Skobelev

10 hrs. 58 min.

Language Russian

Author Vasily Nemirovich-Danchenko

Narrator Stanislav Fedosov

Description

This book is devoted to the outstanding Russian commander General M. D. Skobelev, who especially distinguished himself in the liberation war of the Bulgarian people against Turkey in 1877–1878.

In the narrative, using vivid, reliable literary means, the author depicts events that the author himself witnessed— a Russian writer, the brother of the well-known theatrical figure Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko.

Skobelev became especially famous during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878: forcing the Danube River, taking the fortress of Plevna, crossing the Balkans, the battle at Shipka-Sheynovo, the occupation of Adrianople and San Stefano, the advance toward Istanbul. Commander of an army corps in 1878–1880.

Under the nickname “The White General,” he enjoyed enormous popularity in Russia and especially in Bulgaria, where streets, squares, and parks were named after him. Some representatives of the public even considered him a probable head of a future independent Bulgarian state.

He died in Moscow under unclear circumstances at the age of 38.

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