Battle of Geok Tepe (1879)
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The First Battle of Geok Tepe was the main event in the 1879 Russian expedition against the Akhal Tekke Turkmens during the Russian conquest of Turkestan. Nikolai Lomakin marched 442 km to the Geok Te
Battle of Geok Tepe 1879
Turkmen follow the retreat.
Ruins of the fort
Mikhail Skobelev
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Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev was a Russian general became famous for his conquest of Central Asia and for his heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878. Dressed in a white uniform and mounted
Portrait by Sergey Lvovich Levitsky, 1881
Skobelev in the battle of Shipka by Vasili Vereshchagin, 1883
The Skobelev Monument in Moscow
Nikolai Dmitriev-Orenburgsky. General Skobelev on the Horse (1883)