Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev 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.
Mikhail Grigoryevich Chernyaev
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, was a military engineer and the first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan.
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann, first Governor-General of Russian Turkestan
The painter Vasily Vereshchagin accompanied Kaufmann in his campaigns.