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  Roman Ungern von Sternberg at AllExperts
Ungern von Sternberg was born in Graz, Austria to a Baltic German family, and raised in Tallinn (Reval), Estonia (then part of the Russian Empire) by his stepfather Oscar von Hoyningen-Huene.
Semenov and Ungern von Sternberg, though anti-Bolshevik, were not part of the White movement, and declined to recognise the authority of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, the nominal leader of the Whites.
Ungern von Sternberg was declared to be a Mahakala incarnation by the Dalai Lama XIII.
en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/roman_ungern_von_sternberg.htm   (1032 words)

  
  Roman Ungern von Sternberg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ungern von Sternberg was born in Graz, Austria to a Baltic German family, and raised in Tallinn (Reval), Estonia (then part of Russian Empire) by his stepfather Oscar von Hoyningen-Huene.
Semenov and Ungern von Sternberg, though anti-Bolshevik, were not part of the White movement, and declined to recognise the authority of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, the nominal leader of the Whites.
Ungern von Sternberg was declared to be a Mahakala incarnation by the Dalai Lama XIII.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ungern_von_Sternberg   (1023 words)

  
 Shunpiking History - The Great Conspiracy: the secret war against soviet Russia by ALBERT E KAHN and Michael Sayers .   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
With their aid, von tier Goltz dominated the Baltic area; but he was still a German general, and consequently there was the danger that, through his influence, Germany would seek to control the Baltic States.
Von Eichhorn himself had a considerable personal interest in the campaign: his wife was the Countess Durnovo, a wealthy Russian noblewoman who had been one of the largest landowners in the Ukraine.
Lieutenant General Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, a pale, effeminate-looking Baltic aristocrat with blond hair and a long, reddish mustache, had entered the Czar's army as a youth, fought against the Japanese in 1905, and subsequently joined a Cossack police regiment in Siberia.
www.shunpiking.com /books/GC/GC-AK-MS-chapter06.htm   (6267 words)

  
 Roman Ungern von Sternberg - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Roman Ungern von Sternberg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Baron Roman Nicolaus Fyodorovich von Ungern-Sternberg (Russian Роман Фёдорович Унгерн фон Штернберг) (January 22, 1886, new style — September 15, 1921) a.k.a.
He graduated from Pavlovsk Military School and participated in World War I. After the February 1917 revolution he was sent by the Provisional Government to the Russian Far East under command of Grigory Mikhailovich Semenov to establish a loyal military presence there.
In late 1920-early 1921 Ungern's troops entered Mongolia at the invitation of the displaced Bogdo Khan (Bogdo Gegen, Bogd Haan, Mongolia's civil and religious ruler.
www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Roman-Ungern-von-Sternberg.html   (500 words)

  
 Roman Ungern von Sternberg - TheBestLinks.com - August 21, Dictator, Estonia, Germany, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ungern von Sternberg, Roman Ungern von Sternberg, August 21, Dictator, Estonia...
Black Baron, leutenent-general, one of the military commanders on the side of White movement during the Russian Civil War, later an independent warlord in persuite of pan-monarchist goals in Mongolia and territories East of Lake Baikal.
In later 1920 — early 1921 Ungern's troops entered Mongolia at an invitation of displaced Mongolian civil and religious ruler Bogdo Khan (or Bogd haan).
www.thebestlinks.com /Ungern_von_Sternberg.html   (446 words)

  
 Museum d'histoire surnaturelle - Contes du Surnatéum
And now, it was showing up again in Mongolia, on the banner of a Russian warlord by the name of Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, and on the banner of one of his 'friends', Ataman Semenov.
And now a certain Von Ungern-Sternberg - a former White Russian officer, nicknamed Beg-Tse by his men, and later the 'Bloody Baron' or 'Mad Baron', and surrounded by shamans and magicians - felt duty-bound to reincarnate the soul of Genghis Khan, the most famous Mongolian warlord of all time.
Roman von Ungern Sternberg was tried by a Bolshevik court on 15 September 1921 and executed that same day.
www.surnateum.org /English/surnateum/art_redecouvrir.htm   (1730 words)

  
 Baltic German Information
Ethnic Germans began to settle in the Baltic region in the 12th century when traders and missionaries began to visit the coastal lands inhabited by tribes who spoke Finnic and Baltic languages.
As the Teutonic Knights were weakened during the 15th century through wars with Poland and Lithuania, the Livonian branch in the north began to pursue its own policies.
After Estonia had regained independence from the Soviet Union on August 20 1991, the exiled association of the German Baltic nobility sent an official message to the president-to-be Lennart Meri that no member of the association would claim proprietary rights to their former Estonian lands.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Baltic_German   (1355 words)

