What was the date that the person who revived the Order of Distinction in 1878 was deposed?
Order of Distinction (Ottoman Empire) The Order of Distinction or Order of Honour (Turkish: "Nişan-i Imtiyaz" ) was an order of the Ottoman Empire founded by Sultan Abdul Hamid I. It was a higher honor than the Order of Glory and given to reward merit and outstanding services. It was revived on 17 December 1878 by Sultan Abdul Hamid II. This was the highest order in the Ottoman Empire.
Aleksandr Burago Aleksandr Petrovich Burago (Russian: Александр Петрович Бураго ) was an officer of the Russian Imperial army. Serving as a captain under Joseph Vladimirovich Gourko, he commanded the force that liberated Plovdiv from the Ottoman rule on 16 January 1878. Later on Burago became a colonel. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 30, in 1883, on Madeira, and was buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg.