Among the figures of prominent people who have dedicated their lives to serving the Fatherland, personality Mikhail Kutuzov is genuine interest.The man, who managed not only to fight back, but also to defeat one of the greatest geniuses of military affairs Napoleon Bonaparte, simply can not but arouse the admiration and respect of children.For those who do not know who Kutuzov, a brief biography of Field Marshal will be very useful and instructive.
Childhood and adolescence
Mikhail Kutuzov was born in a family of a military engineer.From the earliest years of the boy he showed a thirst for knowledge.His favorite classes are math and foreign languages.Enrolling in a noble school of artillery, Kutuzov quickly mastered and soon became one of her best students.At age 16, Kutuzov begins service aide Revel Governor-General.However, six months later with the rank of warrant officer, he continued his career in active military service.Moving fairly quickly through the ranks, in 1864, Kutuzov was a captain falls in Poland.
wound
Kutuzov, a brief biography is not able to accommodate all the dangerous moments of his life, in August 1774 in a battle with Turkish troops near Alushta received heavy gunshot wound to the head.Doctors do not believe in what Kutuzov can survive, but a young body soon went on the mend, and treatment in Austria by personal decree of Catherine II returned to the young man's ability to serve the motherland.The second time, Kutuzov was wounded in the head during the siege of Ismail in 1788-m, where the bullet knocked his eye.
Diplomatic activity
Kutuzov, who has a brief biography of little-known facts and was also a good diplomat.In 1793 he was appointed to the post of ambassador in Constantinople.In addition, he later commanded ground forces in Finland, and in 1802 he became governor-general of St. Petersburg.
foreign campaigns in 1805
nominally leading the campaign in 1805, Kutuzov (brief biography of Field Marshal contain such data) for the first time face to face with the military genius of Napoleon.It is not known how the war would have ended if the army is really in command of Kutuzov, but the excessive ambitions of Alexander I led to the defeat and the signing of the humiliating Treaty of Tilsit.
Turkish war of 1806-1812 years
In the midst of the war in 1809. Russian forces failed to take the Turkish fortress of Braila, plays a strategic role.Guilty of an unsuccessful assault on recognized Kutuzov, and he was dismissed from the army.
War of 1812
After a bad start of the war, Alexander I was forced to appoint a new chief of the Russian army.He was Mikhail Kutuzov.Brief biography of the commander suggests that this decision was fully justified the king.After giving the French the decisive battle of Borodino, Russian troops were forced to surrender the capital - Moscow.However, thanks to a carefully calculated plan, Kutuzov, the enemy was forced to retreat, and this retreat turned into a shameful flight.
Death commander
pursuing the remnants of Napoleon's army April 13, 1813 in the town of Bunzlau on the border of Poland and Germany, the Russian army suffered great loss - died in chief Kutuzov Kutuzov.Brief biography of the commander says that the coffin containing the body of Field Marshal soldiers were carrying through Moscow.Mikhail Kutuzov was buried in the Kazan Cathedral in Moscow.
