deuxième Bureau, East Prussia, Eastern Front (World War I), Empire of Japan, Erich Ludendorff, First Battle of the Masurian Lakes, Franco-Prussian War, Georges Scott, German Empire, German General Staff, Gorlice–Tarnów offensive, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Henry Holt and Company, Heroic nudity, Imperial German Army, Imperial Russian Army, Kaliningrad Oblast, Kalisz, Königsberg, L'Illustration, Life Guard Horse Regiment, Masuria, Max Hoffmann, Maximilian von Prittwitz, Narew, Neman, Oberste Heeresleitung, Osprey Publishing, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul von Rennenkampf, Poland, Prussia, Russian Bear, Russian Empire, Russian Imperial Guard, ... Expand index (15 more) »

  2. 1914 in Germany
  3. 1914 in the Russian Empire
  4. August 1914 events
  5. East Prussian campaign (World War I)
  6. Germany–Russia relations
  7. Invasions of Germany
  8. September 1914 events
  9. World War I invasions

Alexander Samsonov

Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Самсо́нов, tr.) was a career officer in the cavalry of the Imperial Russian Army and a general during the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. He was the commander of the Russian Second Army which was surrounded and defeated by the German Eighth Army in the Battle of Tannenberg, one of the early battles of World War I.

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Alfred von Schlieffen

Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (28 February 1833 – 4 January 1913) was a German field marshal and strategist who served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906.

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Alfred von Waldersee

Alfred Ludwig Heinrich Karl Graf von Waldersee (8 April 18325 March 1904) was a German field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) who became Chief of the Imperial German General Staff.

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Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books is a major American book publisher that is a subsidiary of German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

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Battle of Augustów (1914)

The Battle of Augustów or First Augustow operation was a battle on the Eastern Front of the First World War. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and battle of Augustów (1914) are battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving Russia and battles of the Eastern Front (World War I).

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Battle of Gumbinnen

The Battle of Gumbinnen, initiated by forces of the German Empire on 20 August 1914, was a German offensive on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and Battle of Gumbinnen are 1914 in Germany, 1914 in the Russian Empire, August 1914 events and east Prussian campaign (World War I).

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Battle of Stallupönen

The Battle of Stallupönen, fought between Russian and German armies on August 17, 1914, was the opening battle of World War I on the Eastern Front. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and battle of Stallupönen are 1914 in Germany, 1914 in the Russian Empire, August 1914 events and east Prussian campaign (World War I).

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Battle of Tannenberg

The Battle of Tannenberg, also known as the Second Battle of Tannenberg, was fought between Russia and Germany between 23 and 30 August 1914, the first month of World War I. The battle resulted in the almost complete destruction of the half of Russian Second Army and the suicide of its commanding general, Alexander Samsonov. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and battle of Tannenberg are 1914 in Germany, 1914 in the Russian Empire, August 1914 events and east Prussian campaign (World War I).

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Battle of the Vistula River

The Battle of the Vistula River, also known as the Battle of Warsaw, was a major Russian victory against the German Empire and Austria-Hungary on the Eastern Front during the First World War. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and Battle of the Vistula River are 1914 in the Russian Empire, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving Russia, battles of the Eastern Front (World War I), conflicts in 1914 and September 1914 events.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Chernyakhovsk

Chernyakhovsk (Черняхо́вск), known prior to 1946 by its German name of Insterburg (Įsrutis; Wystruć), is a town in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and the administrative center of Chernyakhovsky District.

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Chevalier Guard Regiment

The Chevalier Guard Regiment (Kavalergardskiy polk) was a Russian heavy cavalry guard regiment, created in 1800 by the reformation of the Chevalier Guard corps, itself created in 1764 by Catherine the Great.

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Cossacks

The Cossacks are a predominantly East Slavic Orthodox Christian people originating in the Pontic–Caspian steppe of eastern Ukraine and southern Russia.

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Deuxième Bureau

The Deuxième Bureau de l'État-major général ("Second Bureau of the General Staff") was France's external military intelligence agency from 1871 to 1940.

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East Prussia

East Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1772 to 1829 and again from 1878 (with the Kingdom itself being part of the German Empire from 1871); following World War I it formed part of the Weimar Republic's Free State of Prussia, until 1945.

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Eastern Front (World War I)

The Eastern Front or Eastern Theater of World War I (Ostfront; Frontul de răsărit; Vostochny front) was a theater of operations that encompassed at its greatest extent the entire frontier between Russia and Romania on one side and Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, the Ottoman Empire, and Germany on the other.

