Alexander Suvorov

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 Re…