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| ARTICLES RELATED TO Alexander Suvorov | | | | |  Alexander Suvorov: Encyclopedia II - Archduke Charles - Assessment of his achievementsThe caution which the archduke preached so earnestly in his strategical works, he displayed in practice only when the situation seemed to demand it, though his education certainly prejudiced him in favour of the defensive at all costs. He was at the same time capable of forming and executing the most daring offensive strategy, and his tactical skill in the handling of troops, whether in wide turning movements, as at Würzburg and Zürich, or in masses, as at Aspern and Wagram, was certainly e ...
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 then pensioning them off with large estates and gifts of serfs. After her affair with Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, he selected a candidate that had both the physical beauty as well as the mental faculties to hold Catherine's interest. Many of these men loved her back, as she was considered quite beautiful by the standards of the day, and was ever generous with her lovers, even after the affair was ended. The last of her lovers, Prince Zubov, being 40 years her juni ...
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| | | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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, and ever desired to be perceived by Europe as a civilized and enlightened monarch, despite the fact that in Russia she often played the part of the tyrant. Even as she proclaimed her love for the ideals of liberty and freedom, she did more to tie the Russian Serf to his land and his lord than any sovereign since Ivan IV, "The Terrible." Subtle as she was forceful, she enlisted to her cause one of the great m ...
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| | | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 (1815) of the United Kingdom, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Austria, The Netherlands and a number of German States against France. The period known as the Hundred Days began after Napoleon left Elba and landed at Cannes, March 1, 1815. Travelling to Paris, picking up support as he went, he eventually overthrew the restored Louis XVIII. The allies immediately gathered their armies to mee ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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,
Prussia,
Spain and
the Kingdom of Great Britain.
It was defeated by the French efforts, which consisted of general conscription (levée en masse), military reform and total war. Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaign in 1796 and 1797 successfully knocked Piedmont out of the war. Piedmont had been one of the original members of the Coalition ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 the part of the Ukraine which had previously been retained by Poland, and Prussians taking Great Poland (Poznan).
A general uprising (Kosciuszko Uprising) of the citizens of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in 1794. Tadeusz Kosciuszko was made its leader and dictator, and succeeded in driving the Russians out of Warsaw. Dissensions, however, arose among the Poles, and the Russians and Prussian ...
See also:Jewish Polish history during the 1700s, Jewish Polish history during the 1700s - Accession of the Saxon dynasty, Jewish Polish history during the 1700s - The Rise of Hasidism, Jewish Polish history during the 1700s - First partition, Jewish Polish history during the 1700s - The second and third partitions Read more here: » Jewish Polish history during the 1700s: Encyclopedia II - Jewish Polish history during the 1700s - The second and third partitions |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 consolidation. Following the outbreak of the Russo-Turkish War with the Ottoman Empire in 1768, the parties agreed to the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainarji in 1774. By that treaty, Russia acquired an outlet to the Black Sea, and the Crimean Tatars became independent of the Ottomans. In 1783 Catherine annexed the Crimea, helping to spark the next Russo-Turkish War with the Ottoman Empire, which began in 1787. By the Trea ...
See also:Military history of Imperial Russia, Military history of Imperial Russia - Peter the Great and the Russian Empire, Military history of Imperial Russia - The era of Russian palace revolutions, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russian imperial expansion and maturation—Catherine II, Military history of Imperial Russia - Partition of Poland, Military history of Imperial Russia - Pugachev Revolt and Alexander Suvorov, Military history of Imperial Russia - After the Catherine, Military history of Imperial Russia - Napoleonic Wars and the Decembrists' Revolt, Military history of Imperial Russia - Crimean War, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russo-Turkish War 1877–1878, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russo-Japanese War, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russian Revolution of 1917, Military history of Imperial Russia - World War I Read more here: » Military history of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia II - Military history of Imperial Russia - Russian imperial expansion and maturation—Catherine II |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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, Panin dedicated much effort and millions of rubles to the creation of a "Northern Accord" between Russia, Prussia, Poland, Sweden, and perhaps Great Britain, to counter the power of the Bourbon-Habsburg League. When it became apparent that his plan could not succeed, Panin fell out of favor and in 1781 was dismissed.
In 1764 Catherine placed Stanislaw Poniatowski, a former lover, on the Polish throne ...
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 as a rallying figure for antireform groups. A new law provided that the tsar would choose his own successor, but Peter failed to do so before his death in 1725. In the decades that followed, the absence of clear rules of succession left the monarchy open to intrigues, plots, coups, and countercoups. Henceforth, the crucial ...
