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Mikhail Chertkov
Mikhail Ivanovich Cherkov (russian: Михаил Иванович Чертков ) (St. Petersburg, August 14, 1829 - Paris, October 19, 1905) was a Russian Cavalry General and statesman who served as Governor-General of Warsaw in Poland between 1900 and 1905. He joined the Tsarist Army in December 1851 a lieutenant and he took part in the Crimean War. In 1859–1860, he fought against insurgents in the Caucasus. In 1861-64 he was governor and military commander of the Voronezh Governorate and between 1864 and 1866 of the Volhynian Governorate. In 1867-68 he was deputy governor-general of Vilna, Kaunas, Grodno, and Minsk, and the chief of the Vitebsk and Mogilev provinces. In 1868 he received the rank of lieutenant general. In 1868-74 he was the military ataman of the Don Army. In 1877, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78, he accompanied Emperor Alexander II to Chisinau. Between April 16, 1878 and January 13, 1881, he was General Governor and Military Governor of the Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Makovsky
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Makovsky (Russian: Александр Владимирович Маковский; 5 April 1869, Moscow – 26 October 1924, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Realist painter and graphic artist; associated with the Peredvizhniki. Biography His father was the painter, Vladimir Makovsky, who gave him his first art lessons. His uncles, Konstantin and Nikolay were also painters.Brief biography @ Russian Paintings. In 1884, he enrolled at the , where he studied with |
Order Of The Black Eagle
The Order of the Black Eagle (german: Hoher Orden vom Schwarzen Adler) was the highest order of chivalry in the Kingdom of Prussia. The order was founded on 17 January 1701 by Elector Friedrich III of Brandenburg (who became Friedrich I, King in Prussia, the following day). In his Dutch exile after World War I, deposed Emperor Wilhelm II continued to award the order to his family. He made his second wife, Princess Hermine Reuss of Greiz, a Lady in the Order of the Black Eagle. Overview The statutes of the order were published on 18 January 1701, and revised in 1847. Membership in the Order of the Black Eagle was limited to a small number of knights, and was divided into two classes: members of reigning houses (further divided into members of the House of Hohenzollern and members of other houses, both German and foreign) and capitular knights. Before 1847, membership was limited to nobles, but after that date, capitular knights who were not nobles were raised to the nobility ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governors-General Of Warsaw
Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy to represent the monarch of a personal union in any sovereign state over which the monarch does not normally reign in person. Governors-general have also previously been appointed in respect of major colonial states or other territories held by either a monarchy or republic, such as Japan in Korea and France in Indochina. Current uses In modern usage, in the context of governor-generals and former British colonies, the term ''governor-general'' originated in those British colonies that became self-governing within the British Empire. Before World War I, the title was used only in federated colonies in which its constituents had had ''governors'' prior to federating, namely Canada, Australia, and the Union of South Africa. In these cases, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1905 Deaths
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1829 Births
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Chertkovo Railway Station
Chertkovo railway station ( rus, станция Чертково) is a former railway station located in Chertkovo, Rostov oblast, Russia. It is 325 km down-line from Rostov-Glavny and was situated between Zorinovka and Sheptukhovka on the Moscow — Rostov-on-Don line until 2017 when a bypass between Zhuravka and Millerovo was completed. The station is located at the Ukrainian border just opposite to the Ukrainian village of Milove. History The station was being laid on 14 August 1869 with the construction of the south section of the South Eastern Railway near the border between Don Host Oblast and Kharkov Governorate. The station was named for ataman Mikhail Chertkov who petitioned to construct this railway. Village of Chertkovo was founded due to construction of the self-named railway station. In 1873 the second class station Chertkovo had a one-storey stone station building, one passenger and two cargo platforms, locomotive depot for 12 steam locomotives, reserv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chertkovo, Rostov Oblast
