Mikhail Kutuzov

His Serene Highness Prince

Mikhail Kutuzov

Smolensky
His Serene Highness Prince; Mikhail Kutuzov; Smolensky
	Portrait by Roman Volkov
Native name	Михаил Илларионович Голенищев-Кутузов
Nickname(s)	The Fox of the North
Born	16 September 1745; Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	28 April 1813 (aged 67); Bunzlau, Kingdom of Prussia; (now Bolesławiec, Poland)
Buried	Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1759–1813
Rank	Field marshal
Commands	Commander in Chief of Austro-Russian force in the Third Coalition,; Commander in Chief of Imperial Russian Army in Patriotic war of 1812
Battles / wars	See list Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774) Battle of Larga; Battle of Kagul; ; Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Battle of Kinburn; Siege of Ochakov; Battle of Rymnik; Siege of Izmail; Battle of Măcin; ; Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Battle of Rusçuk; Battle of the Danube; ; Napoleonic Wars Battle of Dürenstein; Battle of Austerlitz; Battle of Borodino; Battle of Tarutino; Battle of Maloyaroslavets; Battle of Krasnoi; Battle of Berezina; ; ;
Awards	Russian:; Duke of Smolensk;; 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th classes Order of St. George;; 1st class Order of St. Anna;; 1st & 2nd classes Order of St. Vladimir;; Order of St. Alexander Nevsky;; Order of St. John of Jerusalem;; Order of St. Andrew;; Golden Weapon for Bravery.; Foreign:; Military Order of Maria Theresa;; Order of the Black Eagle;; Order of the Red Eagle.
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	Selected battles 370km; 230miles 9 Berezina 8 Krasnoi 7 Maloyaroslavets 6 Borodino 5 4 Slobozia 3 Austerlitz 2 Dürenstein 1 Măcin 🌍 1791 1805 1811 1812

Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky (Russian: Михаил Илларионович Голенищев-Кутузов-Смоленский; 16 September [O.S. 5 September] 1745 – 28 April [O.S. 16 April] 1813) 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 (1774 and 1788) 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. 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.