Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace - Alexander Mikaberidze by Alexander Mikaberidze
He was the general who triumphed over Napoleons Grande Armee during the Patriotic War of 1812, not merely restoring national pride but securing national identity. Many Russians consider Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Golenischev-Kutuzov the greatest figure of the 19th century, ahead of Pushkin, Tchaikovsky, even Tolstoy himself., As award-winning author Alexander Mikaberidze shows in this fascinating, often startling, and wholly humanizing new biography, Kutuzovs story is far more compelling and complex than the myths that have encased him. An unabashed imperialist who rose in the ranks through his victories over the Turks and the Poles, Kutuzov was also a realist and a skeptic about military power. Over his long career-marked equally by victory and defeat, embrace and ostracismhe grew to despise those whose concept of war had devolved to mindless attack., Here, at last, is Kutuzov as he really wasa master and survivor of intrigue, moving in and out of royal favor, committed to th
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Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace - Alexander Mikaberidze
Alexander Mikaberidze
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He was the general who triumphed over Napoleons Grande Armee during the Patriotic War of 1812, not merely restoring national pride but securing national identity. Many Russians consider Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Golenischev-Kutuzov the greatest figure of the 19th century, ahead of Pushkin, Tchaikovsky, even Tolstoy himself., As award-winning author Alexander Mikaberidze shows in this fascinating, often startling, and wholly humanizing new biography, Kutuzovs story is far more compelling and complex than the myths that have encased him. An unabashed imperialist who rose in the ranks through his victories over the Turks and the Poles, Kutuzov was also a realist and a skeptic about military power. Over his long career-marked equally by victory and defeat, embrace and ostracismhe grew to despise those whose concept of war had devolved to mindless attack., Here, at last, is Kutuzov as he really wasa master and survivor of intrigue, moving in and out of royal favor, committed to th
