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Alexander Suvorov

Russian marshal (1730-1800) · Russia · Died at 69

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A general who never lost a major battle in a career spanning half a century, Suvorov stormed Turkish fortresses, crushed Polish uprisings, and led a starving army through the Alps in winter to escape a French trap - emerging with a promotion to the highest rank in Russian military history.

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1800Died6 May 18001796“The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about.”In their wordsFrom "The Science of Victory," 1796.

1794“It is very difficult to do one's duty. I was considered a barbarian because at the storming of the Praga 7,000 people were killed. Europe says that I am a monster.”In their words15 October 1794About the Polish deaths in the storming of the fortified Praga suburb in Warsaw on October 15, 1794, during the Polish revolt, quotes in

1787“If we had not driven them into hell... hell would have swallowed us.”In their wordsAbout the Battle of Kinburn, 1787, from "The Book of Military Quotations" By Peter G. Tsouras - Page 138.

1730Born13 November 1730

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  1. The bullet is a mad thing; only the bayonet knows what it is about.

    1796, From "The Science of Victory," 1796., Own words

  2. It is very difficult to do one's duty. I was considered a barbarian because at the storming of the Praga 7,000 people were killed. Europe says that I am a monster.

    Oct 15, 1794, About the Polish deaths in the storming of the fortified Praga suburb in Warsaw on October 15, 1794, during the Polish revolt, quotes in, Own words

  3. If we had not driven them into hell... hell would have swallowed us.

    1787, About the Battle of Kinburn, 1787, from "The Book of Military Quotations" By Peter G. Tsouras - Page 138., Own words

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Awards

Pour le Mérite
Order of Saint Anna
Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky
Order of St. George, 3rd class
Order of St. George, 2nd class
Gold Sword for Bravery
Order of St. Vladimir, 1st class
Order of St. Andrew
Order of St. George, 1st class
Order of the Black Eagle
Order of the White Eagle (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth)
Order of the Red Eagle
Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa
Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
Order of Saint Januarius
Order of Saint John of Jerusalem
Order of Saint Hubert
Order of Saint Lazarus

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Born in Moscow in 1729 or 1730, Suvorov studied military history as a boy and joined the Imperial Russian Army at seventeen. He made colonel during the Seven Years' War, then built his reputation capturing cities in Poland and defeating Ottoman forces twice at Turtukaya and decisively at Kozludzha in the 1768-1774 Russo-Turkish War. His storming of Izmail and victories at Focșani and Rymnik in the 1787-1792 war established him as Europe's most brilliant general. After putting down the Polish uprising in 1794, he fell out with Tsar Paul I, only to be recalled as field marshal when the French Revolutionary Wars broke out. Commanding the Austro-Russian army, he took Milan and Turin and nearly erased Napoleon's Italian gains before being ordered to reinforce a defeated force in Switzerland. Cut off by André Masséna and surrounded in the Alps, he extracted his outnumbered, exhausted army through the mountains - a feat that earned him the rank of generalissimo. He died of illness in Saint Petersburg in 1800, never having lost a major engagement.

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Lived 1730 to 1800 · aged 69

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