Editing Pyotr Wrangel (section)

==Military career==
[[File:Eristov & Wrangel. Kauschen 1914.jpg|thumb|Wrangel and Prince [[Simon Sidamon-Eristoff|Sidamon-Eristavi]] at a captured German cannon in 1914]]
At the start of the [[Russo-Japanese War]] in February 1904, he re-enlisted and was assigned to the 2nd Regiment of the [[Baikal Cossacks|Transbaikal Cossack Corps]]. In December 1904, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.

After the war ended, in January 1906, he was reassigned to the 55th Finland Dragoon Regiment, which, under General A. N. Orlov, took part in pacifying rebels in Siberia. In 1907, he returned to the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment. In 1908, he married Olga Mikhaylovna Ivanenko in St. Petersburg, and they had two sons and two daughters.<ref>[http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes/obituary.aspx?pid=166380230 New York Times obituary of his last surviving child]</ref> Wrangel graduated from the [[General Staff Academy (Imperial Russia)|Nicholas Imperial General Staff Academy]] in 1910 and the Cavalry Officers' School in 1911.

With the start of [[World War I]], Wrangel was promoted to captain and assigned command of a cavalry squadron. On 13 October 1914, he became one of the first Russian officers to be awarded the [[Order of St. George]] (4th degree) in the war, the highest military decoration of the Russian Empire. In December 1914, he was promoted to the rank of colonel. In October 1915, Wrangel was transferred to the [[Southwestern Front (Russian Empire)|Southwestern Front]] and was appointed commander of the 1st Regiment of the Transbaikal Cossacks.

[[File:Ген лейт барон Врангель плакат.jpg|thumb|140px|left|Poster depicting Wrangel, c. 1919]]
The unit was very active in [[Galicia (eastern Europe)|Galicia]] against the [[Empire of Austria|Austrians]], and Wrangel distinguished himself especially during the [[Brusilov Offensive]]. He was promoted to the rank of major general in January 1917 and took command of the 2nd Brigade of the Ussuri Cavalry Division, which was merged with other cavalry units to become the Consolidated Cavalry Corps in July that year. He was further decorated with the George Cross (4th degree) for his defense of the [[Zbruch River]] in the summer of 1917.