Alexander Suvorov
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Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire.
Portrait by Joseph Kreutzinger, 1799
Surrender of the Wawel Royal Castle. French officers pass their swords to Alexander V. Suvorov; author I. D. Schubert
Suvorov near Praga; by Daniel Chodowiecki
Massacre of Praga, uncontrolled by Suvorov. It is considered a personal revenge of the enraged Russian soldiers for Warsaw Uprising events. Aleksander Orłowski
Suvorov's Swiss campaign
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Suvorov's Swiss campaign took place on Swiss territory between September and October 1799 during the War of the Second Coalition. Russo-Austrian troops, who had already repeatedly defeated the French
Alexander Suvorov
…prominent battle was in the Muottental. According to one statement, Masséna himself would later confess that he would exchange all of his victories for Suvorov's passage of the Alps; as per another, Masséna said that he would never forgive him for crossing won by him in Switzerland. Suvorov died in 1800 of illness in Saint Petersburg…
J. A. F. de Paula, baron of Thugut
Portrait of Suvorov, 1799
Suvorov on the march to the Gotthard Pass
Suvorov crossing the Gotthard Pass, painting by Alexander Kotzebue