Mikhail Skobelev, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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General of the Russian Empire
Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1843
Place of Birth: Peter and Paul Fortress, Russia
Date of Death: 25-Jun-1882
Profession: military personnel, military officer
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Mikhail Skobelev
- Mikhail Dmitriyevich Skobelev (29 September 1843 – 7 July 1882) was a Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878.
- Dressed in white uniform and mounted on a white horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the "White General" (and by the Turks as the "White Pasha").
- During a campaign in Khiva, his Turkmen opponents called him goz zanli or "Bloody Eyes".
- British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery wrote that Skobelev was the world's "ablest single commander" between 1870 and 1914 and called him a "skilful and inspiring" leader.
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Sergey Lvovich Levitsky
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English: Sergey Levitsky, Sergey Levicky Español: Serguéi Levitski | ||
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| Date of birth/death | 5 August 1819 (in Julian calendar) | 10 June 1898 (in Julian calendar) | |
| Location of birth/death | Moscow | Saint Petersburg | |
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