Nikolai Grigorevich Stoletov (Столетов, Николай Григорьевич) (1834, Vladimir

Vladimir

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 - 1912) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army

Imperial Russian Army

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. He was the brother of noted physicist Aleksandr Stoletov

Aleksandr Stoletov

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Stoletov was born in Vladimir

Vladimir

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 and attended the Vladimir Gymnasium (grammar school) and the Psysics faculty of the Moscow State University

Moscow State University

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 graduating in 1854. He joined the Russian army in 1854 and fought in the Crimean War

Crimean War

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, participating in the Battle of Inkermann and the Siege of Sevastopol

Stoletov graduated from the General Staff Academy

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 in 1859. In the 1860s Stoletov took part in the Russian conquest of Turkestan and was a major participant in the Russo Turkish War of 1877-78. Dyring this conflict he commanded the Russian and Bulgarian forces at the 2nd battle of the Shipka Pass

Battle of Shipka Pass

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After the end of the Russo Turkish War stoletov was made Lieutenant General and appointed commander of the Turkestan Military District and participated in a diplomatic mission to Afghanistan. He retired in 1898 and died at Tsarskoye Selo

Tsarskoye Selo

Tsarskoye Selo is the town containing a former Russian residence of the imperial family and visiting nobility, located south from the center of St. Petersburg. It is now part of the town of Pushkin and of the World Heritage Site Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments.-History:In...

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