Chertkovo (russian: Чертково) is a rural locality (a settlement) and the administrative center of Chertkovsky District in Rostov Oblast, Russia. Population: It is separated from the urban-type settlement of Milove in Milove Raion of Luhansk Oblast, UkraineUkraine crisis: Life on street dividing Ukraine and Russia (29 August 2015) partially by the . The railway together with surrounding infrastructure is located on the Russian side of the border. Both localities were served by |
Chertkovsky District
Chertkovsky District (russian: Чертко́вский райо́н) is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #170-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ... (a settlement) of Chertkovo. Population: 36,680 ( 2010 Census); The population of Chertkovo accounts for 29.5% of the district's total population. References Notes Sources * * {{Use mdy dates, date=October 2012 Districts of Rostov Oblast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor-General Of Warsaw
The Namiestnik (or Viceroy) of the Kingdom of Poland ( pl, namiestnik Królestwa Polskiego, russian: наместник Царства Польского) was the deputy of the Emperor of Russia who, under Congress Poland (1815–1874), styled himself "King of Poland". Between 1874 and 1914, when the former Congress Poland was known as the Vistula Country, the title ''Namiestnik'' was replaced by that of Governor-General of Warsaw ( pl, generał-gubernator warszawski). History The office of ''Namiestnik'' was introduced in Poland by the Constitution of Congress Poland (1815), in its Article 3 (On the Namiestnik and Council of State). The namiestnik was chosen by the Tsar from among the noble citizens of the Russian Empire or the Kingdom of Poland, excluding naturalized citizens. The namiestnik supervised the entire public administration and, in the monarch's absence, chaired the Council of State of Congress Poland, as well as the Administrative Council of Congress Poland. He could ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiev Military District
The Kiev Military District (; , abbreviated ) was a military district of the Imperial Russian Army and subsequently of the Red Army and Soviet Armed Forces. It was first formed in 1862, and was headquartered in Kiev (Kyiv) for most of its existence. Imperial Russian Army Formation The Kiev Military District was a Military District, a territorial division type utilised to provide more efficient management of army units, their training and other operations activities related to combat readiness. The district originally covered the Kiev Governorate, Podolia Governorate (less Balta County), and Volhynia Governorate. Assigned formations included the 10th Army. In 1888 the Kharkov Military District was merged into the Kiev Military District. With the start of World War I the district was transformed into the 3rd Army. In April 1917 Poltava and Kursk governorates were transferred under the administration of the Moscow Military District. After the October Revolution in Petrograd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southwestern Krai
Southwestern Krai (russian: Юго-западный край, Yugo-zapadny kray), also known as Kiev General Governorate or Kiev, Podolia, and Volhynia General Governorate ( rus, Киевское, Подольское и Волынское генерал-губернаторство, Kievskoye, Podol'skoye i Volynskoye general-gubernatorstvo) was an administrative-territorial and political subdivision (a krai) of the Russian Empire in 1832–1914.Shandra, V. Kiev General-Governorate (КИЇВСЬКЕ ГЕНЕРАЛ-ГУБЕРНАТОРСТВО)'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2007. It has a special status established for the gradual political and economical integration and assimilation of the non-Russian (Jewish, Polish, Tatar Ukrainian) population of right-bank Ukraine within the Russian Empire. History The Southwestern Krai or the Governor General of Kiev, Podolia and Volhynia consisting of three ''gubernias'', the Volhynia, the Podolia and the Kiev Governorate, was su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volhynian Governorate
Volhynian Governorate or Volyn Governorate (russian: Волы́нская губе́рния, translit=Volynskaja gubernija, uk, Волинська губернія, translit=Volynska huberniia) was an administrative-territorial unit initially of the Russian Empire, created at the end of 1796 after the Third Partition of Poland from the territory of the short-lived Volhynian Vice-royalty and Wołyń Voivodeship (1569–1795), Wołyń Voivodeship. After the Peace of Riga, part of the governorate became the Wołyń Voivodeship (1921–1939), new Wołyń Voivodeship in the Second Polish Republic, while the other part stayed as a part of the Ukrainian SSR until 1925 when it was abolished on resolution of the All-Ukrainian Central Executive Committee and Counsel of People's Commissars. History Until 1796 the guberniya was administrated as a namestnichestvo (Vice-royalty). It was initially centred in Iziaslav, Ukraine, Iziaslav and was called the Izyaslav namesnichestvo. It was cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
