List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812
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This is a list of commanders of the Russian Army in 1812 before the Patriotic War of 1812.
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Afanasii Agalin | 1764-1846 | Major General (1807) | Chief of the Kursk Kursk Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history... infantry regiment |
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Vasili Adadurov | 1765-1845 | Major General (1798), from 1808 in retirement | Head of the 2nd brigade of the Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea... irregulars |
Polotsk, Czasniki | ||
Adam Georg von Agthe | 1777-1826 | Major General (1814) | Chief of the Saint Petersburg grenadier Grenadier (soldier) A grenadier was originally a specialized soldier, first established as a distinct role in the mid-to-late 17th century, for the throwing of grenades and sometimes assault operations. At this time grenadiers were chosen from the strongest and largest soldiers... regiment |
Borodino, Krasny Battle of Krasnoi The Battle of Krasnoi was a series of skirmishes fought in the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. This encounter was noteworthy because of the heavy losses inflicted on the remnants of the Grande Armée by the Russians under General Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov... , Leipzig Battle of Leipzig The Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations, on 16–19 October 1813, was fought by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden against the French army of Napoleon. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine... |
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Ivan Adamovich | d. after 1813 | Major General (1798) | In the 1st Corps of the Reserve Army | |||
Ivan Aklechev | 1758-1824 | Major General (1799) | Head of Olonets Olonets Olonets is a town and the administrative center of Olonetsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, situated on the Olonka River, to the east from Lake Ladoga. Population: -History:... and Vologda Vologda Vologda is a city and the administrative, cultural, and scientific center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on the Vologda River. The city is a major transport knot of the Northwest of Russia. Vologda is among the Russian cities possessing an especially valuable historical heritage... rifle brigades of the Saint Petersburg irregulars |
Polotsk, Lützen Battle of Lützen (1813) In the Battle of Lützen , Napoleon I of France lured a combined Prussian and Russian force into a trap, halting the advances of the Sixth Coalition after his devastating losses in Russia. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to undo Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked... , Bautzen Battle of Bautzen In the Battle of Bautzen a combined Russian/Prussian army was pushed back by Napoleon, but escaped destruction, some sources claim, because Michel Ney failed to block their retreat... , Dresden Battle of Dresden The Battle of Dresden was fought on 26–27 August 1813 around Dresden, Germany, resulting in a French victory under Napoleon I against forces of the Sixth Coalition of Austrians, Russians and Prussians under Field Marshal Schwartzenberg. However, Napoleon's victory was not as complete as it could... , Bar-sur-Aube Battle of Bar-sur-Aube The Battle of Bar-sur-Aube was fought on February 27, 1814, between the First French Empire and the Austrian Empire. The French were led by Nicolas Oudinot, while the Austrians and their Bavarian allies, forming the Army of Bohemia, were led by Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg... , Paris Battle of Paris (1814) The Battle of Paris was fought during the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. The French defeat led directly to the abdication of Napoleon I.-Background:... |
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Mikhail Akhlestyshev | 1782-1829 | Colonel (1810), Major General (1813) | Chief of 39th chasseur regiment | Kovel, Lyuboml, Golovnya, Golovnya, Bautzen, Katzbach Battle of Katzbach The Battle of Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was an accidental engagement of the Napoleonic Wars between the forces of the First French Empire under Marshal MacDonald and a Russo-Prussian army of the Sixth Coalition under Prussian Marshal Graf von Blücher... |
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Ilya Alekseyev | 1772-1830 | Major General (1807), Lieutenant General Lieutenant General Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General.... (1815) |
Chief of dragoon brigade in the Corpse of Wittgenstein Peter Wittgenstein Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein was a Russian Field Marshal distinguished for his services in the Napoleonic wars.-Life:... |
