Later Life
After the war Totleben was assigned to be Governor General of Bessarabia and Novorossiya. He also became a hereditary Count.
In 1880 Totleben held the post of Governor General of Vilna, and after much suffering he died at Bad Soden near Frankfurt am Main. He is buried in Sevastopol.
The village of Totleben in Pordim municipality, Pleven Province, is named after Eduard Totleben, in honour of his decisive role in the Siege of Plevna of 1877.
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