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Also Known As Mikhail Dimitrievich Skobelev
Born September 29, 1843 • St. Petersburg • Russia
Died July 7, 1882 (aged 38) • Moscow • Russia
Role In Russo-Turkish wars

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Aleksey Kuropatkin in his library, 1904/05.
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emperor of Russia
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Aleksandr Vasilyevich Suvorov, Count Rimniksky
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Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov.
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Pyotr Aleksandrovich Rumyantsev, engraving, after a portrait by D.G. Levitsky
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