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GOURKO, See also:JOSEPH VLADIMIROVICH, See also:COUNT (1828–1901) , See also:Russian See also:general, was See also:born, of Lithuanian extraction, on the 15th of See also:November 1828. He was educated in the imperial See also:corps of pages, entered the hussars of the imperial bodyguard as sub-See also:lieutenant in 1846, became See also:captain in 1857, See also:adjutant to the See also:emperor in 186o, See also:colonel in 1861, See also:commander of the 4th See also:Hussar See also:regiment of See also:Mariupol in 1866, and See also:major-general of the emperor's See also:suite in 1867. He subsequently commanded the See also:grenadier regiment, and in 1873 the 1st See also:brigade, 2nd See also:division, of the See also:cavalry of the guard. Although he took See also:part in the See also:Crimean See also:War, being stationed at Belbek, his claim to distinction is due to his services in the See also:Turkish war of 1877. He led the See also:van of the Russian invasion, took See also:Trnovo on the 7th See also:July, crossed the Balkans by the Hain Bogaz pass, debouching near Hainkioi, and, notwithstanding considerable resistance, captured Uflani, Maglish and Kazanlyk; on the 18th of July he attacked Shipka, which was evacuated by the, See also:Turks on the following See also:day. Thus within sixteen days of See also:crossing the See also:Danube Gourko had secured three See also:Balkan passes and created a panic at See also:Constantinople. He then made a See also:series of successful reconnaissances of the Tunja valley, cut the railway in two places, occupied Stara Zagora (Turkish, Eski Zagra) and Nova Zagora (Yeni Zagra), checked the advance of See also:Suleiman's See also:army., and returned again over the Balkans. In See also:October he was appointed commander of the allied cavalry, and attacked the See also:Plevna See also:line of communication to Orkhanie with a large mixed force, captured Gorni-Dubnik, Telische and See also:Vratza, and, in the See also:middle of November, Orkhanie itself.

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