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Russian General Mikhail Skobelev on horseback, (1883). Artist: Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky

Russian General Mikhail Skobelev on horseback, (1883). Artist: Nikolai Dmitrievich Dmitriev-Orenburgsky

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Russian General Mikhail Skobelev on horseback, (1883). Mikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev (1843-1882) was a Russian soldier who distinguished himself in the conquest of Central Asia and in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Popular with his soldiers for always being in the thick of the action on the battlefield, his death from a heart attack at the age of 38 was regarded with suspicion by many. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Irkutsk, Russia.

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