Baron Peter Nikolaevich Wrangel as the representative of the Russian military elite of the beginning of the 20th century

Abstract

This article reveals the phenomenon of the Russian military elite of the beginning of the 20th century. It is considered within the limits of one of its most essential segments - officers-representatives of «eastzeisk nobility». The author investigates the given historical and cultural phenomenon on an example of one of the typical Baltic barons - major general P.N. Wrangell. The conclusion is that a vital and fighting way of the general is kept within his cultural stereotypes, characteristic for a greater part of analyzed group.

Keywords

• военная элита
• генералитет
• Конная гвардия
• Первая мировая война
• военная эмиграция
• РОВС
• П.Н. Врангель