Polotsk, Czasniki, Stolbsy, Smoliani Battle of Smoliani At the Battle of Smoliani , the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein defeated the French forces of Marshal Claude Victor and Marshal Nicholas Oudinot. This battle was the last effort of the French to reestablish their northern flank in Russia, known as the "Dwina Line"... , Lützen |
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Fyodor Aleksopol | 1758-after 1816 | Major General (1807) | Chief of the 2nd brigade of the 23rd infantry division | Smolensk Battle of Smolensk (1812) The Battle of Smolensk, the first major battle of the French invasion of Russia took place on August 16–18, 1812, between 175,000 men of the Grande Armée under Napoleon Bonaparte and 130,000 Russians under Barclay de Tolly, though only about 50,000 and 60,000 respectively were actually engaged... , Borodino Battle of Borodino The Battle of Borodino , fought on September 7, 1812, was the largest and bloodiest single-day action of the French invasion of Russia and all Napoleonic Wars, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties... |
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Alexander Albrecht | 1788-1828 | Colonel (1811), Major General (1814), Lieutenant General (1826) | In the Corpse of Wittgenstein | Polotsk, Berezina Battle of Berezina The Battle of Berezina took place November 26–29, 1812 between the French army of Napoleon, retreating after his invasion of Russia and crossing the Berezina , and the Russian armies under Mikhail Kutuzov, Peter Wittgenstein and Admiral Pavel Chichagov. The battle ended with a mixed outcome... , Lützen, Bautzen, Dresden |
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Stepan Andreyevskiy | 1782-1742 | Colonel (1809), Major General (1813) | In the Leub Guard cavalry regiment | Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets Battle of Maloyaroslavets The Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812, between the Russians, under Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, and part of the corps of Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleon's stepson, under General Alexis Joseph Delzons which numbered about 20,000 strong.-Prelude:On 19 October, Napoleon... , Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm Battle of Kulm The Battle of Kulm was a battle near the town Kulm and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition... |
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Alexander Ansio | 1776-1830 | Major General (1810) | General on duty of the Danube Army Danube Army The Danube Army was created a short time before the French invasion of Russia, and was intended to prevent any Austrian incursions into western Ukraine.Commander-in-Chief Admiral P.V.ChichagovChief of Staff - General Lieutenant I.V.Sabaneev... |
Berezina | ||
Alexey Arakcheyev | 1769-1834 | General of artillery (1809) | Head of the War Department | Lützen, Bautzen | ||
Andrei Arakcheyev | 1772-1814 | Major General (1799) | Chief of artillery of the 3rd Reserve Army | |||
Ivan Andreyevich Argamakov | 1775-1820 | Colonel (1807), Major General (1813) | Chief of Zhytomyr Zhytomyr Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion... dragoon regiment |
Kaidanov, Minsk, Borisov, Bautzen, Leipzig, Hamburg | ||
Ivan Vasilievich Argamakov | 1763-1834 | Colonel (1806), Major General (1815) | Chief of Vladimir Vladimir Vladimir is a city and the administrative center of Vladimir Oblast, Russia, located on the Klyazma River, to the east of Moscow along the M7 motorway. Population:... dragoon regiment |
Dresden, Leipzig, Hamburg | ||
Gustav Armfelt | 1757-1814 | General of infantry (1812) | In the Imperial Retinue Retinue A retinue is a body of persons "retained" in the service of a noble or royal personage, a suite of "retainers".-Etymology:... |
Großbeeren, Dennewitz Battle of Dennewitz The Battle of Dennewitz took place on 6 September 1813 between the forces of the First French Empire and an army of Prussians and Russians of the Sixth Coalition. It occurred in Dennewitz, a village of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, near Jüterbog, 40 km. S.W... , Leipzig |
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Alexander Arseniev | 1754-1844 | Major General (1801) | In the Moscow irregulars | |||
Mikhail Arseniev | 1779-1838 | Major General (1812) | In the Leub Guard Cavalry regiment | Fère-Champenoise | ||
Nikolai Arseniev | 1764-1830 | Major General (1799) | Chief of a division in the Moscow irregulars | Borodino, Tarutino Battle of Tarutino The Battle of Tarutino was a part of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The battle is sometimes called the Battle of Vinkovo or the Battle of Chernishnya after the local river. Many historians claim that the latter name is more fitting because the village of Tarutino was 8 km from the described events... , Maloyaroslavets, Krasnoe |
