Nikolai Stoletov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolai Stoletov

Russian general

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1831

Place of Birth: Vladimir, Vladimir Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1912

Profession: military personnel

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nikolai Grigorevich Stoletov (Russian: ????????, ??????? ???????????; 14 November [O.S.
2 November] 1834 – 10 July [O.S.
27 June] 1912) was a general in the Imperial Russian Army.
He was the brother of noted physicist Aleksandr Stoletov. Stoletov was born in Vladimir and attended the Vladimir Gymnasium (grammar school) and the Physics faculty of the Moscow State University graduating in 1854.
He joined the Russian army in 1854 and fought in the Crimean War, participating in the Battle of Inkermann and the Siege of Sevastopol. Stoletov graduated from the General Staff Academy in 1859.
In the 1860s Stoletov took part in the Russian conquest of Turkestan and was a major participant in the Russo Turkish War of 1877-78.
During this conflict he commanded the Russian and Bulgarian forces at the 2nd battle of the Shipka Pass. After the end of the Russo Turkish War Stoletov was made Lieutenant General and appointed commander of the Turkestan Military District and participated in a diplomatic mission to Afghanistan.
This mission indirectly led to a confrontation between Afghanistan and the British Empire, as the British demanded that the Afghans also accept a British mission, and when the Amir Sher Ali Khan refused, the British invaded, beginning the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
He retired in 1898 and died at Tsarskoye Selo.