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Roman von Ungern-Sternberg
Роман Унгерн фон Штернберг
Three travelers wrote about Roman von Ungern-Sternberg between 1893 and 1929. Here is what each of them saw, in the order they were there.
- 1893–1929
Larson, Duke of Mongolia
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, the "Mad Baron" — a White Russian general who stormed Urga in 1921, restored the Bogd Khan, and ruled by terror before his capture and execution.
Baron Ungern-Sternberg was nearer, and reached Urga before any authority in Moscow could act.…Listen from here · chapter 4, 32:46…Some of the princes came to a Russian army commanded by Baron Ungern-Sternberg, and he returned with them and helped them punish Little Hsu.Listen from here · chapter 8, 1:05:57 - 1920–1921
Beasts, Men and Gods
Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, the White general who took Urga in February 1921 and restored the Bogdo Khan; the central figure of the book's final part. Ossendowski spent days at his side and watched diviners twice give him one hundred thirty days to live; roughly that many days later the Bolsheviki captured and shot him.
…for whom he was preparing death at the hands of the severe warrior, Baron Ungern, who was receiving only one-sided reports about all the happenings in Uliassutai.…Listen from here · chapter 31, 6:20…was rushing along, sweeping a great circle on the prairie, and anew Baron Ungern with his sharp, nervous voice carried his thoughts round the whole circumference of Asian…Listen from here · chapter 40, 16:57 - 1922–1925
On the Trail of Ancient ManRoy Chapman Andrews
Baron Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, the 'Mad Baron' — the White Russian warlord whose cavalry seized Urga from the Chinese in 1921 and ran a brief, bloody dictatorship before the Soviets captured and shot him. The expedition crossed Mongolia in the wake of his terror.
I know a dozen men who, during the bloody days of " Little Hsu," "Mad Baron" Ungern and the Bolshevist advance guard, saw women and children butchered in the streets…Listen from here · chapter 7, 25:53…dozen men who, during the bloody days of " Little Hsu," "Mad Baron" Ungern and the Bolshevist advance guard, saw women and children butchered in the streets of…Listen from here · chapter 7, 25:53
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