Mikhail Chernyayev
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Russian conquest of Turkestan |
Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev (
Russian conquest of Central Asia during the reign of Tsar Alexander II
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Life
Mikhail Chernyaev was born in 1828 in
Syr-Darya, and the next year commanded an expedition to assist the Kazakh tribes on the borders of the Aral Sea against the Khanate of Khiva. He did duty on the staff of the Army of the Caucasus for a time, and returned to Orenburg as Chief of Staff.[2]
During 1864, having gained the rank of
St. Petersburg with enthusiasm, and presented with a sword of honor by the emperor, he was not again employed by the Russian military service, and retired from it in July 1874.[2]
He bought, and edited with great success, the publication Milan Obrenović IV as King Milan I of Serbia during September's (Deligrad Event), and in October Aleksinac and Deligrad were occupied by the Turks, and the road to Belgrade little defended. An armistice was concluded, and Chernyaev resigned his command.[2]
In 1877 he visited
Central Asian Military railway caused him to be dismissed from the council. Chernyaev died in 1898 at his country estate in Mogilev Governorate.[2]
Chernyaev was awarded the highest Serbian order of the time, Order of the Cross of Takovo.[3]
References
- ^ Эйлер А.А. Г.Н. ЧЕРНЯЕВ – ОФИЦЕР РУССКОЙ АРМИИ И ПОРТОВЫЙ НАЧАЛЬНИК. С. 116.
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 616.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tchernaiev, Mikhail Gregorjovich". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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