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	Alexander Suvorov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров) (sometimes transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov), Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince of Italy (граф Рымникский, князь Италийский) (November 24, 1729 – May 18, 1800), was the fourth and last Russian Generalissimo (not counting Stalin).
		Suvorov was born into a noble family of Novgorod descent at the Moscow mansion of his maternal grandfather Fedosey Manukov (a landowner from Oryol gubernia and an official of Petr I).
		Suvorov himself gained the rank of "prince of the House of Savoy" from the king of Sardinia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Suvorov (1792 words)

	A.V.SUVOROV
		Alexander Suvorov was born in the family of General Vasily Ivanovich Suvorov.
		In 1742 Alexander Suvorov was enlisted to the Leib-Guards Semenovsky regiment as a private of musketeers (in excess of the staff and without salary).
		Under Suvorov's plan Ismail was stormed by 9 assault columns, three of that were based on the island Chatal and landed to the city from boats of the rowing flotilla.
	www.100megsfree4.com /rusgeneral/suvorov.htm (2372 words)

	Alexander Suvorov: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Suvorov lies buried in the church of the Annunciation in the Alexander Nevsky Monastery Alexander Nevsky Monastery quick summary:
		Alexander nevsky monastery was founded by peter the great in 1710 at the southern end of the nevsky prospect in st petersburg to house the relics of...
		Suvorov's son Arkadi (1783 - 1811) served as a general officer in the Russian army during the Napoleonic and Turkish wars of the early 19th century, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/alexander_suvorov.htm (3458 words)

	Alexander Suvorov
		Suvorov served as a junior officer against the Prussians in the Seven Years' War and fought in the Battle of Kinersdorf on August 12, 1759.
		Suvorov also disdained the typical siege mentality of the time and expounded the theory that the army would sustain fewer casualties in an immediate attack than it would through disease during a prolonged siege.
		Suvorov not only developed the tactical maneuvers of future Russian armies, he established himself as a military leader to be emulated by those who followed.
	www.carpenoctem.tv /military/suvorov.html (953 words)

	Alexander Suvorov
		On the 22nd of December 1790 Suvorov stormed Ismail in Bessarabia, and the sack and the massacre that followed the capture equals in horror such events as the "Spanish Fury" and the fall of Magdeburg.
		Suvorov's lieutenant Korsakov was defeated by André Masséna at Zürich, and the old field marshal, seeking to make his way over the Swiss passes to the Upper Rhine, had to retreat to the Vorarlberg, where the army, much shattered and almost destitute of horses and artillery, went into winter quarters.
		Suvorov lies buried in the church of the Annunciation in the Alexandro-Nevskii monastery, the simple inscription on his grave being, according to his own direction, "Here lies Suvorov." But within a year of his death the tsar Alexander I erected a statue to his memory in the Field of Mars, St. Petersburg.
	www.nndb.com /people/324/000098030 (990 words)

	Whims of Fate [The Voice of Russia]
		Alexander Suvorov was born in 1730 in the family of General Vasily Suvorov and started preparing himself for a military career from an early age under the expert guidance of his father who once was a member of the inner circle of Emperor Peter the Great.
		Alexander was a very endowed and diligent student and although a sickly child from birth, he eventually overcame that shortcoming with rigid daily training.
		Alexander Suvorov received his baptism of fire serving as a junior officer against the Prussians during the Seven Years’ War and made his grade during a raid on Berlin as part of a unit commanded by General Chernyshov.
	www.vor.ru /English/whims/whims_015.html (807 words)

	Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov - SCC Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Suvorov next served in Poland during the Confederation of Bar, dispersed the Polish forces under Pułaski, stormed Kraków (1768) and reached the rank of major-general.
		In 1775 Suvorov was dispatched to suppress the rebellion of Pugachev but arrived at the scene only in time to conduct the first interrogation of the rebel leader who had been betrayed by his fellow Cossacks and later on suffered decapitation in Moscow.
		On 22 December 1790 Suvorov stormed the impenetrable fortress of Ismail in Bessarabia.
	www.stratcommandcenter.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=8951 (1434 words)

	Alexander Suvorov -
		Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров) (sometimes transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov), Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince of Italy (граф Рымникский, князь Италийский) (November 24, 1729 – May 18, 1800), was a Russian general, one of the few great generals in history who never lost a battle.
		Suvorov was born in Moscow into a noble family of Novgorod descent.
		Suvorov next served in Poland during the Confederation of Bar, dispersed the Polish forces under Pułaski, captured Kraków (1768) paving the way for the first partition of Poland[1] and reached the rank of major-general.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Suvorov (1632 words)

