Alexander Suvorov - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Scourge Of The Poles And The Turks
From 1777 to 1783 Suvorov served in the Crimea and in the Caucasus, becoming a lieutenant-general in 1780, and general of infantry in 178...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1800: Encyclopedia Ii - Events
1800 - Ongoing events. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Second Coa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia - Catherine Ii Of Russia
Catherine the Great (April 21, 1729—November 6, 1796 (O.S.)), born Sophie Augusta Fredericka of Anhalt-Zerbst, reigned as Empress of Ru...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1800: Encyclopedia - 1800
Canada - Mexico - South Africa - U.S. Rail Transport - Science - Sports Births - Deaths 1800 was a common year starting on Wednesday (se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Nevsky Monastery: Encyclopedia - Alexander Nevsky Monastery
Alexander Nevsky Monastery was founded by Peter the Great in 1710 at the southern end of the Nevsky Prospect in St Petersburg to house th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1729: Encyclopedia - 1729
1729 in topic: Arts Architecture - Literature - Music Other topics Canada - Mexico - Science Lists of leaders: Colonial governors - State...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vasily Surikov: Encyclopedia - Vasily Surikov
For Art College in Moscow, see Surikov Moscow Art Institute. Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (Василий Иванович Суриков)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archduke Charles: Encyclopedia - Archduke Charles
Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (de: Erzherzog Karl von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen, also known as Karl von Österreich-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archduke Charles: Encyclopedia Ii - Archduke Charles - Napoleonic Wars
In 1797 he was sent to arrest the victorious march of General Bonaparte in Italy, and he conducted the retreat of the over-matched Austri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Imperial Russia - Napoleonic Wars And The Decembrists' Revolt
As a major European power, Russia could not escape the wars involving revolutionary and Napoleonic France. Paul became an adamant opponen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transnistrian Ruble: Encyclopedia Ii - Transnistrian Ruble - History
Transnistrian ruble - First Ruble 1994. The first Transnistrian ruble was introduced in 1994 by the Transnistrian Republican Bank as th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Battle Of Zürich: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Battle Of Zürich - Battle
The coalition forces greatly outnumbered the French, so Kosakov sent more than half his force of around 60,000 men to cut off the French ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s - Accession Of The Saxon Dynasty
With the accession to the throne of the Saxon dynasty the Jews completely lost the support of the government. While it is true that Augus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Izmail: Encyclopedia Ii - Izmail - History
The fortress of Izmail was built by Genoese merchants in the 12th century and later belonged to Moldavia, until around 1478 when it becam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1569–1795: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1569–1795 - House Of Vasa
History of Poland 1569–1795 - Zygmunt III Waza 1587–1632. The first few years of Sigismund's reign, until 1598 saw Poland and Swede...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vasily Surikov: Encyclopedia Ii - Vasily Surikov - Biography
Surikov was born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, where a monument to him was recently opened by his great grandsons, Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1800: Encyclopedia Ii - 1800 - Events
1800 - Ongoing events. French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)-Second Coalition/Egyptian Campaign Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815)-Second Coa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 18: Encyclopedia Ii - May 18 - Births
May 18 - 1048 to 1899. 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1123) 1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) 1474 - I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - Military Legacy Of The Wars
The Napoleonic Wars also had a profound military impact. Until the time of Napoleon, European states had employed relatively small armies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Catherine Ii Of Russia - Internal Policies
Drawing on writings by Denis Diderot, Catherine drew up a document to reform the code of laws. A legislative commission representing all ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s - The Rise Of Hasidism
The decade from the Cossacks' uprising until after the Swedish war (1648-1658) left a deep and lasting impression not only on the social ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archduke Charles: Encyclopedia Ii - Archduke Charles - Assessment Of His Achievements
The caution which the archduke preached so earnestly in his strategical works, he displayed in practice only when the situation seemed to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Catherine Ii Of Russia - Personal Life
Catherine, throughout her long reign, took many lovers, often elevating them to high positions for as long as they held her interest, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archduke Charles: Encyclopedia Ii - Archduke Charles - Youth And Early Career
In a generous act by his father, Charles was adopted and raised in Vienna by his childless aunt Marie Christine of Austria and her husban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Catherine Ii Of Russia - Arts And Culture
Catherine subscribed to the Enlightenment and considered herself a "philosopher on the throne." She was well aware of her image abroad, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s - First Partition
Disorder and anarchy reigned supreme in Poland during the second half of the eighteenth century, from the accession to the throne of its ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition
See: War of the Seventh Coalition See also: Neapolitan War between the Kingdom of Naples and the Austrian Empire The Seventh Coalition (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - The First And Second Coalitions
The first attempt to crush the new French republic was made in 1792-1797 by the First Coalition, which consisted of: Austria, Piedmont, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s: Encyclopedia Ii - Jewish Polish History During The 1700s - The Second And Third Partitions
A second partition of Poland was made July 17, 1793, Russia taking a large part of White Russia, half of Volhynia, all of Podolia, and th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Imperial Russia - Russian Imperial Expansion And Maturation—catherine Ii
Catherine II's reign featured imperial expansion, which brought the empire huge new territories in the south and west; and internal conso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catherine Ii Of Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Catherine Ii Of Russia - Foreign Affairs
Catherine's foreign minister, Nikita Panin, exercised considerable influence from the beginning of her reign. Though a shrewd statesman, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Imperial Russia - The Era Of Russian Palace Revolutions
Peter changed the rules of succession to the throne after he killed his own son, Aleksey, who had opposed his father's reforms and served...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition
The Fourth Coalition (1806-1807) of: The United Kingdom Prussia Saxony Russia Sweden against France was formed within months of the col...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition
The Fifth Coalition (1809) of the United Kingdom and Austria against France was formed while the United Kingdom was also engaged in the P...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition
See: War of the Seventh Coalition See also: Neapolitan War between the Kingdom of Naples and the Austrian Empire The Seventh Coalition (1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War
See: Gunboat War (1807–1814) Denmark-Norway originally declared itself neutral in the Napoleonic Wars, but engaged in trade that profit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition
The Sixth Coalition (1812–1814) consisted of the United Kingdom and Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Austria and a number of German States. In ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - The First And Second Coalitions
The first attempt to crush the new French republic was made in 1792-1797 by the First Coalition, which consisted of: Austria, Piedmont, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia Ii - Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition
Napoleon planned an invasion of the British Isles, and massed 180,000 troops at Boulogne. However, he needed to achieve naval superiority...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Imperial Russia - Peter The Great And The Russian Empire
Peter I, a child of the second marriage of Tsar Aleksey, was at first relegated to the political background, as various court factions st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 18: Encyclopedia Ii - May 18 - Deaths
May 18 - 1450 to 1899. 1450 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397) 1550 - John, Cardinal of Lorraine, French churchman...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1569–1795: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1569–1795 - The Three Partitions 1764-1795
During the reign of Empress Catherine the Great (1762-1796), Russia intensified its manipulation in Polish affairs. The Kingdom of Prussi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1569–1795: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1569–1795 - Founding Of The Elective Monarchy
The death of Sigismund II Augustus in 1572 was followed by a three-year interregnum period during which adjustments were made to the cons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Poland 1569–1795: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Poland 1569–1795 - Decay Of The Commonwealth
During the 18th century the Polish crown itself became subject to the manipulations of Russia, Sweden, the Kingdom of Prussia, France and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Assessment
The Russians long cherished the memory of Suvorov. A great captain, viewed from the standpoint of any age of military history, he functio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - His Progeny And Titles
His full name and titles (according to Russian pronunciation), ranks and awards are the following: Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Suvorov, Prince...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Early Life And Career
Suvorov was born in Moscow into a noble family of Novgorod descent. He entered the army as a boy, served against the Swedes in Finland an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander Suvorov - Suvorov's Italian Campaign
Suvorov then lived for some years in retirement on his estate of Konchanskoe, near Novgorod. He criticised the new military tactics and d...   » Read the article