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Date of birth unknown; died 1856. One of the leaders of the Taiping Rebellion in China.Wei Ch’ang-Hui came from the milieu of the small gentry. He joined the Taiping movement in 1847 and commanded a large unit of the Taiping army. In 1852 he was given the title of northern prince, and in 1853 he became a member of the Taiping government. In September 1856, on the basis of personal and factional ...

1791–1859, Russian writer, known for his nostalgic descriptions of the Orenburg region. Aksakov's chief work is Family Chronicle. (1856, tr. 1924), a partly fictionalized picture of country life in the days of serfdom. His Years of Childhood. (1856, tr. 1960), which vividly describes his joyous youth, is one of the finest of Russian literary memoirs.

Town (1990 pop. 30,081), Shizuoka prefecture, E central Honshu, Japan, at the south extremity of Izu peninsula, on Shimoda Bay. It is an important port for the peninsula. The first U.S. Consulate, under Townsend Harris, was opened at Shimoda in 1856. The Gyokusenji Temple, where Harris resided (1856–57), is now a memorial.

Born Oct. 8 (19), 1786, in Moscow; died May 9 (21), 1861, in St. Petersburg. Russian army officer and statesman; diplomat; prince (1856); general of the cavalry (1833). Nephew of A. G. Orlov and G. G. Orlov.Orlov served in the campaigns of the Russian Army against Napoleon from 1805 to 1814. As commander of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment, he participated in the suppression of the Decembrist ...

Born Oct. 8 (19), 1786, in Moscow; died May 9 (21), 1861, in St. Petersburg. Russian army officer and statesman; diplomat; prince (1856); general of the cavalry (1833). Nephew of A. G. Orlov and G. G. Orlov.Orlov served in the campaigns of the Russian Army against Napoleon from 1805 to 1814. As commander of the Life Guards Cavalry Regiment, he participated in the suppression of the Decembrist ...