Gour'ko, Joseph

VLADIMIROVITSCH, COUNT, Ru ian general; born Nov. 15, 1828; entered the Crime an war as captain of infantry; returned to the Life-Guards, of which he had formerly been a member, in 1857, and was advanced to the rank of colonel, brigade commander, and finally division commander. In the war with Turkey (1877) he rendered gallant service, and at its close was appointed general of cavalry, made one of the Czar's staff, and later became governor-general of St. Petersburg. Proving unable to suppre the attempts to a a inate the Czar, he was deprived of his command, but was recalled by Alexander III. and made military governor of Warsaw (1883). Gove, in Kansas , a W.co.; area, 1,020 sq. m. It is intersected by Smoky Hill river and the N. Fork of that river. Surface, rolling prairie; soil , fertile. Cap . Gove City. Pop . (1895) 2,126.