MIKHAIL DIMITRIIVICH See also:

• MIKHAIL DIMITRIIVICH SKONELEV (1843-1882)

SKONELEV (1843-1882)  , See also:

• RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

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

general, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born near See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1843 . After graduating as a 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 officer at St See also:

• PETERSBURG

Petersburg he was sent to See also:

• TURKESTAN
• TURKESTAN, or HAZRET

Turkestan in 1868 and, with the exception of an See also:

• INTERVAL

interval of two years, during which he was on the staff of the See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

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

duke See also:

• MICHAEL
• MICHAEL (1596-1645)
• MICHAEL (Hebrew Sn,q, " Who is like God? ")

Michael in the See also:

• CAUCASUS

Caucasus, remained in Central See also:

• ASIA

Asia until 1877 . He commanded the advanced guard of General Lomakine's See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column from Kinderly See also:

• BAY

Bay, in the See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian, to join General Verefkin, from See also:

• ORENBURG

Orenburg, in the expedition to See also:

• KHIVA

Khiva in 1874, and, after See also:

• GREAT

great suffering on the See also:

• DESERT

desert See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march, took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the Khivan See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital . Dressed as a See also:

• TURKOMAN

Turkoman, he intrepidly explored in a hostile See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country the route from Khiva to Igdy, and also the old See also:

• BED
• BED (a common Teutonic word, cf. German Bett, probably connected with the Indo-European root bhodh, seen in the Lat. fodere, to dig; so " a dug-out place " for safe resting, or in the same sense as a garden " bed ")

bed of the See also:

• OXUS

Oxus . In 1875 he was given an important command in the expedition against See also:

• KHOKAND

Khokand under General See also:

• KAUFMANN, CONSTANTINE PETROVICH (1818-1882)

Kaufmann, showing great capacity in the See also:

• ACTION

action of Makram, where he out-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man ceuvred a greatly See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior force and captured 58 guns, and in a brilliant See also:

• NIGHT

night attack in the See also:

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

retreat from See also:

• ANDIJAN

Andijan, when he routed a large force with a handful of See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry . He was promoted to be See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major-general, decorated with the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of St See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George, and appointed the first See also:

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

governor of Fergana . In the 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 1877 he seized the See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge over the Sereth at Barborchi in See also:

• APRIL

April, and in See also:

• JUNE

June 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 with the 8th See also:

• CORPS (pronounced as in French, from which it is taken, being a late spelling of tors, from Lat. corpus, a body; cf. " corpse ")

corps . He commanded the Caucasian Cossack See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

Brigade in the attack of the See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

Green Hills at the second See also:

• BATTLE

battle of See also:

• PLEVNA (Bulgarian Pleven)

Plevna . He captured Lovtcha on the 3rd of September, and distinguished himself again in the desperate fighting on the Green Hills in the third battle of Plevna . Promoted to be a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-general, and given the command of the 16th See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

Division, he took part in the investment of Plevna and also in the fight of the 9th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, when See also:

• OSMAN (1832-1900)
• OSMAN (`UsMAN)

Osman See also:

• PASHA

Pasha surrendered, with his See also:

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

army . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1878 he crossed the Balkans in a severe snowstorm, Ii 194 defeating the See also:

• TURKS

Turks at Senova, near Schipka, and capturing 36,000 men and 90 guns . Dressed with care in See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform and mounted on a white See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the " White General." He returned to Turkestan after the war, and in 188o and 1881 further distinguished himself in retrieving the disasters inflicted by the Tekke Turkomans, captured Geok-Tepe, and, after much slaughter, reduced the Akhal-Teke country to submission .

He was advancing on See also:

• ASKABAD, or ASKHABAD

Askabad and See also:

• KALAT

Kalat i-Nadiri when he was disavowed and recalled . He was given the command at See also:

• MINSK

Minsk . In the last years of his See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

• LIFE

life he engaged actively in politics, and made speeches 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 and in Moscow in the beginning of 1882 in favour of a militant Panslavism; predicting a desperate strife between Teuton and Slay . He was at once recalled to St Petersburg . He was staying at a Moscow hotel, on his way from Minsk to his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close by, when he died suddenly of See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart disease on the 7th of See also:

• JULY

July 1882 .