Kutuzova biography abstract

Kutuzov Mikhail brought up on the best traditions of Russian military art, the foundations of which were laid by Peter I, Rumyantsev and Suvorov, Kutuzov, in more difficult historical conditions, raised Russian military art to a new, higher level. By the power of his military talent, with his selfless and hard military labor, he achieved the greatest successes, won many victories, whose glory would never fade.

The descendant of the ancient boyar family, a graduate of the artillery school, Kutuzov for the first time distinguished himself in and GG. During the Russo-Turkish war. In the city, he survived after a severe injury and was awarded the Order of St. George of the 4th degree. From G. the bullet entered Kutuzov on the cheek and left the back of the head. The wound was fatal, but the commander survived, which was in the amazement of his doctor, noting that fate was keeping Kutuzov for the upcoming extraordinary exploits.

Kutuzov won the Turks in Moldova, and soon defeated the Polish rebels Tadeusz Kostyushko. Under Paul I, Mikhail Illarionovich was made to the generals from infantry. In the XIX century. Europe entered with the thunder of Napoleonic guns. In August, Kutuzov, at the head of the Russian army, moved to Austria, and soon the famous Austerlitsky battle took place, ending with the defeat of the Russian and Austrian troops.

Before his beginning, Emperor Alexander I told Kutuzov: “Why are you not attacking? After all, we are not Tsaritsyn Lug, where the parade does not start, until all the shelves arrive. ” Kutuzov replied: "Sovereign, I will not attack that we are not in the Tsaritsyn meadow." Nevertheless, Kutuzov had to execute the imperial order, which led to the defeat of the Russian-Austrian troops.

Subsequently, Alexander did not like Kutuzov, mindful of how he witnessed his generals of military shame. Nevertheless, in the spring of G. in October G. Kutuzov on May 28, this side of M. Kutuzov’s activity is noteworthy: he showed himself as a subtle diplomat, being in the GG. The result of his activity was the signing of an unprecedented Russian-Ossman treaty, and the Ottoman Empire itself took an active part in the wars of the Second Anti-French Coalition.

Kutuzov’s popularity, which in the city Kutuzov’s task was not only to stop Napoleon’s further advance, but also to expel him from the Russian limits. He, like his predecessors, adhered to the tactics of retreat, but the army and the whole country were waiting for a decisive battle from him. And Kutuzov gave him near Borodino. Disputes are still continuing about who the battlefield remained: in Stalin's times it was said that it was the victory of the Russian army, the French always recognized themselves as winners.

But, probably, Napoleon himself was most accurate in assessing this battle: “Of all my battles, the most terrible that I gave near Moscow. The French in it showed themselves worthy to win. And the Russians converted the fame to be undefeated. ” Kutuzov, making a difficult decision to leave Moscow, made a skilled Tarutinsky march-maneuver. The second most important battle, the battle occurred on October 12, the city was transferred eight times from hand to hand, and although in the end he was busy with the French, Napoleon was still forced to abandon movement to the south and turn the old Smolensk road to a war -ruined war.

The retreat of the "Great Army" began. The expulsion of Napoleon from Russia did not mean the complete end of the war. Alexander decided to continue it until the complete destruction of Napoleonic rule in Europe. M. Kutuzov opposed this plan, who believed that the war should end on the Neman River. Europe, in his opinion, must save itself, and the invasion of the Russian army there will bring more benefit not to Russia, but to England.

Alexander I managed to convince Kutuzov, but on April 16, almost a year after his death, March 19, the cover: a portrait of M. Kutuzov’s brush of an unknown artist.