	Alexander of Wurttemberg
		Alexander of Wurttemberg was the son of Duke of Wurttemberg Frederick-Eugene and the brother of Empress Maria Fedorovna (the wife of Emperor Paul I).
		After making peace Alexander of Wurttemberg passed to the Russian army under the command of Alexander Suvorov, he was an admirer of Suvorov for a long time.
		In the Borodino battle when General Bagration was mortally wounded Alexander of Wurttemberg temporarily commanded the left wing of the Russian army instead of Bagration.
	www.100megsfree4.com /rusgeneral/wurt.htm (378 words)

	ALEXANDER SUVOROV MEMORIAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (1729-1800), Russian military leader, born either in Moscow or in Finland.
		During the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 Suvorov fought in the campaign of 1773-1774 and he was commander of the allied Russian and Austrian armies in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792.
		Suvorov then led his armies across the Alps to join the Russian forces fighting the French in Switzerland, but he was forced by the French to retreat.
	sangha.net /messengers/suvorov.htm (183 words)

	Count Suvorov
		In 1787 Suvorov took part in the siege of Ochakov and, in 1788 won two great victories over the Turks at Fokshani, and the great Turkish fort on the Rimnik river.
		For this exploit, Catherine II sent Suvorov a sword worth 60,000 rubles and inscribed, "To the conqueror of the Grand Vizier", and the coveted fl and orange sash of the Order of St.George, First Class.
		Suvorov's unsuccessful campaign against these involved the crossing of the Alps, which was a disaster, and caused him to return to Russia in disgrace.
	www.arco-iris.com /George/suvorov.htm (491 words)

	Alexander Nevsky Lavra \| St. Petersburg Sights & Activities \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		Prince Alexander of Novgorod (1220-63), the great military commander, became a national hero and saint because he halted the relentless eastward drive for Russian territory by the Germans and the Swedes.
		Alexander Nevsky had been buried in Vladimir, but in 1724, on Peter's orders, his remains were transferred to the monastery that was founded in his honor.
		The great soldier Generalissimo Alexander Suvorov, who led the Russian army to numerous victories during the Russo-Turkish War (1768-74), is buried here under a simple marble slab that he purportedly designed himself.
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	Top 25 Tactical Feats Pt. 3 - History Forum
		Suvorov's Retreat across the Alps (1799): After the first coalition failed to overthrow the french revoultionary government, a second coalition of Austria, Britain, Russia, and the Ottomans was planning to do achieve that goal.
		Despite troublesome relations with the russian tzar Paul, Alexander Suvorov, the most brillant military commander in russia and perhaps the whole world, was chosen to lead the allied austro-russian campaign into italy to erase Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier gains.
		Suvorov had lost 7,000 men (1/3 of his force) and all of his 25 cannons, but his rest of his force was still intact.
	www.simaqianstudio.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=2538 (3822 words)

	Peter Bagration
		Marshal Alexander Suvorov, he was a symbol of the Russian military triumphs.
		As a lieutenant colonel, Alexander Bagration participated in the battles in the northern Caucasus, in a defense of southeast borders of the Russian Empire.
		Alexander Suvorov, the great Russian commander, led the left wing of the army.
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/biographies/bagration/c_bagration1.html (1313 words)

	Field Marshal Alexander V. Suvorov, 1729-1800
		Alexander V. Suvorov (1729-1800) was the one man who, at the end of the 18th century, could have stopped Napoleon.
		Suvorov taught his soldiers the "through attack" (or "attack through") with the bayonet for infantry, and the equivalent with lance or sabre for cavalry.
		Suvorov was not as bloodthirsty as Byron paints him- in fact, at the storming of the Praga Fortress, he destroyed the bridge between the fort and the nearby city to prevent his soldiers from sacking the city.
	www.ganesha.org /hall/suvorov.html (2536 words)

	Aleksandr Vasilievich Suvorov Biography / Biography of Aleksandr Vasilievich Suvorov Biography
		The descendant of an ancient Russian family of Novgorod, Aleksandr Suvorov was born in Moscow.
		But Suvorov's most characteristic trait, next to his military skills, was the absence in him of the universal contempt felt by the Russian gentleman-officer for the soldier.
		Suvorov's brilliant military skills, his daring disregard of current military theories, and the original methods of waging war peculiar to him seldom found proper appreciation among the military experts of his time.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-aleksandr-vasilievich-suvorov (679 words)

	Military Channels Of Suvorov
		The modern researchers are most likely only annoyed by the mosquito's that are in the area, but when General Alexander Suvorov was ordered to the wooded area in Savo-Karelia, he was really annoyed and furious.
		Suvorov proposed that they would build alternative route: Four different channels, which would enable the small fleet to move freely in Saimaa.
		Suvorov thought that the channels would be ready in a year, but in practice it took seven years to complete them.
	www.silentwall.com /Suvorov.html (935 words)

