the Fergana valley, directing matters from Margelan and New Margelan, was cut short in this second campaign of his in the area. He was recalled. (On 7 July 1882, while staying at a Moscow hotel, on his way to his estate, he died suddenly of a heart attack, shortly before the annexation of Merv). General Chernyayev, the conqueror of Tashkent in 1865, was appointed as his successor. There are various species of plants are named after him including Tulipa kaufmanniana, Eremurus kaufmannii, Eremostachys kaufmanniana, Gentiana kaufmanniana, and Statice kaufmanniana. Notes References Further reading «Кауфман» in the Русский Биографический Словарь. Ибак – Ключарев (С.Пб.) 1897. Евгений Глущенко "Герои Империи" (Москва) 2001. Jean-Marie Thiebaud, Personnages marquants d'Asie centrale, du Turkestan et de l'Ouzbékistan, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2004. External links 1818 births 1882 deaths Russian military leaders Military Engineering-Technical University alumni Politicians of the Russian Empire Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Second Degree Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Third Degree Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Great Game 19th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire People from the Russian Empire of German descent Governors-General of Lithuania People from Ryki County