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Aleksei Avdulin | 1776-1838 | Major General (1810) | In Reserve | |||
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Karl Gustav von Baggovut Karl Gustav von Baggovut Karl Gustav von Baggehufwudt September 1761 Perila, Estonia 18 October 1812 battle of Winkowo, Russian Empire was a Lieutenant General in Russian Empire taking part both in Napoleonic Wars and Finnish War... |
1761-1812 | Lieutenant General (1807) | Chief of 2nd infantry corps of the 1st Army of the West | Eulay, Pultusk, Heilsberg, Fridland, Finnish War, Borodino, Tarutino | ||
Prince Pyotr Bagration Pyotr Bagration Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration was a general of the Russian army. He was a descendant of the Georgian royal family of the Bagrations.- Life :... |
1765-1812 | General of infantry (1809) | Commander-in-chief Commander-in-Chief A commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military... of the 1st Army |
Saltanovka Battle of Saltanovka The Battle of Saltankovka was a battle of the 1812 French invasion of Russia.The Russian 2nd Army, led by Pyotr Bagration aimed to join main Russian army under Barclay de Tolly after the French forces took Mogilev and blocked Dnieper river crossing. Bagration sent general N.N... , Borodino |
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Prince Roman Bagration | 1778 – 1834 | Colonel (1810), Major General (1813) | In the Staff of the 3rd Army | Kobrin, Brest, Gorodechno | ||
Pyotr Balabin | 1776 - 1856 | Major General (1813), Lieutenant General (1832) | In the Corps of Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... |
Memel, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm, Glogau | ||
Stepan Balabin | 1763 – 1818 | Major General (1815) | Chief of the Don Cossacks Don Cossacks Don Cossacks were Cossacks who settled along the middle and lower Don.- Etymology and origins :The Don Cossack Host was a frontier military organization from the end of the 16th until the early 20th century.... Ataman Regiment |
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Prince Kirill Balatukov | 1774 – 1827 | Major General (1813) | Chief of the Simferopol Simferopol -Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the... Chivalry Tatar Regiment |
Romanov, Mir Battle of Mir Battle of Mir was one of the first battles of the Polish-Russian War of 1792. It took place in the town of Mir, which is now part of Belarus on June 11, 1792.The Russian army of Boris Mellin defeated the Lithuanian force under Józef Judycki... , Borodino, Tarutino |
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Alexander Balashov Alexander Balashov Alexander Dmitriyevich Balashov was a Russian general and statesman.Balashov came from a noble family. When the boy turned 6 years, his father, a Privy Counsellor and Senator, had him enrolled in the Preobrazhensky Regiment though it was not until November 1781 that he entered the Page Corps,... |
1770-1837 | General aid-de-camp (1809), General of infantry (1823) | Minister of Policy Ministry of Police of Imperial Russia Ministry of Police of Imperial Russia was created in the course of Government reform of Alexander I in 1810 and existed till 1819.-Ministry objectives and credentials:* Carrying out recruitment in the Army;* Protection of the state stocks of the foodstuffs;... , in the Emperor's retinue Retinue A retinue is a body of persons "retained" in the service of a noble or royal personage, a suite of "retainers".-Etymology:... |
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Mikhail Balk | 1764 – 1818 | Lieutenant General (1815) | Chief of the Riga Dragoon Regiment | Gromy, St-Dizier Battle of St-Dizier The first Battle of St-Dizier was fought on January 26, 1814, and resulted the victory of French under Napoleon Bonaparte against Russians under General Lanskoy... |
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Adam Balla | 1764 - 1812 | Major General (1799) | Commander of 3rd Brigade of 7th Infantry Division | Smolensk | ||
Pyotr Bardakov | 1756 - 1821 | Lieutenant General (1798) | Chief of Kostroma Kostroma Kostroma is a historic city and the administrative center of Kostroma Oblast, Russia. A part of the Golden Ring of Russian towns, it is located at the confluence of the Volga and Kostroma Rivers... militia |
Glogau | ||
Prince Michael Barclay de Tolly Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly , was a Russian Field Marshal and Minister of War during Napoleon's invasion in 1812 and War of the Sixth Coalition.-Early life:... |
1761-1818 | General of infantry (1809), Field Marshal Field Marshal Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical... (1814) |
