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Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (Russian: Князь Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ме́ншиков; 26 August 1787 – 2 May 1869) was a Russian nobleman, military commander and statesman.
Prince Toussoun mentioned that the Ottoman coalition forces, including the Turks, Egyptians, British, and French in particular, defeated the Russian army in 1854, which was led by General Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, in one of the most famous battlefields, which was the Battle of Alma, after which the Egyptian fleet returned on October, 31 ...
Russian commander Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov rushed his available forces to the last natural defensive position before the city, the Alma Heights, south of the Alma River. The allies made a series of disjointed attacks. The French turned the Russian left flank with an attack up cliffs that the Russians had considered unscalable.
Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков; 16 November [O.S. 6 November] 1673 – 23 November [O.S. 12 November] 1729) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora (Duke of Ingria), Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke of Cosel.
The siege was put under the command of Adjutant General Prince Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, with total forces of 23,000 personnel and 170 artillery pieces against the 12,000 garrison of Varna under Vizier Yusuf Pasha.
M. Nikolay Maklakov; Pavel Petrovich Melnikov; Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov; Peter von Meyendorff; Aleksander Meysztowicz; Nikolai Mezentsov; Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia
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Alexander Danilovich Menshikov (1673–1729), Russian statesman Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787–1869), Finnish-Russian nobleman Alexander Alexandrovich Menshikov (1714–1764), officer in the Russian army