  
 List of Dictators - dKosopedia
Born, Baron Roman Nicolaus von Ungern-Sternberg (Роман Фёдорович Унгерн фон Штернберг), in Graf, Austria of Prussian nobility, von Ungern-Sternberg fought, against his own Prussians, in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and fought the Bolsheviks, in Siberia, after 1917.
A rabid monarchist, von Ungern-Sternberg soon thereafter became an independent warlord with the intention of establishing an independent Russo-Sino-Mongolian monarchy in Urga under the nominal rule of Bogd Khaan (the Living Buddha).
Eventually, the Bolsheviks invaded Mongolia and after a series of battles, von Ungern-Sternberg was defeated in a August 1921, captured by his own soldiers, and handed over to the Red Army on August 21, 1921.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/List_of_Dictators   (5367 words)

  
 The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic - Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic examines all aspects of Roman history and civilization from 509–49 BC.
Designed to be accessible to the general reader and to students, The Cambridge Companion to the Roman Republic will invite further exploration to a vital, formative period of Roman history and its later influence.
Italy and the Roman Republic 338–31 BC Kathryn Lomas; 10.
www.cambridge.org /catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521807944   (460 words)

  
 20th Century Genghis Khan: Crazy White Russian General Baron Ungern von Sternberg
The Baron Roman Feodorovich von Ungern-Sternberg was the poster child for the worst elements of the Imperial Russian Officer Corps.
He was saved from unemployment and exile by then Colonel Gregory Semenov, a Cossack officer of far Eastern decent who picked Sternberg to travel with him to the Far East to form a new division of Asiatic Cavalry for service to the provisional government.
Sternberg was promoted to the rank of major-general in the new white army, being given command of the Asiatic Cavalry as Semenov declared himself viceroy and supreme commander of his slice of Russia, the "Mongol-Buryat Republic".
militaryhistory.suite101.com /article.cfm/themadbaronofmongolia   (852 words)

  
 Way to Russia Blogs » The Bloody Baron - A Hero of His Time?
Von Sternberg was originally sent by the provisional government to help control the Russian Far East after the February 1917 Revolution.
What ensued was a reign of terror with von Sternberg realizing his true propensity for pillaging and bloodletting.
In spite of his atrocities von Sternberg is often seen as a liberator by Mongolians and was declared a Mahakala incarnation by the 13th Dalai Lama.
blogs.waytorussia.net /item/54   (443 words)

  
 Exploitation of the Shambala Legend for Control of Mongolia
Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, a German nobleman whose family had settled in Russia, had interest in Buddhism from his youth.
Ungern then proceeded to slaughter all Chinese, collaborator Mongols, Bolshevik Russians, and Jews he could find.
Ungern was killed by his own troops in 1922.
www.bibliotecapleyades.net /sociopolitica/sociopol_shambahla04.htm   (1961 words)

  
 Ungern Khan
Ungern von Sternberg's philosophy was an exceptionally muddled mixture of Russian nationalism with Chinese and Mongol beliefs.
One of Ungern's ancestor was member of Huns royal family, and remember that Huns ruled large area so of course they left their blood there.
Ungern von Sternberg was declared to be a Mahakala incarnation by the Dalai Lama XIII -The argument is he was defeated, so it seems like Mahakala(God of war) is weak(=false) god...etc.
steppes.proboards23.com /index.cgi?board=board12&action=print&thread=1155990115   (5284 words)

  
 Corto Maltese
He befriends people he finds sympathetic from all walks of life, including murderous Russian Rasputin (no relation), British heir Tristan Bantam, Voodoo priestess Gold Mouth and Jewish Alchemist Steiner.
He also knows and meets various historical figures during his adventures, including Jack London, Butch Cassidy, Russian White general Roman von Ungern-Sternberg[?] and Enver Pasha[?] of Turkey.
His list of aqcuintances is rather impressive, as he makes a telephone call to Josef Stalin when he is arrested, and threatened to be executed, at the border of Turkey and Armenia.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/co/Corto_Maltese.html   (405 words)

  
 Von Ungern-Sternberg Information
von Ungern-Sternberg is a Baltic-German noble family, with branches belonging to the Swedish and Russian nobilities.
Erich von Ungern-Sternberg (17.2.1910 - 9.7.1989), Finnish architect [1]
Roman Ungern von Sternberg (1886 - 1921), white Russian warlord
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Von_Ungern-Sternberg   (90 words)

  
 Baron Roman Fyodorovich Ungern von Sternberg [Archive] - DreamCatcher Forums
Ungern was born on the island of Dago, Russian Empire (now Hiiu County, Estonia) in a family of ethnic German nobility.
Ungern ordered his troops to burn a large number of camp fires in the hills around the capital town Urga, making an appearance that the town was surrounded by an overwhelming force.
After initial successes in May and June, Ungern was defeated in a July-August counteroffensive, captured by his own soldiers, and given to the Red Army on August 21, 1921.
www.dreamcatchergames.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-20574.html   (1655 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Ungern: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Zie Ungern occu- pirtett be atte Wbarentanb bi~ an ben nn~-~lu~.
Arbetarråden i Polen och Ungern: En dokumentation av arbetarrörelsens spontana kamp 1956-57 och det systematiska undertryckandet av denna (Federativserien ; 20) by Ingemar E Nilsson (Unknown Binding - 1976)
Aus dem Ungarischen übersetzt von Barbara Frischmuth und Robert Stauffer.
www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Ungern&index=books&page=1   (497 words)

