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SAGALLO , a small See also: settlement on the See also: north See also: shore of the Gulf of Tajura, French See also: Somaliland
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A dismantled fort built by the Egyptians (who occupied the place between 1875 and 1884) is the most prominent See also: object
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In See also: January 1889 Sagallo was occupied by a Cossack chief named Achinov, who was accompanied by the archimandrite Paisi and some 200 See also: people, including priests, See also: women and See also: children
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Paisi had been entrusted. by the metropolitan of Novgorod with an evangelistic See also: mission to the Abyssinian See also: Church; while Achinov stated that he had a commission from the
See also: Negus for the See also: purchase of arms and See also: ammunition
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The presence of Achinov at Sagallo (where he occupied the fort, which he found deserted) was regarded by the French See also: government as an invasion of French territorial rights
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The See also: Russian See also: foreign office having disavowed (7th of See also: February) any connexion with Achinov, instructions were sent from See also: Paris to secure the removal of the Cossacks
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On the 17th of February French warships appeared off the See also: port, and an See also: ultimatum was sent to Achinov calling on him to surrender, but without effect
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The fort was bombarded, and seven persons killed, two being women and four children
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The Cossacks then surrendered, not having fired a shot
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They were subsequently deported to See also: Suez, whence they returned to See also: Russia
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Achinov was interned by the Russian government for some months (until See also: October 1889)
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In 1891 he returned to See also: Abyssinia
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Paisi was promoted by his ecclesiastical superiors . In Paris the. incident caused See also: great excitement amongst the Russophils, and the consequent demonstrations led to the suppression of the See also: League of Patriots and the See also: prosecution of M
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See also: Paul Derpulede
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See L'Archimandrite Paisi et l'Ataman Achinoff, by vicomte de Constantin (Paris, 1891)
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