Complex sentence: Richard Troyanovich Meves (Ричард Троянович фон Мевес) (1839--1901) was a Lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army, involved in the Russian-Turkish war of 1877--1878.
Split into simpler sentences: Richard Troyanovich Meves (Ричард Троянович фон Мевес) (1839--1901) was a Lieutenant general in the Imperial Russian Army who fought in the Russian-Turkish War (1877-1878). In the Russian-Turkish war of 1877--1878.