Minister of Land Forces of Russia, Commander of 1st and 3rd Armies of the West | Borodino, Kulm, Leipzig, Paris | ||
Ludwig Balthasar Alexis Bartholomäi | 1784-1839 | Colonel (1812), Lieutenant General (1826) | Aid-de-camp of Michael Barclay de Tolly | Vitebsk, Smolenks, Borodino, Tarutino, Leipzig, Krasnoe, Laon Battle of Laon The Battle of Laon was the victory of Blücher's Prussian army over Napoleon's French army near Laon.-Prelude:An Allied coalition attempted to complete the destruction of Napoleon's French Empire in 1814. France had been defeated in Russia in 1812 and in Central Europe in 1813... , Soissons |
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Alexey Bakhmetiev | ||||||
Nikilay Bakhmetiev | ||||||
Alexander Bashilov Alexander Bashilov Alexander Alexandrovich Bashilov was a Russian general officer of Napoleonic Wars period, later engaged in urban planning of Moscow and its suburbs.-Military career:... |
1777-1849 (1847?) | Major General (1810) | Brigade commander, Third Army | Gorodechna | ||
Panteleymon Benardos | ||||||
Count Alexander von Benckendorff Alexander von Benckendorff Count Alexander von Benckendorff, was a Russian Infantry General and statesman, Adjutant General of the H. I. M. Retinue and a commander in the Patriotic War of 1812 best remembered for having established the Gendarmes in Russia.... |
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Konstantin von Benckendorff Konstantin von Benckendorff Konstantin von Benckendorff was a Russian general and diplomat. His brother Alexander von Benckendorff was also a general and statesman, and his sister Dorothea von Lieven was a political force famous at London St. Petersburg, and Paris.... |
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Count Levin August von Bennigsen Levin August, Count von Bennigsen Levin August Gottlieb Theophil , Count von Bennigsen was a German general in the service of the Russian Empire.... |
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Bernhard Magnus von Berg | 1764-1838 | |||||
Gregor von Berg | 1765-1838 | |||||
Alexander Berdyaev | ||||||
Alexander Bibikov | ||||||
Adam Otto von Bistram | ||||||
Karl Heinrich Georg von Bistram | ||||||
Andrey Bogdanovskiy | ||||||
Nikolay Borozdin | 1777 - 1830 | Major General (1807) | chief of 1st Cuirassier Division, 5th Infantry Corps | Finnish War, Borodino, Bauzten, Leipzig | ||
Baron Karl Ludwig von Budberg | 1775–1829 | |||||
Otto von Buchholtz | 1770 – 1831 | |||||
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Yefim Chaplits Yefim Chaplits Eufemiusz Czaplic was a general of the Russian Empire.Eufemiusz Czaplic was born into an old Polish noble family Czaplic and began military service in the Polish army, but entered the Russian service with a rank of second major of on October 26, 1783... |
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Ilya Chernozubov | ||||||
Alexander Chernyshyov Alexander Chernyshyov Alexander Ivanovich Chernyshyov , General of Cavalry , was a Russian military leader, diplomat and statesman, whose career began in Napoleonic Wars. After Battle of Austerlitz, he performed successful diplomatic mission to France and Sweden and served with distinction in battles of 1812 and 1813... |
(1786-1857) | Colonel (1809), Major General (November 1812) | Guerilla brigade commander | Raids in Neman River Neman River Neman or Niemen or Nemunas, is a major Eastern European river rising in Belarus and flowing through Lithuania before draining into the Curonian Lagoon and then into the Baltic Sea at Klaipėda. It is the northern border between Lithuania and Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast in its lower reaches... area, October-November 1812 |
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Nikolay Chicherin | ||||||
Pyotr Chicherin Pyotr Aleksandrovich Chicherin Pyotr Aleksandrovich Chicherin was a prominent Russian general that fought against Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. As a result, his portrait was hung in the of the Military Gallery of the Winter Palace.- Life :... |
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Pavel Choglokov | 1772 1832 | Major General (1808) | Chief of 1st Brigade, 11th Division, 4th Infantry Corps | Finnsih War, Smolensk, Borodino, Bautzen, Leipzig | ||
Baron Karl Clodt von Jürgensburg | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Denis Davydov Denis Davydov Denis Vasilyevich Davydov was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented a specific genre – hussar poetry noted for its hedonism and bravado – and spectacularly designed his own life to illustrate such poetry.-Biography:... |
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Maksim Damas | ||||||
David Delyanov | ||||||
Vasiliy Denisov | ||||||
Luka Denisiev | ||||||
Nikolay Depreradovich | ||||||
