Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly
Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly was a Russian Field Marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars.
Portrait by George Dawe
Coat of arms of the princely Barclay de Tolly family of 1815, in the Baltic Coat of arms book by Carl Arvid von Klingspor in 1882
Statue of Barclay de Tolly in front of the Kazan Cathedral in St Petersburg, by Boris Orlovsky
Barclay de Tolly Mausoleum in Jõgeveste, southern Estonia
The Finnish War was fought between the Kingdom of Sweden and the Russian Empire from 21 February 1808 to 17 September 1809 as part of the Napoleonic Wars. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland, a state under the rule of the Russian Empire. Other notable effects were the Swedish parliament's adoption of a new constitution and the establishment of the House of Bernadotte, the new Swedish royal house, in 1818.
The Swedish assault on the chancellery in Kuopio during the Battle of Kuopio
Arrest of Gustav IV.
Russian troops crossing Kvarken in March 1809 (Alexander Kotzebue)
Memorial plaque commemorating the Russian army's crossing of Kvarken in 1809 in Björköby, Finland.
