Battle of Valutino
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The Battle of Valutino took place on 19 August 1812 near Valutino and Lubino, between a corps of French and allied troops led by Marshal Ney, about 35,000 strong, and a strong rear-guard of General Ba
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Battle of Valutino
Aleksey Yermolov
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Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov was a Russian general of the 19th century who commanded Russian troops in the Caucasian War. He served in all the Russian campaigns against the French, except for the 1799 c
Portrait by George Dawe, 1824
Yermolov leading the counterattack on the Great Redoubt (Raevsky redoubt) during the Battle of Borodino
Persian letter regarding the dismissal of Yermolov during the Russo-Persian War (1826-1828). The unsigned and undated letter notes that Yermolov was dismissed following an Iranian victory in what is present-day Georgia
Portrait by Pyotr Zakharov-Chechenets (c.1843)