Nikolay Dekhterev | ||||||
Count Hans Karl von Diebitsch Hans Karl von Diebitsch Count Hans Karl Friedrich Anton von Diebitsch und Narden was a German-born soldier serving as Russian Field Marshal.... (Ivan Dibich) |
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Fyodor Dovre | ||||||
Dmitry Dokhturov Dmitry Dokhturov Dmitry Sergeyevich Dokhturov was a Russian Infantry General and a prominent military leader during the Patriotic War of 1812.... |
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Fyodor Drizen Fyodor Drizen Baron Fyodor Vasilyevich Drizen was a Russian commanding officer. Drizen was born to a family of Russian nobles, of German descent, initially named Osten-Drizen. The Osten-Drizen family was known, in noble circles, as fon-der-Osten-Drizen, having originally been von der Osten-Driesen... |
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Baron Ilya Ducca | ||||||
Ivan Durnovo | ||||||
Stepan Dyatkov | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Fyodor Engelhardt Fyodor Engelhardt Fyodor Engelhardt was a Russian Brigadier General and a hero of the storming of Izmail during the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792.-Early career:... |
1762-1831 | Commander of Riga volunteers | Defense of Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... |
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Grigori Engelhardt Grigori Engelhardt -Early career:Engelhardt was born into the Courland nobility. On May 6, 1776, he was enrolled in the Izmailovsky Life Guards Regiment as a noncommissioned officer. On December 3, 1779, he transferred to the Nevsky Musketeer Regiment as a lieutenant.... |
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Fyodor Ertell | ||||||
Magnus Gustav (Ivan) von Essen | 1759-1813 | |||||
Count Pyotr Essen | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Ermolay Gamper | 1750—1814 | |||||
Semyon Gangeblov Semyon Gangeblov Semyon Georgievich Gangeblov was a Russian military commander of the Napoleonic Wars. He came of the Georgian noble family Gangeblidze , which emigrated to Russia in 1724.... |
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Vasiliy Garpe | 1762—1814 | |||||
Ivan Geidenreich | 1769—1839 | |||||
Gotthard August von Helffreich | 1776—1843 | |||||
Jakov Gine | 1769—1813 | |||||
Andrey Glebov | 1770—1854 | |||||
Fyodor Gogel | 1775—1827 | |||||
Pavel Golenishchev-Kutuzov | 1772—1843 | |||||
Prince Dmitriy Golitsyn Dmitriy Vladimirovich Golitsyn Serene Prince Dmitriy Vladimirovich Golitsyn was a Russian cavalry general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars, statesman and military writer.... |
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Evgeniy Golovin | 1782—1858 | |||||
Prince Andrey Gorchakov | 1779—1855 | |||||
Timofey Grekov | 1770—1831 | |||||
Alexander Gresser | 1772—1822 | |||||
Andrey Gudovich | 1782—1867 | |||||
Ivan Gurielov Ivan Gurielov Prince Ivan Stepanovich Gurielov also known as Guryalov or Gurieli was a Russian general of Georgian origin who fought in several campaigns, most notably in the 1812-14 wars against Napoleon I of France.... |
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Pyotr Ivelich | 1772 - 1816 | Major General (1808 | Chief of 1 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps | |||
Dmitry Ignatiev | ||||||
Alexey Ilovayskiy | ||||||
Vasiliy Ilovayskiy | ||||||
Grigori Ilovayskiy | ||||||
Ivan Ilovayskiy | ||||||
Nikolay Ilovayskiy | ||||||
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Ivan Inzov Ivan Inzov Ivan Nikitich Inzov was a Russian commander in the Patriotic War of 1812 and Governor of Bessarabia from 1818. Chişinău owes to him some of its finest buildings, including the Nativity Cathedral.... |
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini Antoine-Henri Jomini Antoine-Henri, baron Jomini was a general in the French and later in the Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war... |
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Vladimir Kablukov | ||||||
Platon Kablukov | ||||||
Kirill Kazachkovskiy | ||||||
Paisiy Kaysarov | ||||||
Pyotr Kaptsevich | ||||||
Moisey Karpenko | ||||||
Akim Karpov | ||||||
Ermolay Kern | ||||||
Stepan Khilkoff | ||||||
Prince Nikolay Khovansky | ||||||
Matvey Khrapovitskiy | ||||||
Ivan Khroshchov | ||||||
Pyotr Kikin | ||||||
Fyodor Knipper | ||||||
Karl von Knorring | 1774-1817 | |||||
Otto von Knorring | ||||||
Alexander Knyazhin | ||||||
Boris Knyazhin | ||||||
Pyotr Kozen | ||||||
Ivan Kozlyaninov | ||||||
Alexey Kologrivov | ||||||
Pyotr Kolyubakin | ||||||
Count Pyotr Konovnitsin | ||||||
Pyotr Kornilov | ||||||
Fyodor Korf | ||||||
Vasiliy Kostenetskiy | ||||||
Afanasiy Krasovskiy | ||||||
Baron Cyprian Kreutz | ||||||
Nikolay Kretov | ||||||
Maksim Kryzhanovskiy | ||||||
Nikoay Kudashev | ||||||
