Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary ( Russian : Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона) (35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is, in its scope and style, the Russian counterpart to the 1911 Britannica . It contains 121,240 articles
Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky
However, he returned to active duty in 1838, as General Golovin's aide-de-camp , to serve in the Caucasus region. During one of the campaigns against the mountain people Muravyov was wounded. In 1840, Muravyov was assigned to command one of the sections of the Black Sea coast defense lines
Viceroy
A Viceroy ( / ˈ v aɪ s . r ɔɪ / ) is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province (or state) in the name of and as representative of the Monarch . The term derives from the Latin prefix vice- , meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi , meaning king. His province
Anrep family
naturalized in Sweden and introduced to the Riddarhuset , or House of Knights , in 1635. According to Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary , German von Anrep was a Field Marshal in Sweden in 16th century, and some Anreps were later also on French and Prussian military service [1
Şamaxı
town under the same name about 16 miles (26 km) to the west, at the foot of the main chain of the Caucasus Mountains . The new Shemakha was at different times a residence of the Shirvan Khanate , but it was finally abandoned, and the old town rebuilt. The Russians first entered Shirvan in
Platon Ioseliani
philosophy at Tbilisi Theological Seminary and later served for the office of the Viceroy of the Caucasus . His articles were regularly published in the Russian and Georgian press. From 1845 to 1856, he edited the Tbilisi-based periodical Zakavkazsky Vestnik . In 1849, he made a trip to Greece
Shamakhi Rayon
town under the same name about 16 miles (26 km) to the west, at the foot of the main chain of the Caucasus Mountains . The new Shemakha was at different times a residence of the Shirvan Khanate , but it was finally abandoned, and the old town rebuilt. The Russians first entered Shirvan in
Pyotr Gorchakov
Turkey , and afterwards against France in 1813–1814. In 1820 he suppressed an insurrection in the Caucasus , for which service he was raised to the rank of major-general . In 1828–1829 he fought under Prince Peter von Wittgenstein against the Turks, won an action at Aidos, and signed
Azerbaijani people
38 ] [ 39 ] ( Azerbaijani : Azərbaycan türkləri ), they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to the Iranian plateau . The Azeris are predominantly Shia Muslim [ 40 ] and have a various other heritages in addition of indigenous Caucasians . Azeris are the Indigenous small-numbered
Prince Vasili Vladimirovich Dolgorukov
given the rank of colonel and then brigadier . In 1726, he was appointed commander-in-chief of Caucasus forces. In 1728, as an ultimate consecration of his military career, he was promoted field marshal and member of the Privy Military Council. After Anna Ioanovna's coronation in 1730,
