Maksud Alikhanov-Avarsky (
Russian language
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: Максуд Алиханов-Аварский) (in some documents his name is spelled as Alexander Mikhailovich) (1846-1907) - Russian Lieutenant-General (April 22, 1907),
Merv District Head and
Tiflis Governor. The elder brother of Kaitmaz Alikhanov.
Biography
Born on November 23, 1846 in the village of
Khunzakh in
Dagestan
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, in the family of an
Avar officer. As a child, he was held hostage by
Shamil Shamil (Arabic: شَامِل ''shāmil'') is a lesser common masculine Arabic name. The name is usually from the adjective which have several correlated meanings from the Arabic "complete, comprehensive, universal" but could also mean "embodying, pr ...
, after the ransom was determined in the 2nd Tiflis noble school. He reportedly carried the name Ali Khan Avarski.
His governance in the Caucasus was controversial and characterized as repressive.
He was subjected to an assassination attempt in 1906.
He was assassinated in 1907. The New York Times reports the date of the assassination as July 16.
Awards
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Order of St. George (1877)
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* Order of St. Vladimir
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(1872, 1899)
* Order of St. Anna (1888, 1906)
* Order of St. Stanislaus
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(1904)
* Imperial Order of the Lion and the Sun (Persia) (1884, 1900 & 1902)
* Order of the Golden Star of Bukhara (1895)
Selected works of Alikhanov-Avarsky
* Mervsky oasis and roads leading to it. St Petersburg, 1883
* Visiting the Shah. Essays on Persia. Tiflis, 1898
* Hike in Khiva (Caucasian troops). Steppe and oasis. St Petersburg, 1899
* Tarihi Derbend-Nama. Tiflis, 1898.
* Author of numerous illustrations, articles and reports in periodicals.
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1846 births
1907 deaths
Russian military leaders
Military writers from the Russian Empire
Recipients of the Order of St. George
Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir
Recipients of the Order of St. Anna
Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Fourth Degree
19th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire