While a close associate of Empress Catherine the Great, Suvorov often quarreled with her son and heir apparent, Paul. Suvorov put down a Polish uprising in 1794, defeating them at the Battle of Maciejowice and storming Warsaw. For his accomplishments, he was made a Count of both the Russian Empire and Holy Roman Empire. Becoming the General of the Infantry in 1786, he commanded in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 and won crushing victories at the Battle of Rymnik and Siege of Izmail. He was promoted to general and next fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, winning a decisive victory at the Battle of Kozludzha. When war broke out with the Bar Confederation in 1768, Suvorov captured Kraków and defeated the Poles at Lanckorona and Stołowicze, bringing about the start of the Partitions of Poland. During the Seven Years' War he was promoted to colonel in 1762 for his success on the battlefield. Several military academies, monuments, villages, museums, and orders in Russia are dedicated to him.īorn in Moscow, he studied military history as a young boy and joined the Imperial Russian Army at the age of 17. He never lost a single battle he commanded. He was the author of several military manuals, the most famous being The Science of Victory, and was noted for several of his sayings. Suvorov secured Russia's expanded borders and renewed military prestige and left a legacy of theories on warfare. He was awarded numerous medals, titles, and honors by Russia, as well as by other countries. Suvorov is considered one of the greatest military commanders in Russian history and one of the great generals of the early modern period. He was Count of Rymnik, Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Prince of the Kingdom of Sardinia, Prince of the Russian Empire and the last Generalissimo of the Russian Empire. Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov ( Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров, romanized: Aleksándr Vasíl'yevich Suvórov 24 November 1729 or 1730 – 18 May 1800) was a Russian general in service of the Russian Empire.
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