Aleksey Kuropatkin
Russian general
Died when: 76 years 293 days (921 months)Star Sign: Aries
Aleksey Nikolayevich Kuropatkin (Russian: ??????´? ??????´???? ??????´????;March 29, 1848 – January 16, 1925) served as the Russian Imperial Minister of War from January 1898 to February 1904 and as a field commander subsequently.
Historians often hold him responsible for major Russian defeats in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 to 1905, most notably at the Battle of Mukden (1905) and at the Battle of Liaoyang (August-September 1904).
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