Maksud Alikhanov-Avarsky ( Russian language: Максуд Алиханов-Аварский) (in some documents his name is spelled as Alexander Mikhailovich) (1846-1907) - Russian Lieutenant-General (April 22, 1907),

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Governor. The elder brother of Kaitmaz Alikhanov.

Biography

Born on November 23, 1846 in the village of

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in Dagestan, in the family of an Avar officer. As a child, he was held hostage by

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, after the ransom was determined in the 2nd Tiflis noble school. He reportedly carried the name Ali Khan Avarski. His governance in the Caucasus was controversial and characterized as repressive. He was subjected to an assassination attempt in 1906. He was assassinated in 1907. The New York Times reports the date of the assassination as July 16.

Awards

Order of St. George The Order of Saint George (russian: Орден Святого Георгия, Orden Svyatogo Georgiya) is the highest military decoration of the Russian Federation. Originally established on 26 November 1769 Julian (7 December 1769 Gregorian) a ...

(1877) Георгиевская страница: Кавалеры Военного ордена 4-го класса
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Order of St. Vladimir The Imperial Order of Saint Prince Vladimir (russian: орден Святого Владимира) was an Imperial Russian order established on by Empress Catherine II in memory of the deeds of Saint Vladimir, the Grand Prince and the Baptize ...

(1872, 1899) *

Order of St. 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 Holst ...

(1888, 1906) *

Order of St. Stanislaus The Order of Saint Stanislaus ( pl, Order Św. Stanisława Biskupa Męczennika, russian: Орден Святого Станислава), also spelled Stanislas, was a Polish order of knighthood founded in 1765 by King Stanisław August Ponia ...

(1904) * Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persia) (1884, 1900 & 1902) * Order of the Golden Star of Bukhara (1895)

Selected works of Alikhanov-Avarsky

* Mervsky oasis and roads leading to it. St Petersburg, 1883 * Visiting the Shah. Essays on Persia. Tiflis, 1898 * Hike in Khiva (Caucasian troops). Steppe and oasis. St Petersburg, 1899 * Tarihi Derbend-Nama. Tiflis, 1898. * Author of numerous illustrations, articles and reports in periodicals.

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{{Authority control 1846 births 1907 deaths Russian military leaders Military writers from the Russian Empire Recipients of the Order of St. George Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir Recipients of the Order of St. Anna Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree 19th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire