Eduard Ivanovich Totleben  Totleben or Todleben, Eduard
Ivanovich (both: ĕdwärtˈ ēväˈnəvĭch tôtˈlyĕbyĭn) [key], 1818–84,
Russian general and military engineer. He won his chief renown
in the Crimean War by his defense of Sevastopol (1854–55). In a
very short time Totleben constructed a system of fortifications
that enabled the garrison to hold out for nearly a year.
Totleben is considered the originator of a new technique of
fortification. He planned the siege of Pleven in the later
Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) and subsequently received the
command of the entire Russian army and was created a count.
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