This book is about the great Russian commander and diplomat Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813). The last of the galaxy of the “glorious Catherine Eagles”, the hero of Ochakov, Ishmael, Machina, he survived after the most serious wounds in order to commit his main feat at the end of the earthly path: having headed the Russian army, defeat and expel the alien army, which had invaded Russia led by Napoleon in 1812.
Attracting rich documentary material, the author of the biography debunks numerous myths about his hero, created by his ill -wishers and raised by some modern researchers, shows Kutuzov as a person and a family man, tells about the difficult relationship of the commander with Emperor Alexander I.
Author
Ivchenko Lidia Leonidovna
Editor
Chernikov I.V.V.
Publisher
Young Guard, 2012
Series
The life of wonderful people
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