He was promoted to general and next fought in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 under Saltykov's supervision, taking Turtukaya twice and winning a decisive victory at the battle of Kozludzha. These and other victories marked the start of the partitions of Poland. When war broke out with the Bar Confederation in 1768, Suvorov, commanding a detachment of Ivan Weymarn's army, captured the Polish capital Kraków, then defeated the Poles of Casimir Pulaski at Orzechowo, routed general Dumouriez near Lanckorona, and subsequently overthrew the Polish forces at Stołowicze. Suvorov was promoted to colonel in 1762 for his numerous successes on the battlefield during the Seven Years' War. 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 raised Russian military glory to a height to which it had never reached. He never lost a single battle he commanded, and his military record is extensive Suvorov won in a total of 63 battles without suffering a major defeat. He was the author of several military manuals, the most famous being The Science of Victory (or The Science of Winning Russian: Наука побеждать), 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 (1789), Graf of the Holy Roman Empire (1789), Feldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire (1799), Prince of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1799), Grand marshal of the Kingdom of Sardinia (1799), Prince or Knyaz of the Russian Empire (1799), Field marshal (1794) and the last Generalissimo (1799) of the Russian Empire. Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy ( Russian: Князь Италийский граф Александр Васильевич Суворов-Рымникский, romanized: Kni͡az' Italiyskiy graf Aleksandr Vasil'yevič Suvorov-Rymnikskiy IPA: 24 November 1729 or 1730 – 18 May 1800), was a Russian general and military theorist in service of the Russian Empire and the Habsburg monarchy.
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