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Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.

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Erich Ludendorff

Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff (9 April 1865 – 20 December 1937) was a German military officer and politician who contributed significantly to the Nazis' rise to power.

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First Battle of the Masurian Lakes

The First Battle of the Masurian Lakes was a German offensive in the Eastern Front 2–16 September 1914, during the Russian invasion of East Prussia. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and First Battle of the Masurian Lakes are 1914 in the Russian Empire, east Prussian campaign (World War I) and September 1914 events.

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Franco-Prussian War

The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the War of 1870, was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the North German Confederation led by the Kingdom of Prussia.

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Georges Scott

Georges Bertin Scott (10 June 1873 – 10 January 1943) was a French war correspondent and illustrator for the French magazine L'Illustration during the early 20th century.

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German Empire

The German Empire, also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a republic.

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German General Staff

The German General Staff, originally the Prussian General Staff and officially the Great General Staff (Großer Generalstab), was a full-time body at the head of the Prussian Army and later, the German Army, responsible for the continuous study of all aspects of war, and for drawing up and reviewing plans for mobilization or campaign.

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Gorlice–Tarnów offensive

The Gorlice–Tarnów offensive during World War I was initially conceived as a minor German offensive to relieve Russian pressure on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front, but resulted in the Central Powers' chief offensive effort of 1915, causing the total collapse of the Russian lines and their retreat far into Russia. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and Gorlice–Tarnów offensive are battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving Russia and battles of the Eastern Front (World War I).

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Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856–1929)

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (Russian: Николай Николаевич Романов (младший – the younger); 18 November 1856 – 5 January 1929) was a Russian general in World War I (1914–1918).

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Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (26 October 180024 April 1891) was a Prussian field marshal.

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Helmuth von Moltke the Younger

Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Graf von Moltke (25 May 1848 – 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general and Chief of the Great German General Staff, a member of the House of Moltke.

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Henry Holt and Company

Henry Holt and Company is an American book-publishing company based in New York City.

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Heroic nudity

Heroic nudity or ideal nudity is a concept in classical scholarship to describe the un-realist use of nudity in classical sculpture to show figures who may be heroes, deities, or semi-divine beings.

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Imperial German Army

The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.

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Imperial Russian Army

The Imperial Russian Army or Russian Imperial Army (Rússkaya imperátorskaya ármiya) was the armed land force of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917.

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Kaliningrad Oblast

Kaliningrad Oblast (translit) is the westernmost federal subject of the Russian Federation, in Central and Eastern Europe. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and Kaliningrad Oblast are Germany–Russia relations.

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Kalisz

Kalisz is a city in central Poland, and the second-largest city in the Greater Poland Voivodeship, with 97,905 residents (December 2021).

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Königsberg

Königsberg (Królewiec, Karaliaučius, Kyonigsberg) is the historic German and Prussian name of the medieval city that is now Kaliningrad, Russia.

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L'Illustration

L'Illustration (1843–1944) was a French illustrated weekly newspaper published in Paris.

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Life Guard Horse Regiment

The Life Guard Horse Regiment (Конный лейб-гвардии полк) was a cavalry regiment of the Imperial guard of Russian Empire.

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Masuria

Masuria (Mazury, Masuren, Masurian: Mazurÿ) is an ethnographic and geographic region in northern and northeastern Poland, known for its 2,000 lakes.

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Max Hoffmann

Carl Adolf Maximilian Hoffmann (25 January 1869 – 8 July 1927) was a German military strategist.

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Maximilian von Prittwitz

Maximilian “Max” Wilhelm Gustav Moritz von Prittwitz und Gaffron (27 November 1848 – 29 March 1917) was an Imperial German general.

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Narew

The Narew (translit; or) is a 499-kilometre (310 mi) river primarily in north-eastern Poland.

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Neman

The Neman, Niemen or Nemunas is a river in Europe that rises in central Belarus and flows through Lithuania then forms the northern border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's western exclave, which specifically follows its southern channel.

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Oberste Heeresleitung

The Oberste Heeresleitung ("Supreme Army Command", OHL) was the highest echelon of command of the army (Heer) of the German Empire.

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Osprey Publishing

Osprey Publishing is a British publishing company specializing in military history based in Oxford.

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Paul von Hindenburg

Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (abbreviated; 2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German field marshal and statesman who led the Imperial German Army during World War I. He later became president of Germany from 1925 until his death.

