# Mikhail Kutuzov

> The Russian field marshal who took two bullets to the head fighting the Turks — decades apart — and lived to bleed Napoleon dry in 1812. Kutuzov won by refusing to win: he retreated, burned, waited, and let winter finish what attrition started.

*Field Marshal of the Russian Empire (1745–1813)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/mikhail-kutuzov

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Public Official
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1747-09-05
- **Died:** 1813-04-16
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born in 1745, Mikhail Golenishchev-Kutuzov served three Romanov rulers as both soldier and diplomat. He was shot in the head in 1774 fighting the Ottomans, then again in 1788 — both times he survived wounds that should have killed him. By 1812, now a field marshal, he commanded Russia's defense against Napoleon's Grande Armée. He chose attrition over pitched battle: falling back, scorching earth, stretching supply lines until the invaders crumbled. At Krasnoi he crushed the retreat, earning the victory title "Smolensky" appended to his name. Alexander I called him one of Europe's greatest commanders; Kutuzov died in April 1813, months after the war he'd won by refusing to fight it on Napoleon's terms.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.1 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.4 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/ch0526947/ (@ch0526947)

## Topics
#Historical Figures, #Writer / Author, #Founders, #Early Modern Era

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185801)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kutuzov)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Mikhail%20Kutuzov)
- [Mixail Kutuzov](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixail_Kutuzov)
- [Міхаіл Кутузаў](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%9E)
- [Міхаіл Іларыёнавіч Кутузаў](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%86%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%91%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%9E)
- [Михаил Кутузов](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2)
- [Mikhaïl Kutúzov](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikha%C3%AFl_Kut%C3%BAzov)
- [Mihail Kutuzov](https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Kutuzov)
- [Michail Illarionovič Kutuzov](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Illarionovi%C4%8D_Kutuzov)
- [Кутузов Михаил Илларионович](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%98%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Mikhail Kutuzov](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kutuzov)
- [Michail Illarionowitsch Kutusow](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Illarionowitsch_Kutusow)
- [Μιχαήλ Κουτούζοφ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CF%87%CE%B1%CE%AE%CE%BB_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%8D%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%86)
- [Miĥail Kutuzov](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C4%A5ail_Kutuzov)
- [Mijaíl Kutúzov](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mija%C3%ADl_Kut%C3%BAzov)
- [Mihhail Kutuzov](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihhail_Kutuzov)
- [Mikhail Kutuzov](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Kutuzov)
- [میخائیل کوتوزوف](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%81)
- [Mihail Kutuzov](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Kutuzov)
- [Mikhaïl Koutouzov](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikha%C3%AFl_Koutouzov)
- [מיכאיל קוטוזוב](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%98%D7%95%D7%96%D7%95%D7%91)
- [Mihail Kutuzov](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Kutuzov)
- [Michail Illarionowič Kutuzow](https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michail_Illarionowi%C4%8D_Kutuzow)
- [Mihail Illarionovics Kutuzov](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihail_Illarionovics_Kutuzov)
- [Wikiquote](https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BB_%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BE%D0%B2)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michail_Illarionovi%C4%8D_Kutuzov)
- [Wikiquote](https://eo.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mi%C4%A5ail_Kutuzov)
- [Wikiquote](https://hy.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%AD%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%AC_%D4%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A6%D5%B8%D5%BE)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michail_Illarionovi%C4%8D_Kutuzov)

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