	The Voice of Russia (People and events)
		A brilliant strategist and tactician, a master of logistics and surprise attack, Alexander Suvorov became a legend in his lifetime.
		But Suvorov wouldn’t be Suvorov had he not known how to lead his army to victory.
		Yet, Napoleon always acknowledged Alexander Suvorov as one of his main teachers in the art of warfare.
	www.vor.ru /Events/1812_3.html (655 words)

	Paradigm Busters: Hercules, Alexander, and You
		Alexander realized that the challenge was to undo the knot, not untie it, so he drew his sword and cut it.
		Alexander may have remembered the story of the Augean Stables (see story at left) when he altered geography by building an isthmus from the mainland to Tyre.
		Alexander was a man of truly epic proportions, but playwrights and scriptwriters have largely overlooked him.
	www.ganesha.org /leading/paradigm.html (1434 words)

	Monuments of Saint-Petersburg, Russia :: Statue of Alexander Suvorov St.Petersburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		One of the best works of the 18 th -century Russian sculpture is the statue of the military commander Alexander Suvorov.
		The statue was unveiled on May 5, 1801, on the sad anniversary of Suvorov's death.
		The statue of Alexander Suvorov was originally installed on the Field of Mars.
	foto.artgals.ru /eng/statiy/monument-suvorov.htm (258 words)

	Russian battleship Kniaz Suvorov in 700 Scale
		Kniaz Suvorov was the Russian flagship at Tsushima in 1905.
		Suvorov was completed less than one year before its loss at Tsushima.
		And that's a problem because Kniaz Suvorov, Imperator Alexander III, and Slava were built at the Baltic Works, Orel at Galernii Island, and Borodino at the St. Petersburg New Admiralty Yard.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/ru/bb/ks.html (1526 words)

	Napoleonic Wars @ Nelson.y2u.co.uk
		At the Congress of Erfurt (1808) Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I agreed that Russia should force Sweden to join the Continental System, which led to the Finnish War and the division of Sweden through the Gulf of Bothnia.
		In 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia to compel Emperor Alexander I to remain in the Continental System and to remove the imminent threat of Russian invasion of Poland.
		Alexander I refused to capitulate and with no sign of clear victory in sight Napoleon was forced to withdraw from Moscow after the governor, Prince Rasotpchin, ordered the city burnt to the ground.
	nelson.y2u.co.uk /NL-Napoleonic-Wars.htm (5858 words)

	Alexander Nevsky Monastery. St.Petersburg. Tours / Excursions. Russian St.Petersburg Tours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Alexander Nevsky Monastery (Lavra) was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 as the Monastery of the Holy Trinity Saint Grand Duke Alexander Nevsky in honor of the victory over the Swedes in 1240.
		In 1724 the remnants of Alexander Nevsky were on Peter's order transferred from the city of Vladimir to St.Petersburg — Alexander Nevsky Monastery.
		There are also the graves of Alexander Suvorov, celebrated general; scholar Mikhail Lomonosov; architects Giacomo Quarenghi and Carlo Rossi; composers Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Moussorgsky, Rubinstein, Rimsky-Korsakov and many others.
	www.russian-st-petersburg.com /4-tours-excursions/1-st-petersburg/05-alexander-nevsky-monastery.html (265 words)

	Ochakov
		Suvorov's troops were supported by only one ship, the Desna, commanded by the Midshipman Juliano Lombard.
		Suvorov's military skill and the bravery of the Russians led to a Turkish defeat on 1 October 1787.
		However, Suvorov had prepared for such a possible outcome, and a Russian battery, camouflaged on the Kinburn spit, awaited the enemy.
	www.neva.ru /EXPO96/book/chap4-2.html (856 words)

	NapoleonGames.com: Games by Operational Studies Group. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Suvorov is the most legendary of all Russia's generals.
		Suvorov concentrated on building up a communal spirit among his men and on inducing his subordinate officers to take rapid and unexpected decisions on the battlefield.
		Tsar Alexander had a high regard for Barclay's administrative skill and sense of order, but he was a cautious man with a predisposition for retreat and it is only with the passage of time that the wisdom of many of his judgments has become apparent.
	www.napoleongames.com /HTK_Hist.html (6582 words)

	The Mutiny of Generals: Russia 1812
		Alexander hesitated for three days and, finally reconciling himself to this decision, signed the decree on 20 August.
		Barclay wrote back stoically to assure Alexander of his continuing “eagerness to serve the country in whatever post or assignment” might be granted to him.
		Alexander Shishkov, Zapiski, mnenia i perepiska [Notes, opinions and correspondence] (Berlin, 1870), I, p.154; it should be noted that the committee members considered only generals.
	www.napoleon-series.org /military/battles/c_mutiny8.html (1690 words)

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