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Yusuf Bek Kurinski
Yusuf bek Kurinski (, ) was the last khan of Kura Khanate, as well as a general-major of Imperial Russian army. Career He was born in 1806 to Tahir bek, brother of Aslan bek, the first khan of Kura Khanate. He entered military service in the early 1820s in the cavalry of the Separate Caucasian Corps and from 1823 took part in campaigns against the mountaineers, served in the Caucasian militia units. In 1831, during the occupation of the village of Madzhalis in Dagestan, he was wounded by a rifle bullet in his left hand with damage to two fingers, and on March 14, 1832, he was promoted to warrant officer for the distinguish. He also took part in the 1839 campaign in the Caucasus and was awarded the Order of St. Vladimir of the 4th degree with a bow. However, his brother Harun bek changed sides after uprising of Imam Shamil. In 1842, when the forces of Imam Shamil approached Gazikumukh, Harun bek went over to the side of the imam, surrendering to him the fortress with a garri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kura Khanate
Kura Khanate (, ) or Kürin Khanate was a state entity that existed from 1812 to 1864 in southern Dagestan. The khanate was ruled by a branch of ruling family of Gazikumukh Khanate. Geography The Kura Khanate was located mainly in the historical and geographical region of ''Kura''. It was located in nowadays Agulsky, Kurakhsky and Suleiman-Stalsky districts of Dagestan, Russia. In the south, the borders of the Kura Khanate extended to Quba Khanate along the direction of the Samur River. In the southwest, the khanate bordered on the top of the Samur ridge with the Akhty-para, Alty-para free societies, as well as the Rutul Federation. In the west and north, the Kura Khanate bordered on Gazikumukh, in the northeast with the Principality of Tabasaran. In the east, the khanate bordered on the Derbent Khanate. Establishment Since 1791, the Lezgi people of Kura plain lived under Gazikumukh Khanate whose ruler Surkhay II annexed the region, seizing it from Sheikh Mardan who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Svita
His Imperial Majesty's Retinue, ''His Imperial Majesty's Suite'' ( abbr. ''H. I. M. Retinue'', ''H. I. M. Suite''; , e.g. ) was a retinue unit of personal aides to the Russian Emperor, who usually were officers of the Army or the Guards units. The aides to the Tsar were routinely assigned honorary title of ''Adjutant''; it was used in parallel with existing personal military, court or civil rank as defined in the Table of Ranks. Anna of Russia was the first Sovereign who assigned an Adjutant General () as her personal military aide in the rank of ''General-Poruchik'' (, Lieutenant General). Since 1775, Pavel I additionally honored a handful of his Guards officers (in an equivalent of Colonel ranks) with a ''Fliegel Adjutant'' (флигель-адъютант), an equivalent of Aide-de-camp. Nicholas I formally created the Suite in 1827 and introduced a title of Major General Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1878 Deaths
Events January–March * January 5 – Russo-Turkish War – Battle of Shipka Pass IV: Russian and Bulgarian forces defeat the Ottoman Empire. * January 9 – Umberto I becomes King of Italy. * January 17 – Battle of Philippopolis: Russian troops defeat the Turks. * January 23 – Benjamin Disraeli orders the British fleet to the Dardanelles. * January 24 – Russian revolutionary Vera Zasulich shoots at Fyodor Trepov, Governor of Saint Petersburg. * January 28 – ''The Yale News'' becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States. * January 31 – Turkey agrees to an armistice at Adrianople. * February 2 – Greece declares war on the Ottoman Empire. * February 7 – Pope Pius IX dies, after a 31½ year reign (the longest definitely confirmed). * February 8 – The British fleet enters Turkish waters, and anchors off Istanbul; Russia threatens to occupy Istanbul, but does not carry out the threat. * Feb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khans Of Kura
