Atlas of Battles

commander, 5 engagements

Battles of Mikhail Skobelev

Battles of Mikhail Skobelev

Russian general (1843–1882)

Mikhail Skobelev is recorded as a commander at 5 placed engagements in the atlas between 1877 and 1880: 3 battles and 2 sieges across 2 present-day countries, most in Bulgaria (4), Turkmenistan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,057 km apart end to end, 764 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Tenth Russo-Turkish War (4), Russian colonisation of Central Asia (1).

Battle of SvistovBattle of Shipka PassSiege of PlevnaBattle of LovchaBattle of Geok TepeBattle of SvistovBattle of Shipka PassBattle of Geok TepeTehranBaghdadAthensAnkaraAleppoMashhadDamascusBucharestBakuBeirut1000 km40.886N, 41.293E
5 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1877: 4 engagements4 in 18771880: 1 engagements18771880
5 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Svistov, 1877Battle of Shipka Pass, 1877Siege of Plevna, 1877Battle of Lovcha, 1877Battle of Geok Tepe, 188018771880
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
26 June 1877Battle of SvistovDanube Vilayet, BulgariaRussian victory
17 July 1877Battle of Shipka PassShipka Pass, Bulgaria95 km SRusso-Bulgarian victory
20 July 1877Siege of PlevnaPleven, Bulgaria91 km NWRussian coalition victoryOttoman victory – 1st Rus....
1 September 1877Battle of LovchaLovech, Bulgaria31 km SRussian victory
December 1880Battle of Geok TepeGökdepe, Turkmenistan2,840 km ERussian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Sergey Lvovich Levitsky, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.