  
 A Surfeit of Chesterfields and Grunion
It appears there was some sort of strange alliance between the family of Count Magnus de la Gardie and the ancestors of Baron Ungern von Sternberg (of Beasts, Men and Gods).
Japanese funds were provided to von Ungern-Sternberg and other White Russian elements, in order to prevent the Soviet government from establishing control in eastern Siberia and from obtaining too much influence in Mongolia.
Baron Peter Ungern had his castle on the island of Dago in the Baltic Sea, where as a privateer he ruled the merchantmen of his day.
weishaupt.livejournal.com   (2143 words)

  
 Baron Ungern von Sternberg - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
During his reign, this remote realm exchanged dominion by imported tyrants for a nightmare perversely based on Buddhist faith.
Roman Feodorovich von Ungern-Sternberg was an archetypal White Russian extremist.
Further structural damage was caused by the all-night beating of massive silver gongs and improbable drums.
www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=77184   (2877 words)

  
 Radigan Neuhalfen's Web Log: Ungern
In 1921, however, Baron Roman Ungern von Sternberg, known as the Bloody Baron, did just that when he captured Ulan Bataar in one of the strangest incidents of the Russian Civil War...
It might be noted that much of the Baron's bloody reputation might have be attributable to his underlings.
It might also be noted that the shrewd Bogd Khan invited Ungern to Mongolia to help him get rid of the Chinese, and the Khan was successful.
radiganneuhalfen.blogspot.com /2007/01/ungern.html   (296 words)

  
 Orbis Quintus » Blog Archive » Roman von Ungern-Sternberg and beyond   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Apparently he was every bit as absurdly brutal as the Hughes account, and it is quite odd that this bizarre vision of cruelty dovetails perfectly with another book that Bill’s urged me to read, Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian.
I didn’t have a clue that there is an interview with von Ungern-Sternberg in it.
There’s a peculiar article on Buddhism and Mongolia that i don’t really trust, as it seems to obsess on making Buddhism seem like a sinister death cult….
www.orbis-quintus.net /blog/?p=1047   (422 words)

  
 Bloody Baron: The story of Ungern-Sternberg by V. Pozner - Literary Forums
Ungern seems to have been the man Kipling used to write his story.
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg was from the Baltic States.
He was a general in the so-called "White army" which fought against the "Red army" when he was just 35.
literaryforums.org /forums/showthread.php?t=2090   (366 words)

  
 Worldroots.com
of Freiherr Theodor von Ungern-Sternberg and Freiin Sophie von
the "shyness of a savage." Not a professional soldier, "Roman
"The Brutal Buddha: Baron von Ungern-Sternberg", by Rhys Hughes.
worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/bio/romanungernsternbergbio1884.html   (927 words)

  
 Orbis Quintus » Theology   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Apparently he was every bit as absurdly brutal as the Hughes account, and it is quite odd that this bizarre vision of cruelty dovetails perfectly with another book that Bill’s urged me to read, Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian.
I was confused the other day about Maronites and Nestorianism, blending them together in my head, not remembering that Maronites were a schism from Assyrian Church of the East (which apparently wasn’t even Nestorian, but merely sympathetic) over the concept of Monophysitism.
I still don’t know quite what to make of those Coptic manuscripts, but I still think the Roman persecution theory is nonsense.
orbis-quintus.net /blog/?cat=16&paged=3   (3202 words)

  
 Cambridge Collections Online : ROMAN CULTURE
Literature in the Roman Republic; Roman Art during the Republic; Spectacle and Political Culture in the Roman Republic;
The Crisis of the Republic by Jurgen von Ungern-Sternberg
Literature in the Roman Republic by Elaine Fantham
cco.cambridge.org /extract?id=ccol0521807948_CCOLCCOL0521807948A017G   (145 words)

  
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What soured the results was a minor action during the battle of Jutland, when Admiral von Hipper's Scouting Division had sunk a number of Norwegian trawlers, believing that they were radioing messages to the British.
From the Majority Socialist Soviet of Bukharin and Kamenev to the Dominion of the Plains of Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, a dozen ideological fractions tore apart the nation, and two dozen nationalities shook off the yoke of Petrograd.
The German press solemly reported on the accomplishments of "General von Amerongen", who was so modest he declined to be photographed, yet whose intuition was legendary; by harsh measures in war, and generous ones in peace, he restored order first to the Baltic States, then to northern European Russia.
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