General Skobeleff (Mikhail Skobelev)
Михаил Дмитриевич Скобелев (Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev)
Also known as: Skobeleff
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Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev (1843–1882), Russian general, hero of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878 and of the Central Asian campaigns, who called openly for a Franco-Russian alliance against Germany in Paris in February 1882 and died suddenly in Moscow on 7 July 1882 (footnote at 097.0389; en.wikipedia «Mikhail Skobelev»).
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On Gambetta's death (January 1883) Marie mourns the lost hope of a Franco-Russian war of revenge: «Skobeleff, Gambetta, Chanzy, Adrien, l'alliance franco-russe et l'écrasement de la Prusse...» (097.0389); «Avec Skobeleff et Gambetta et Chanzy la France reprenait l'Alsace-Lorraine et nos provinces Baltiques n'étaient plus menacées» (097.0390).
Not the «Mlle Skobeleff» of the 1874 Nice gossip, his sister (SKOBELEFF).
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