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  Previously trained tutor-German and then in Paris, then in Russia
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  During the service was promoted to cadet sword belt, then cornet
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  He was awarded the Order of St. Anne's 4-th degree "for bravery"
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  At the end of the course the Academy in 1868 Skobelev became the 13th of the 26 officers ranked as the General Staff
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  In August, he has won a landslide victory
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