See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

PRINCE MIKHAIL DMITRIEVICH (2795-186I)  , See also:

• BROTHER

brother of the last named, entered the See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army in 1807 and took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns against See also:

• PERSIA

Persia in 181o, and in 1812-1815 against See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . During the Russo-See also:

• TURKISH

Turkish See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War of 1828—x829 he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the sieges of See also:

• SILISTRIA (Bulgarian Silistra)

Silistria and See also:

• SHUMLA (Bulgarian Shumen, Turkish Shumna)

Shumla . After being appointed, in 183o, a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general officer, he was present in the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign in See also:

• POLAND (Polish Polska, Ger. Polen), (see POLAND, RUSSIAN, below)
• POLAND, RUSSIAN

Poland, and was wounded at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Grochow, on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1831 . He also distinguished himself at the battle of Ostrolenka and at the taking of See also:

• WARSAW
• WARSAW (Polish Warszawa, Ger. Warschau, Fr. Varsovie)

Warsaw . For these services he was promoted to the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general . In 1846 he was nominated military See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Warsaw . In 1849 he commanded the Russian See also:

• ARTILLERY (the O. Fr. artiller, to equip with engines of war, probably comes from Late Lat. articulum, dim. of ars, art, cf. " engine " from ingenium, or of artus, joint)

artillery in the war against the Hungarians, and in 1852 he visited See also:

• LONDON

London as a representative of the Russian army at the funeral of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington . At this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he was See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the Russian army and See also:

• ADJUTANT (from Lat. adjutare, to aid)

adjutant-general to the See also:

• TSAR, or CZAR

tsar . Upon See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia declaring war against See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey in 1853, he was appointed See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-chief of the troops which occupied See also:

• MOLDAVIA

Moldavia and Wallachia . In 1854 he crossed the See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube and besieged Silistria, but was superseded in See also:

• APRIL

April by See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• PASKEVICH, IVAN FEDOROVICH (1782-1856)

Paskevich, who, however, resigned on the 8th of See also:

• JUNE

June, when See also:

• GORCHAKOV, or GORTCHAKOEF

Gorchakov resumed the command . In See also:

• JULY

July the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of Silistria was raised, and the Russian armies recrossed the Danube; in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August they withdrew to Russia . In 1855 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Russian forces in the See also:

• CRIMEA (ancient Tauris or Tauric Chersonese, called by the Russians by the Tatar name Krym or Crim)

Crimea in See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Prince See also:

• MENSHIKOV, ALEXANDER DANILOVICH, PRINCE (1663?–1729)
• MENSHIKOV, ALEXANDER SERGEIEVICH, PRINCE (1787-1869)

Menshikov .

Gorchakov's See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of See also:

• SEVASTOPOL, or SEBASTOPOL

Sevastopol, and final See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat to the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern part of the See also:

• TOWN

town, which he continued to defend till See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace was signed in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, were conducted with skill and See also:

• ENERGY (from the Gr. ivipyela; iv, in, ipyov, work)

energy . In 1856 he was appointed governor-general of Poland in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to Prince Paskevich . He died at Warsaw on the 3oth of May 1861, and was buried, in accordance with his own wish, at Sevastopol .