Aleksandr V. Suvorov
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, Russian/Former Soviet States History
Article abstract: Military significance: A master of strategy, Suvorov never lost a conflict as a battlefield commander. His generalship during the reigns of Catherine the Great and Paul I enabled Russia to become a determining European power by the time of the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).
The son of a general, young Aleksandr V. Suvorov received his education at home. At age twelve or thirteen, he enlisted as a private into the Semenovskii Life Guards Regiment, commencing his active duty as a corporal in 1748. He was commissioned a lieutenant in 1754, and by...
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