Khan may refer to: * Khan (inn), from Persian, a caravanserai or resting-place for a travelling caravan * Khan (surname), including a list of people with the name *Khan (title), a royal title for a ruler in Mongol and Turkic languages and used by various ethnicities **Khagan, an imperial title used by monarchs of various regimes Art and entertainment * Khan (band), an English progressive rock band in the 1970s * ''Khan!'' (TV series), a 1975 American police detective television series * ''Khan'' (serial), a 2017 Pakistani television drama serial *Khan Maykr, the main villain of Doom Eternal, the leader of the heavenly Urdak realm * Khan Noonien Singh, a prominent ''Star Trek'' villain in an original series episode and the principal antagonist in ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'', then later ''Star Trek Into Darkness'' *Citizen Khan, a British sitcom about a British-Indian man, Mr Khan Radio *KHAN (FM), a defunct radio station (99.5 FM) formerly licensed to serve Chugwater, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Saint Anna
The Imperial Order of Saint Anna (russian: Орден Святой Анны; also "Order of Saint Anne" or "Order of Saint Ann") was a Holstein ducal and then Russian imperial order of chivalry. It was established by Karl Friedrich, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, on 14 February 1735, in honour of his wife Anna Petrovna, daughter of Peter the Great of Russia. Originally, the Order of Saint Anna was a dynastic order of knighthood; but between 1797 and 1917 it had dual status as a dynastic order and as a state order. The Order of St. Anna continued to be awarded after the revolution by Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, and Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna. Today, the Russian Imperial Order of St. Anna, awarded by Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna is recognized as an order of chivalry by the privately operated ICOC as a continuation of the pre-Revolutionary order, and has been approved for wear with military uniform by the Russian Federation, but not by s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of Saint Stanislaus (House Of Romanov)
pl, Order św. Stanisława , image = , caption = , image2 = , caption2 = Ribbon of the order , awarded_by = Head of the House of Romanov , type = Dynastic order of knighthood , motto = Praemiando incitat("Rewarding encourages") , day = , eligibility = , for = Military and civil merits , status = active , head_title = Sovereign , head = , head2_title = , head2 = , chancellor = , commander = , grades = Knight Grand CrossKnight CommanderKnight , former_grades = , date = 1831 – 1918 (National Order)1918 - Present (house order) , house = House of Romanov , religion = Russian Orthodox , higher = Order of Saint Anastasia , lower = Order of Saint Michael the Archangel , ribbon = Bright red with a white stripe on either side and a thinner white stripe on the end of either stri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Weapon For Bravery
The Gold Sword for Bravery (russian: Золотое оружие "За храбрость") was a Russian award for bravery. It was set up with two grades on 27 July 1720 by Peter the Great, reclassified as a public order in 1807 and abolished in 1917. From 1913 to 1917 it was renamed the Saint George Sword (''Георгиевское оружие'') and considered one of the grades of the Order of St. George. Select recipients *General Alexander von Kaulbars *Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov *Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov *General Pyotr Bagration *Field Marshal Peter Wittgenstein *Field Marshal Ivan Paskevich *Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch *Admiral Alexander Menshikov *General Mikhail Gorchakov *Field Marshal Mikhail Vorontsov *General Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky *General Vasili Bebutov *Field Marshal Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg *General Yegor Tolstoy *Tsar Alexander II *General Aleksey Brusilov *General Dmitry Nadyozhny *General Anton Denikin *Admiral Alexand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic), or simply as Azerbaijan in Paris Peace Conference, 1919–1920,''Bulletin d'Information de l'Azerbaidjan'', No. I, September 1, 1919, pp. 6–7''125 H.C.Debs.'', 58., February 24, 1920, p. 1467. Caucasian Azerbaijan in some diplomatic documents abroad, or the Tatar Republic of Azerbaijan in British sources. (abbreviated as the ADR; az, Azərbaycan Demokratik Cümhuriyyəti or ) was the first secular democracy, democratic republic in the List of Turkic dynasties and countries, Turkic and Muslim worlds.Tadeusz Swietochowski. Russia and Azerbaijan: A Borderland in Transition. Columbia University Press, 1995. , and Reinhard Schulze. A Modern History of the Islamic World. I.B.Tauris, 2000. , . Citations are at Talk:Azerbaijan Democratic Republic#First or second The ADR was founded by the Azerbaijani National Council in Tbilisi, Tiflis on 28 May 1918 after the collapse of the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, and ceased to exist on Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaqatala Governorate
