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About Mikhail Kutuzov
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky was a field marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as a military officer and a diplomat under the reign of three Romanov monarchs: Empress Catherine II, and Emperors Paul I and Alexander I. Kutuzov was shot in the head twice while fighting the Turks and survived the serious injuries seemingly against all odds. He defeated Napoleon as commander-in-chief using attrition warfare in the Patriotic War of 1812. For the Battle of Krasnoi against Napoleon, Kutuzov received the victory title of Smolensky to add to his surname; the word Smolensky literally means "of Smolensk". Alexander I, the incumbent Tsar during Napoleon's invasion, would write that he would be remembered amongst Europe's most famous commanders and that Russia would never forget his worthiness.
Everything about Mikhail Kutuzov →- Occupation
- diplomat, military officer, statesperson, Generalfeldmarschall
- Position held
- ambassador of the Russian Empire, member of the State Council of the Russian Empire
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- September 5, 1745, September 16, 1747, September 5, 1747
- Died
- April 16, 1813, April 28, 1813