Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov1855
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Russian forces in the Crimea in place of the disgraced Prince Menshikov.
Russia · Warfare / Crimean War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed Commander in Chief of the Russian forces in the Crimea in place of the disgraced Prince Menshikov.
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