Yakov Kulnev Yakov Kulnev Yakov Petrovich Kulnev was, along with Pyotr Bagration and Aleksey Yermolov, one of the most popular Russian military leaders at the time of the Napoleonic Wars... |
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Dmitry Kuruta | ||||||
Alexander Kutaysov | ||||||
Dmitriy Kuteynikov | ||||||
Aleksander Kutuzov | ||||||
Prince Mikhail Kutuzov Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as one of the finest military officers and diplomats of Russia under the reign of three Romanov Tsars: Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I... |
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Count Charles de Lambert | ||||||
Count Alexander Langeron Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron Count Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langéron , born in Paris, was a French general in the service of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.-Early life:... |
1763-1831 | |||||
Sergey Lanskoy | ||||||
Vasiliy Laptev | ||||||
Vasiliy Levashov | ||||||
Baron Karl Levenstern | ||||||
Baron Woldemar Hermann von Löwenstern | 1776–1858 | |||||
Friedrich von Löwis of Menar ("Fyodor Leviz") | 1767-1824 | |||||
Dmitry Levin | ||||||
Ivan Leontiev | ||||||
Count Johann Lieven | ||||||
Fredrik Lindfors ("Fedor") | ||||||
Grigori Lisanevich | ||||||
Pyotr Likhachyov | ||||||
Fyodor Lukov | ||||||
Gavriil Lukovkin | ||||||
Dmitry Lyalin | ||||||
Dmitry Lyapunov | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Valerian Madatov Valerian Madatov Prince Valerian Grigoryevich Madatov was an Armenian prince and a lieutenant-general of the Russian Empire.-Early life:... |
1782-1829 | |||||
Count Johann von Manteuffel ("Ivan Manteyfel") | ||||||
Alexander Markov | ||||||
Yevgeni Markov | ||||||
Andrey Maskov | ||||||
Mikhail Mantsev | ||||||
Vladimir Mezentsev | ||||||
Mikhail Mezentsev | ||||||
Alexey Melissino | ||||||
Baron Egor Meller-Zakomelskiy | ||||||
Pavel Merlin | ||||||
Count Alexandre Michaud de Beauretour | 1771-1845 | |||||
Count Mikhail Miloradovich | 1771-1825 | |||||
Dmitry Mordvinov | ||||||
Fyodor Mosolov | ||||||
Nikolay Myakinin | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Ivan Nabokov Ivan Nabokov Ivan Aleksandrovich Nabokov was a Russian Adjutant general and general of infantry prominent during the Napoleonic wars.Nabokov came from an old noble family based in the Novgorod governorate, where his father... |
1787-1852 | |||||
Fyodor Nazimov | ||||||
Lev Naryshkin | ||||||
Mikhail Naumov | ||||||
Dmitry Neverskiy | ||||||
Pavel Neidhart | ||||||
Alexey Nikitin | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Prince Vasily Obolenskiy | ||||||
Adam Ozarowski Adam Ozarowski Count Adam Petrovich Ozharovsky was a Russian general of Polish descent who distinguished himself during the Napoleonic Wars.... |
1776-1855 | |||||
Modest Okulov | ||||||
Evgeny Olenin | ||||||
Count Joseph D'Olon | ||||||
Zakhar Olsufiev | ||||||
Nikolay Olsufiev | ||||||
Karl Oldekop | ||||||
Karl Opperman | ||||||
Vasiliy Orlov-Denisov | ||||||
Prince Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken | 1752-1837 | |||||
Count Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy Alexander Ivanovich Count Osterman-Tolstoy was a Russian nobleman and soldier in the era of the French Revolutionary Wars... |
1772-1857 | |||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Baron Magnus von der Pahlen ("Matvei") | ||||||
Count Paul von der Pahlen | ||||||
Count Peter von der Pahlen | ||||||
Ivan Palitsin | ||||||
Ivan Panchulidzev | ||||||
Semyon Panchulidzev | ||||||
Count Ivan Paskevich Ivan Paskevich Ivan Fyodorovich Paskevich was a Ukrainian-born military leader. For his victories, he was made Count of Erivan in 1828 and Namestnik of the Kingdom of Poland in 1831... |
17782-1856 | |||||
Alexander Patton | ||||||
Marquis Filippo Paulucci | ||||||
Alexander Peiker | ||||||
Georg Ludwig Pilar von Pilchau | 1767-1830 | |||||
Alexander Pisarev | ||||||
Count Matvei Platov Matvei Platov Count Matvei Ivanovich Platov was a Russian general who commanded the Don Cossacks in the Napoleonic wars.... |
1757-1818 | |||||
Konstantin Poltoratskiy | ||||||
Boris Poluektov | ||||||
Ivan Pol | ||||||
Mikhail Ponsette | ||||||
Fyodor Posnikov | ||||||
Yakov Potyomkin | ||||||
Count Stanisław Potocki (1782-1831) | ||||||
Count Carlo-Andrea Pozzo di Borgo | ||||||
Alexey Protasov | ||||||
Dmitry Pyshnitskiy | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Nikolay Raevsky Nikolay Raevsky Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky was a Russian general and statesman who achieved fame for his feats of arms during the Napoleonic wars. His family left a lasting legacy in Russian society and culture.-Early life:Nikolay Raevsky was born in Saint Petersburg... |
1771-1829 | |||||
Vasily Rakhmanov | 1764-1816 | |||||
