Alexandr Yakovlevich Tal (July 18, 1840 – October 16, 1911) was an Imperial Russian corps commander. He took part in the suppression of the uprising in
Poland
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and the war against the
Ottoman Empire
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. He died in what is now
Pushkin, Saint Petersburg
Pushkin (russian: Пу́шкин) is a municipal town in Pushkinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located south from the center of St. Petersburg proper, and its railway station, Tsarskoye Selo, is directl ...
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1840 births
1911 deaths
Russian people of the January Uprising
Russian military personnel of the Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)
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