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General Mouravieff, the Captor of Kars (from a photograph by Weingartner, of Moscow), 1856. Russian officer who fought against the British in the Crimean War. For his role in the Siege of Kars, captured on November 28, 1855 (according to Gregorian calendar), the tsar awarded him with a prestigious title "Karski" ("of Kars"), added to his surname. 'General Mouravieff was selected by the late Emperor of Russia to command the troops in Asia as well on account of his noted bravery and good generalship as from his experience on the theatre of war in that country. [He]...is the scion of an ancient Russian family, distinguished in literature and science, as well as in arms. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.