Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin
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Prince Nikolai or Nicholas Vasilyevich Repnin was a Russian statesman and general from the Repnin princely family who played a key role in the dissolution of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth; the le
Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin
Prince Nicolas von Repnin 1779
The gates leading to Repnin's country residence Vorontsovo near Moscow.
The Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 involved an unsuccessful attempt by the Ottoman Empire to regain lands lost to the Russian Empire in the course of the previous Russo-Turkish War. It took place conc
Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin
…to Breslau, and at the subsequent congress of Teschen, where he was Russian plenipotentiary, compelled Austria to make peace with Prussia. During the Russo-Turkish war (1787–1792) Repnin was, after Alexander Suvorov, the most successful of the Russian commanders. He defeated the Ottomans at Salcia, captured the whole camp of the…
Clockwise, from top left: The Battle of Kinburn, The Siege of Ochakov, The Siege of Izmail, The Battle of Rymnik
Course of the war (in Russian).