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Paul von Rennenkampf

Paul Georg Edler von Rennenkampf (p; – 1 April 1918) was a Baltic German nobleman, statesman and general of the Imperial Russian Army who commanded the 1st Army in the invasion of East Prussia during the initial stage of the Eastern front of World War I. He also served as the last commander of the Vilna Military District.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Prussia

Prussia (Preußen; Old Prussian: Prūsa or Prūsija) was a German state located on most of the North European Plain, also occupying southern and eastern regions.

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Russian Bear

The Russian Bear (Russkiy medved') is a widespread symbol (generally of a Eurasian brown bear) for Russia, used in cartoons, articles, and dramatic plays since as early as the 16th century, and relating alike to the Russian Empire, the Russian Provisional Government and Russian Republic, the Soviet Union, and the present-day Russian Federation.

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Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a vast empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its proclamation in November 1721 until its dissolution in March 1917.

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Russian Imperial Guard

The Russian Imperial Guard, officially known as the Leib Guard (Лейб-гвардия Leyb-gvardiya, from German Leib "body"; cf. Life Guards / Bodyguard) were military units serving as personal guards of the Emperor of Russia.

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Russo-Japanese War

The Russo-Japanese War was fought between the Japanese Empire and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1905 over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire.

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Saarbrücken

Saarbrücken (Saar Bridges; Rhenish Franconian: Sabrigge; Sarrebruck; Saarbrécken; Saravipons) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany.

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Second Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914)

The offensive of the Russian armies in October 1914 with the aim of capturing East Prussia after in Battle of Augustów (1914). Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and Second Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) are 1914 in Germany, 1914 in the Russian Empire, battles of World War I involving Germany, battles of World War I involving Russia, battles of the Eastern Front (World War I), conflicts in 1914, invasions of Germany and World War I invasions.

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Stavka of the Supreme Commander

The Stavka of the Supreme Commander (Ставка Верховного главнокомандующего) was the supreme headquarters of the Russian Imperial Army in the field during World War I until the demobilization of the army in March 1918.

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Vasily Flug

Vasily Egorovich Flug (March 19, 1860 – December 3, 1955) was an Imperial Russian Army General of the Infantry.

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Vistula

The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.

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Vistula Land

Vistula Land, also known as Vistula Country (Privislinskiy kray; Kraj Nadwiślański), was the name applied to the lands of Congress Poland from 1867, following the defeats of the November Uprising (1830–1831) and January Uprising (1863–1864) as it was increasingly stripped of autonomy and incorporated into Imperial Russia.

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Warsaw

Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.

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Western Front (World War I)

The Western Front was one of the main theatres of war during the First World War.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914) and World War I are conflicts in 1914.

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Yakov Zhilinsky

Yakov Grigoryevich Zhilinsky (Яков Григорьевич Жилинский; 27 March 1853 – 1918) was a Russian cavalry general, chief of staff of the Imperial Russian Army from 2 February 1911 to 4 March 1914.

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1st Army (Russian Empire)

The 1st Army (translit) was an army-level command of the Russian Imperial Army created during World War I. The First Army, commanded by General Paul von Rennenkampf, invaded East Prussia at the outbreak of war in 1914 along with the Second Army commanded by General Alexander Samsonov.

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2nd Army (Russian Empire)

The Russian 2nd Army (2-я армия, 2А) was an army-level command of the Imperial Russian Army in World War I. It was formed just prior to the outbreak of hostilities from the units of Warsaw Military District and was mobilized in August 1914.

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8th Army (German Empire)

The 8th Army (8.) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed on mobilization in August 1914 from the I Army Inspectorate.

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9th Army (German Empire)

The 9th Army (9.) was an army level command of the German Army in World War I. It was formed in September 1914 in Breslau to command troops on the southern sector of the Eastern Front.

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See also

1914 in Germany

1914 in the Russian Empire

August 1914 events

East Prussian campaign (World War I)

Germany–Russia relations

Invasions of Germany

September 1914 events

World War I invasions

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_East_Prussia_(1914)

Also known as East Prussian Campaign (1914), Invasion of East Prussia, Russian invasion of East Prussia, Russian invasion of Germany, The Russian invasion of East Prussia.

, Russo-Japanese War, Saarbrücken, Second Russian invasion of East Prussia (1914), Stavka of the Supreme Commander, Vasily Flug, Vistula, Vistula Land, Warsaw, Western Front (World War I), World War I, Yakov Zhilinsky, 1st Army (Russian Empire), 2nd Army (Russian Empire), 8th Army (German Empire), 9th Army (German Empire).