Todleben

Todleben, EDUARD IWANOWITCH (1818-84), Russiam general, was of German descent. After serving in the Caucasus and on the Danube, he gained distinction by his engineering operations at the siege of Sevastopol, during which he was wounded. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78 he conducted the siege of Plevna, and was afterwards put at the head of the army in Bulgaria.