Dmitry Rezvy | 1762-1823 | |||||
Robert Renny | 1768-1832 | |||||
Prince Nikolay Repnin-Volkonsky | 1778-1845 | |||||
Sergey Repninskiy | 1775-1818 | |||||
Stepan Repninskiy | 1773-1851 | |||||
Johann Friedrich von Rehren (Ivan Reren) |
1775-1813 | |||||
Fyodor Rediger | 1773-1851 | |||||
Alexander von Rüdinger | 1782-1825 | |||||
Burchard Adam von Richter (Boris Richter) |
1782-1832 | |||||
Count Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke Count Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke was a Russian nobleman and military leader who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. He is also particularly well remembered in Serbia where he led a combined Russian and Serb army to defeat the Turks at Varvarin in 1810... |
1772-1849 | |||||
Baron Alexander von Rosen | 1779-1832 | |||||
Baron Gregor von Rosen (Grigori Rozen) |
1781-1841 | |||||
Baron Friedrich Georg Otto von Rosen (Fyodor Rozen) |
1767-1851 | |||||
Ignaty Rossi | 1765-1814 | |||||
Ludwig Roth Ludwig Roth Ludwig Roth was the Aerospace engineer who was the head of the Peenemünde Future Projects Office which designed the Wasserfall and created advanced rockets designs such as the A9/A10 ICBM.... ("Loggin Rot") |
1780-1851 | |||||
Alexander Ruzdrevich | 1785-1829 | |||||
Vasily Rykov | 1759-1827 | |||||
Alexander Ryleev | 1778-1840 | |||||
Mikhail Ryleev | 1771-1830 | |||||
Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia Constantine Pavlovich was a grand duke of Russia and the second son of Emperor Paul I. He was the Tsesarevich of Russia throughout the reign of his elder brother Alexander I, but had secretly renounced his claim to the throne in 1823... |
1779-1831 | |||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Ivan Sabaneev | ||||||
Fyodor Sanders | ||||||
Andrey Andreyevich von Saß | ||||||
Andreas Burchard Friedrich (Andrey Pavlovich) von Saß | ||||||
Eremey Savoini | ||||||
Ivan Sazonov | ||||||
Fyodor Sazonov | ||||||
Duke Leopold of Saxe-Coburg Leopold I of Belgium Leopold I was from 21 July 1831 the first King of the Belgians, following Belgium's independence from the Netherlands. He was the founder of the Belgian line of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha... |
1790-1865 | |||||
Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Peter Wittgenstein Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein was a Russian Field Marshal distinguished for his services in the Napoleonic wars.-Life:... |
1769-1843 | |||||
Gustav Scheele | ||||||
Nikolay Selyavin | ||||||
Aleksei Seslavin | ||||||
Count Emmanuel de Saint-Priest | ||||||
Prince Ivan Shakhovskoy | ||||||
Prince Alexander Shcherbatov | ||||||
Prince Alexey Shcherbatov | ||||||
Prince Nikolay Shcherbatov | ||||||
Ivan Shevich | ||||||
Vasily Shenshin | ||||||
Dmitry Shepelev | ||||||
Mikhail Shkapskiy | ||||||
Gerasim Shostakov | ||||||
Peter Schreyder | ||||||
Evstafiy Shtaden | ||||||
Fabian Steinheil Fabian Steinheil Count Fabian Gotthard von Steinheil was a Russian military officer, and the Governor-General of Finland between 1810 and 1824.Steinheil was born in Hapsal, Estonia... ("Faddei Shteingel") |
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Count Pavel Shuvalov | ||||||
Alexander Shulgin | ||||||
Daniil Shukhanov | ||||||
Count Egor Sivers | ||||||
Count Karl Sivers | ||||||
Nikolay Sipyagin | ||||||
Anton Skalon | 1767-1812 | |||||
Iosif Sokolovskiy | ||||||
Maksim Stavitskiy | ||||||
Semyon Stavrakov | ||||||
Georg Johann von Staal | 1777-1862 | |||||
Karl Gustav von Staal | 1778-1853 | |||||
Count Pavel Stroganov | 1774-1817 | |||||
Nikolay Sulima | ||||||
Ivan Sukhozanet | ||||||
Baron Paul van Suchtelen (son of Pieter van Suchtelen) | ||||||
Baron Pieter van Suchtelen | ||||||
Nikanor Svechin | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Alexander Talysin | ||||||
Fyodor Talysin | ||||||
Baron Fyodor Teil van Seraskern | ||||||
Alexander Thesleff | ||||||
Nikolay Titov | ||||||
Count Pyotr Tolstoy Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy Count Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy was a Russian general and statesman.Pyotr Tolstoy came from the Oryol branch of the Tolstoy family, his father Alexander Tolstoy was a grandson of Count Pyotr Andreyevich Tolstoy... |
1769-1844 | |||||
Baron Karl Wilhelm von Toll | ||||||
Count Alexander Tormasov Alexander Tormasov Count Alexander Petrovich Tormasov was a Russian cavalry general prominent during the Napoleonic Wars.... |
1752-1819 | |||||
Mikhail Treskin | ||||||
Ivan Troshchinskiy | ||||||
Prince Vasily Trubetskoy | 1776-1841 | |||||
Christian Truzson | ||||||
Alexander Tsvilinev | ||||||
Andrey Turchaninov | ||||||
Pavel Turchaninov | ||||||
Alexander Tuchkov | ||||||
