• Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wrangel or Wrangell is a Germanic surname. Notable people with the surname include: Wrangel family, or Wrangell, a Baltic...
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    Baron Pyotr Nikolayevich Wrangel (Russian: Пётр Николаевич Врангель, pronounced [ˈvranɡʲɪlʲ]; German: Peter von Wrangel; August 27 [O.S. August 15] 1878 –...
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    Wrangel Island (Russian: О́стров Вра́нгеля, romanized: Ostrov Vrangelya, IPA: [ˈostrəf ˈvrangʲɪlʲə]; Chukot: Умӄиԓир, romanized: Umqiḷir, IPA: [umqiɬir]...
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  • Werner Wrangel (24 March 1922 – 24 March 1945) was a Gefreiter in the German Army during World War II, who received three of Germany's highest military...
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    Herman Wrangel (born 1584/1587 – 10 December 1643) was a Swedish military officer and statesman of Baltic German extraction. Herman von Wrangel was born...
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    The House of Wrangel (sometimes transliterated as Wrangell or Vrangel, from Russian: Врангель) is a Baltic German noble family, whose members have also...
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    Graf von Wrangel (13 April 1784 – 2 November 1877) was a Generalfeldmarschall of the Prussian Army. A Baltic German, he was nicknamed "Papa Wrangel" and was...
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    Baron Ferdinand Friedrich Georg Ludwig von Wrangel (Russian: Барон Фердинанд Петрович Врангель, tr. Ferdinand Petrovich Vrangel'; 9 January 1797 [O.S...
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  • Wrangel is a Germanic surname. Wrangel or Wrangell may also refer to: Wrangel Island, a Russian island in the Arctic Ocean Wrangell Island, Alaska Wrangell...
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    Wrangel Palace (Swedish: Wrangelska palatset) is a townhouse mansion on Riddarholmen islet in Gamla Stan, the old town of Stockholm, Sweden. Since 1756...
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  • Carl Wrangel may refer to: Carl Gustaf Wrangel (1613–1676), Swedish statesman and military commander Carl Henrik Wrangel (1681–1755), officer of the Swedish...
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    Fältmarskalk Carl Gustaf Wrangel (also Carl Gustav von Wrangel; 23 December 1613 – 5 July 1676) was a Swedish statesman and military commander who commanded...
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    Iñupiat woman who lived for two years as a castaway on the uninhabited Wrangel Island, north of Siberia. Ada Delutuk was born on May 10, 1898 or 1899...
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    Русская армия, romanized: Russkaya armiya), commonly known as the Army of Wrangel (Russian: Армия Врангеля), was a White Army active in South Russia during...
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  • Wrangel, named after the Carl Gustaf Wrangel: Wrangel (1666) was a ship launched in 1666 Wrangel (1742) was a galley launched in 1742 HSwMS Wrangel (25)...
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  • Herman Wrangel (1584/1587–1643) was a Swedish field marshal, Council of the Realm and Governor-General. Herman Wrangel may also refer to: Herman Wrangel (diplomat)...
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    Wrangel Mansion (Russian: Дом Врангеля) is a building in Rostov-on-Don, built in 1885 by architect Nikolay Doroshenko. In this house Pyotr Nikolayevich...
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    Olaf von Wrangel (July 20 1928, Tallinn (Reval), Estonia – September 29 2009, Aumühle, Germany) was a German journalist, radio- and television correspondent...
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  • The 3rd (East Prussian) Cuirassiers “Count Wrangel” were a heavy cavalry regiment of the Royal Prussian Army. Formed in 1717 as a dragoons unit, the regiment...
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    lemming in Canada, is a small lemming found in Arctic North America and Wrangel Island. At one time, it was considered to be a subspecies of the Arctic...
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    was occupied in 1834 by the Russians. It is named after Ferdinand von Wrangel, a Baltic German explorer in Russian naval service, and a Russian government...
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    staff struggled to survive, first on the ice and later on the shores of Wrangel Island. In all, eleven men died before rescue. The Canadian Arctic Expedition...
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    reached Haderslev and received reports from Wrangel about his route map. The king approved his plan, giving Wrangel permission to begin the march without the...
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    Gustaf Wrangel in the Swedish military camp. They married out of love in 1640, which was controversial – he was a member of the most powerful Wrangel family...
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  • Waldemar Wrangel af Lindeberg (1641–1675) was a Swedish baron (Friherre) and soldier. He was the step-brother of Riksamiral Carl Gustaf Wrangel. Also known...
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    Pyotr Wrangel, who established the new Government of South Russia in Sevastopol and the new Russian Army, commonly known as the Army of Wrangel in April...
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    Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, Severnaya Zemlya, the New Siberian Islands, Wrangel Island, the Kuril Islands (four of which are disputed with Japan), and...
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    of the Arctic Ocean. It is bounded on the west by the Long Strait, off Wrangel Island, and in the east by Point Barrow, Alaska, beyond which lies the...
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    59°59′02″N 140°35′17″W / 59.984°N 140.588°W / 59.984; -140.588 The Wrangellia Terrane (named for the Wrangell Mountains, Alaska) is a crustal fragment...
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    the Chukchi Sea, 60 kilometres (30 nautical miles) east of Waring Point, Wrangel Island. It rises in sheer cliffs, making it quite inaccessible, either...
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