Mikhail Chernyayev

Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev
Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev
Born(1828-10-22)22 October 1828
Bender, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire
Died16 August 1898(1898-08-16) (aged 69)
Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire
NationalityRussian
Occupation major general
Known forRussian conquest of Turkestan

Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev (Russian: Михаил Григорьевич Черняев) (3 November / 22 October 1828 in Bender, Bessarabia Governorate – 16 August 1898) was a Russian major general, who, together with Konstantin Kaufman and Mikhail Skobelev, directed the Russian conquest of Central Asia during the reign of Tsar Alexander II.

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