Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky

Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov

Karsky
Nikolay Muravyov-Karsky
Born(1794-08-13)13 August 1794
Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire
Died4 November 1866(1866-11-04) (aged 72)
Skornyakova, Zadonsky Uyezd, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire
Allegiance Russian Empire
Service / branch Imperial Russian Army
Years of service1811–1859
RankGeneral of the Infantry
Battles / warsNapoleonic Wars
Russo-Persian War
Russo-Turkish War
Caucasian War
November Uprising
Hungarian Campaign
Crimean War
AwardsOrder of St. Andrew
Order of St. George

Nikolay Nikolayevich Muravyov-Karsky (Russian: Николай Николаевич Муравьёв-Карский; 13 August 1794 – 4 November 1866[a]) was an Imperial Russian military officer and General of the Russian Army. A member of the mighty Muravyov family. He became famous for the capture of Kars in the Crimean War, for which he was unofficially nicknamed Karsky ("of Kars").
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