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 | | Early career Golenishchev-Kutuzov (usually shortened as Kutuzov), born at Saint Petersburg, entered the Russian army in 1759 or 1760. |
 | | Kutuzov was a favorite of the Czar Paul I, and after that emperor's murder he was disfavored by the new Czar Alexander I. Napoleonic wars in Europe In 1805 he commanded the Russian corps which opposed Napoleon's advance on Vienna, and won the hard-fought action of Dürrenstein on 11 November 1805. |
 | | On the eve of Austerlitz Kutuzov tried to prevent the Allied generals from fighting a battle, and, being overruled by the tsar, as well as the Austrian battle planner, Feldzeugmeister Weyrother, he feigned sleep during the battle planning, determined not to be blamed for a defeat. |
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