The Zaqatala Governorate () was an administrative division of the short-lived Azerbaijan Democratic Republic between 1918 and 1920. The district had an overwhelming Muslim majority forming 92 percent of the population, however, was claimed by the neighbouring republics of Georgia and the Mountainous Republic of the North Caucasus (MRNC). Background Following the collapse of the Russian Empire, three states simultaneously claimed the former Zakatal Okrug: the MRNC, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Established on 20 March 1917, the Zagatala District Executive Committee—which possessed practically all power in the region—prevented Georgia from establishing control over the district. On 26 June, taking into account the impassable mountains between the Mountain Republic and the Okrug, the Zaqatala National Council, as "In terms of culture, economy, lifestyle, religion, as well as industry and language, Zagatala is of the same origin with Azerbaijan" on the entry of the Zaqatala dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliyar Bey Hashimbeyov
Aliyar bek Hashimbekov (; Azerbaijani: Əliyar bəy Haşımbəyov; 1856–1920) — Imperial Russian and Azerbaijani statesman and military leader of Kumyk origin, major-general. Early years He was born to Kumyk noble family on 8 March 1856 in Baku. His father colonel Mehdigulu bek Hashimbekov was naib of West Tabasaran. According to Lezgi historian Mirza Hasan Alkadari, he was descended from ruling clan of Mehtuli Khanate. His grandfather was Yusuf bek Kurinski, was khan of Kura Khanate between 1859 and 1864. He had a younger brother - Hasan bek Hashimbekov (1860-?). He started his education in Baku Real School, then entered the military service on August 23, 1873, as an ordinary cadet at the Pavlovsk Military School, then studied at the Mikhailovsk Artillery School. On April 16, 1878, he was released as a second lieutenant in the 21st artillery brigade. On December 18 of the same year, he was promoted to lieutenant. Service under Russian Empire In January 1882, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Hasan Alkadari
Mirza Hasan Alkadari () was a North Caucasian Islamic jurist ( faqih), historian, poet, educator in pre-revolutionary Dagestan. Biography He was born in Balakhani village, located in modern Untsukulsky District (not to be confused with Balakhani, Azerbaijan) on 15 October 1834 to an ethnic Lezgi family. His father Abdullah was from the village of Alkadar in Kura Khanate (now Suleiman-Stalsky district) moved to the village of Balakhani together with his teacher and father-in-law Muhammad Yaraghi because of pressure by Aslan bek, ruler of Kura Khanate. Abdullah Alkadari was considered a great connoisseur of various sciences: grammar, logic, the Quran, Hadith studies, interpretation of dreams, mathematics, the basics of versification, etc. He studied in the village of Akhty under Mirza Ali al-Akhti. He studied the works of famous oriental authors on astronomy "''Sharh al-Mulahhas''" and philosophy "''Sharh al-Hidayat''". Alkadari spoke of al-Akhty with great respect and prid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagestan Oblast
The Dagestan Oblast was a province (''oblast'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire. It roughly corresponded to most of present-day southeastern Dagestan within the Russian Federation. The Dagestan Oblast was created in 1860 out of the territories of the former Caucasian Imamate, bordering the Terek Oblast to the north, the Tiflis Governorate and Zakatal Okrug to the west, the Elizavetpol Governorate to the south, and Baku Governorate to the east. The administrative center of the ''oblast'' was Temir-Khan-Shura (present-day Buynaksk). Administrative divisions The districts (''okrugs'') of the Dagestan Oblast in 1917 were as follows: Demographics Russian Empire census (1897) According to the Russian Empire Census The first general census of the population of the Russian Empire in 1897 ( pre-reform Russian: ) was the first and only nation-wide census performed in the Russian Empire (the Grand Duchy of Finland was excluded). It recorded demographic data as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