Nikolay Tuchkov Nikolay Tuchkov Nikolay Alexeivich Tuchkov was a Russian general of the Russo-Swedish War , the suppression of the Kościuszko Uprising and the opposition to the French invasion of Russia. He rose to the rank of lieutenant general and commander of an infantry corps.... |
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Pavel Tuchkov | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Fyodor Uvarov | ||||||
Gustav Udam ("Evstafiy Udom") | 1760–1836 | |||||
Johann Udam ("Ivan Udom") | 1768–1821 | |||||
Andrey Umanets | ||||||
Prince Alexander Urusov | ||||||
Pavel Ushakov | ||||||
Sergei Ushakov | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Ivan Vadbolskiy | ||||||
Yakov Vadkovsky | 1774 - 1820 | Major General (1808) | Chief of 2 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps | |||
Ludwig Valmoden | ||||||
Dmitry Vasilchikov | ||||||
Illarion Vasilchikov | ||||||
Nikolay Vasilchikov | ||||||
Anton Velikopolskiy | ||||||
Ivan Velyaminov | ||||||
Gavriil Veselitskiy | ||||||
Mikhail Vistitskiy | ||||||
Egor Vlastov | ||||||
Mikhail Vlodek | ||||||
Alexey Voyeykov | ||||||
Alexander Voinov | ||||||
Mikhail Volkov | ||||||
Prince Pyotr Volkonskiy Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky Knyaz/ Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky ) , Russian military commander, General-Field Marshal , Adjutant General to Alexander I, member of the State Council , His Serene Highness Knyaz/Prince .Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky was born in Saint Petersburg in 1776... |
1776-1852 | |||||
Prince Sergey Volkonskiy | ||||||
Prince Mikhail Vorontsov Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov Prince Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov , was a Russian prince and field-marshal, renowned for his success in the Napoleonic wars, and most famous for his participation in the Caucasian War from 1844 to 1853.... |
1782-1856 | |||||
Nikolay Vuich | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Baron Ferdinand Wintzingerode | ||||||
Count Ivan Witte | ||||||
Duke Alexander of Wurttemberg | ||||||
Duke Eugene of Wurttemberg Eugen Duke of Württemberg (1788–1857) Duke Eugen of Württemberg was a German nobleman and a General of Infantry in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.-Early life and family:... |
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Lev Yashvil Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil Prince Lev Mikhailovich Yashvil was a Russian general of Georgian origin . He was a brother of General Vladimir Yashvil.... |
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Nikolay Yemelyanov | ||||||
Alexey Yermolov Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov , or Ermolov , was a Russian Imperial general of the 19th century who commanded Russian troops in the Caucasus War.-Early life:... |
1777-1861 | |||||
Ivan Yershov Ivan Yershov Ivan Vasiliyevitch Yershov or Ershov , born November 8, 1867 - died November 21, 1943, was a Russian opera singer. He earned renown for his brilliant performances at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, performing some of the most demanding roles written for the dramatic tenor... |
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Andrey Yefimovich | ||||||
Vasiliy Yeshin | ||||||
Dmitry Yuzefovich | ||||||
Alexander Yushkov | ||||||
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Portrait | Name | Dates of birth and death | Rank | Position in 1812 | Major battles | Military Gallery Military Gallery The Military Gallery is a gallery of the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812... |
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Pyotr Zagryazhskiy | ||||||
Arseniy Zakrevskiy Arseniy Zakrevskiy Count Arseny Andreyevich Zakrevsky was a Russian statesman and Minister of the Interior from April 19 of 1828 to November 19 of 1831.... |
1783–1865 | |||||
Timofey Zbievskiy | ||||||
Fyodor Zvarykin | ||||||
Filipp Zhevakhov Filipp Zhevakhov Filipp Semyonovich Zhevakhov was a Russian general of Georgian noble descent and a participant of the Napoleonic Wars.Zhevakhov was born in the émigré Georgian family of Princes Javakhishvili who had an estate in Ukraine. He joined the Russian army as a hussar officer in 1766 and took part in the... |
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Ivan Zhevakhov Ivan Zhevakhov Ivan Semyonovich Zhevakhov or Ivane Javakhishvili was a Russian general of Georgian noble descent and a participant of the Napoleonic Wars.... |
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Spiridon Zhevakhov Spiridon Zhevakhov Spiridon Eristovich Zhevakhov or Spiridon Javakhishvili was a Russian general of Georgian noble descent and a participant of the Napoleonic Wars.... |
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Pyotr Zheltukhin | ||||||
Sergey Zheltukhin | ||||||
Apollon Zhemchuzhnikov | ||||||