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south. Wintering at Chimkent, he captured Tashkent the following year. This was contrary to his instructions, and although he was received in St See also:

PETERSBURG

Petersburg with See also:

ENTHUSIASM

enthusiasm, and presented with a See also:

SWORD (0. Eng. sweord; ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning to wound)

sword of See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour by the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, he was not again employed in the military service, and retired from it in See also:

JULY

July 1874. He bought, and edited with See also:

GREAT

great success, the Russkiy Mir in See also:

SLAVONIC, OLD

Slavonic interests, devoting himself to the Panslavic See also:

IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea. In the summer of 1876 he was appointed commander-in-chief of the Servian army, but on entering See also:

TURKEY

Turkey was driven back by See also:

Osman See also:

PASHA

Pasha, who followed him into See also:

SERVIA

Servia, defeating him at Zayechar and Yavor in July, and the See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign in Servia proved disastrous. He rashly proclaimed See also:

Milan See also:

king of Servia in See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September, and in October Aleksinats and Deligrad were in the hands of the See also:

TURKS

Turks, and the road open to See also:

BELGRADE (Servian, Biograd or Beograd, i.e. " White Castle")

Belgrade. An See also:

ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice was concluded, and Tchernaiev resigned his command. In 1877 he visited See also:

Austria in connexion with his propaganda, but was expelled, and lived for a time in See also:

France.

In 1879 he organized a Bulgarian rising, but was arrested at See also:

Adrianople and sent back to See also:

Russia. He succeeded See also:

KAUFMANN, CONSTANTINE PETROVICH (1818-1882)

Kaufmann' (q.v.) as See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Turkestan in 1882, but his aggressive policy led to his recall two years later, when he was appointed a member of the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of war at St See also:

Peters-See also:

BURG

burg. In 1886 his opposition to the Central Asian Military railway caused him to lose his seat in the council. He died on the 16th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1898, at his See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country seat in the See also:

province of See also:

MOGILEV

Mogilev.

End of Article: TCHERNAIEV, MIKHAIL GREGORJOVICH (1828—1898)

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