Nikolai Nikolayevich Muravyov

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Muravyov-Karsky
Muravyov-Karsky

Nikolai Nikolayevich Muravyov (-Karski) ( Russian Николай Николаевич Муравьёв-Карский ., Scientific transliteration Nikolai Nikolaevich Murav'ëv-Karskij * July 14 . Jul / 25. July  1794 greg. In Saint Petersburg , † October 18 jul. / October 30,  1866 greg. In Skornjakowo, Voronezh Governorate ) was a Russian general in the Crimean War .

Life

Muravyov joined the Russian army in 1810 . He became a captain on the General Staff and served in the Caucasus . In 1819 he visited Khiva and Bukhara in the diplomatic service . In the Persian War he distinguished himself and was promoted to major general. In the Polish campaign of 1830 he led the Lithuanian grenadier brigade and decided with this the victory at Kazimierz Dolny , for which he was promoted to lieutenant general. In September 1831 he commanded the right wing in the storming of Warsaw . At the end of 1832 he went to Egypt as Russia's extraordinary plenipotentiary and then commanded the troops that landed on the Bosporus . In 1835 he became Commanding General of the V Corps and in 1855 Commander in Chief of the Caucasian Army in the Crimean War .

In this function he marched into the Ottoman part of Armenia and was warmly welcomed by the population there. From the beginning of June to the end of November 1855, Muravyov led the siege of the important Kars fortress in northeastern Anatolia . Omar Pascha , who was so successful in the Danube principalities, was sent to relieve Kars. His diversionary attack on Kutaisi was foiled and on November 29th Muravyov was able to take Kars. Since then he has had the unofficial suffix Karski. Muravyov was appointed adjutant general of Tsar Alexander II and a member of the Imperial Council. He was then a member of the commission that was supposed to investigate the grievances during the Crimean War, but for the next few years lived partly in seclusion in Russia, partly while traveling in southern Europe.

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SURNAME Muravyov, Nikolai Nikolayevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Muravjow-Karski, Nikolai Nikolajewitsch; Муравьёв-Карский, Николай Николаевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian general in the Crimean War
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1866
Place of death Skornjakowo, Voronezh Governorate