Kaarlo Edvard Kivekäs

Educated at Hamina Cadet School[2][3][4] (1886–1890[2]), he served in the Russian army from 1890 on, in the Pamir area,[5] under the command of, M.E.

Ionova, the leader of a Russian Expedition in 1893,[5][4] he was fluent in Shughni,[5][6] Tajik,[5][6] Uzbek,[5][6] and Kyrgyz,[6] and reportedly understanding of the traditions and cultures of the people of the Pamir area,[5] who purportedly held him in high regard,[5][6] ending his service there as a Lieutenant Colonel on October 13, 1908,[6][5][4] and later Kivekäs served in World War I, becoming a Major General on September 23, 1916.

[7] After the Finnish Civil War, he returned to Finland, being accepted as a Major General sometime around 1918.

[7] Kivekäs is the recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class.

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