See also:Military history of Imperial Russia, Military history of Imperial Russia - Peter the Great and the Russian Empire, Military history of Imperial Russia - The era of Russian palace revolutions, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russian imperial expansion and maturation—Catherine II, Military history of Imperial Russia - Partition of Poland, Military history of Imperial Russia - Pugachev Revolt and Alexander Suvorov, Military history of Imperial Russia - After the Catherine, Military history of Imperial Russia - Napoleonic Wars and the Decembrists' Revolt, Military history of Imperial Russia - Crimean War, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russo-Turkish War 1877–1878, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russo-Japanese War, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russian Revolution of 1917, Military history of Imperial Russia - World War I Read more here: » Military history of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia II - Military history of Imperial Russia - The era of Russian palace revolutions |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 collapse of the previous coalition. In July 1806 Napoleon formed the Confederation of the Rhine out of the many tiny German states which constituted the Rhineland and most other parts of Germany. Many of the smaller states were amalgamated into larger electorates, duchies and kingdoms to make the governance of non-Prussian Germany a smoother affair. The largest states were Saxony and Bavaria, both of which had th ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 Peninsular War against France.
Once again, the United Kingdom stood alone, owing much to the existence of the English Channel, the UK's emphasis on naval rather than military strength and the fact that the UK's army had never been completely engaged against the French. British military activity was reduced to a succession of victories in the French colonies and another naval victory at the Battle of C ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 (1815) of the United Kingdom, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Austria, The Netherlands and a number of German States against France.
The period known as the Hundred Days began after Napoleon left Elba and landed at Cannes, March 1, 1815. Travelling to Paris, picking up support as he went, eventually overthrowing the restored Louis XVIII. The allies immediately gathered their armies ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 profited from the war and established a navy. After a show of intimidation in the first Battle of Copenhagen in 1801, the British captured large portions of the entire Danish fleet in the Second Battle of Copenhagen. This ended the Danish neutrality, and the Danish engaged in a naval guerilla war in which small gunboats would attack larger British ships in Danish and Norwegian waters. The Gunboat Wa ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 1812, Napoleon invaded Russia to compel Emperor Alexander I to remain in the Continental System and to remove the imminent threat of Russian invasion of Poland. The Grande Armée, 650,000 men (270,000 Frenchmen and many soldiers of allies or subject powers), crossed the Niemen River on June 23, 1812. Russia proclaimed a Patriotic War, while Napoleon proclaimed a Second Polish war, but against the exp ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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,
Prussia,
Spain and
the United Kingdom.
It was defeated by the French efforts, which consisted of general conscription (levée en masse), military reform and total war. Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaign in 1796 and 1797 successfully knocked Piedmont out of the war. Piedmont had been one of the original members of the Coalition and had b ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 to mount his invasion, or at least to pull the British fleet away from the English Channel. A complex plan to distract the British by threatening their possessions in the West Indies failed when a Franco-Spanish fleet under Admiral Villeneuve turned back after an inconclusive action off Cape Finisterre. Villeneuve was blockaded in Cádiz until he left for Naples on October 19, but was caught and defeated a ...
See also:Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonic Wars - Political effects of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - Military legacy of the wars, Napoleonic Wars - The First and Second Coalitions, Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fourth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Fifth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - The Sixth Coalition, Napoleonic Wars - Gunboat War, Napoleonic Wars - The Seventh Coalition Read more here: » Napoleonic Wars: Encyclopedia II - Napoleonic Wars - The Third Coalition |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 struggled to control the throne. Aleksey was succeeded by his son from his first marriage, Feodor III, a sickly boy who died in 1682. Peter then was made co-tsar with his half brother, Ivan V, but Peter's half sister, Sofia, held the real power. She ruled as regent while the young Peter was allowed to play war games with his friends and to roam in Moscow's foreign quarters. These early experiences instilled i ...
See also:Military history of Imperial Russia, Military history of Imperial Russia - Peter the Great and the Russian Empire, Military history of Imperial Russia - The era of Russian palace revolutions, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russian imperial expansion and maturation—Catherine II, Military history of Imperial Russia - Partition of Poland, Military history of Imperial Russia - Pugachev Revolt and Alexander Suvorov, Military history of Imperial Russia - After the Catherine, Military history of Imperial Russia - Napoleonic Wars and the Decembrists' Revolt, Military history of Imperial Russia - Crimean War, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russo-Turkish War 1877–1878, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russo-Japanese War, Military history of Imperial Russia - Russian Revolution of 1917, Military history of Imperial Russia - World War I Read more here: » Military history of Imperial Russia: Encyclopedia II - Military history of Imperial Russia - Peter the Great and the Russian Empire |
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| | | | | Alexander Suvorov: 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 (b. 1498)
1584 - Ikeda Motosuke, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1559)
1675 - Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623)
1675 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b. 1637)
1692 - Elias Ashmole, English antiquarian (b. 1617)
1780 - Charles Hardy, British governor of Newfoundland
1799 ...
See also:May 18, May 18 - Events, May 18 - Births, May 18 - 1048 to 1899, May 18 - 1900 to 1999, May 18 - Deaths, May 18 - 1450 to 1899, May 18 - 1900 to 1999, May 18 - 2000 onwards, May 18 - Holidays and Observances Read more here: » May 18: Encyclopedia II - May 18 - Deaths |
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