MILITARY PERSONNEL

Alexander Suvorov

1730 - 1800

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Count Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov-Rymniksky, Prince of Italy (24 November [O.S. 13 November] 1729 or 1730 – 18 May [O.S. 6 May] 1800) was a Russian general and military theorist in the service of the Russian Empire. Born in Moscow, he studied military history as a young boy and joined the Imperial Russian Army at the age of 17. Promoted to colonel in 1762 for his successes during the Seven Years' War, his victories during the War of the Bar Confederation included the capture of Kraków and victories at Orzechowo, Lanckorona, and Stołowicze. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Suvorov has received more than 1,550,981 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Alexander Suvorov is the 75th most popular military personnel (up from 86th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Russia (up from 92nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Alexandr Suvorov is most famous for being a Russian military commander during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Suvorov ranks 75 out of 2,058. Before him are Yevgeny Prigozhin, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Walter Model, Erich Raeder, Ahmad Sanjar, and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. After him are Tadeusz Kościuszko, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Edward Smith, Günther von Kluge, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, and Helmuth von Moltke the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Alexander Suvorov ranks 1. After him are Charles Messier, Johann Georg Hamann, Étienne Bézout, Jan Ingenhousz, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Josiah Wedgwood, Antonio Sacchini, James Bruce, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, and Velu Nachiyar. Among people deceased in 1800, Alexander Suvorov ranks 1. After him are Jeongjo of Joseon, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Adélaïde of France, Louis Desaix, Niccolò Piccinni, Salawat Yulayev, Peter von Biron, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, George XII of Georgia, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, and Jean-Antoine Marbot.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Suvorov ranks 84 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan III of Russia (1440), Anna Pavlova (1881), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), Boris Godunov (1552), Michael of Russia (1596), and Feodor I of Russia (1557). After him are Alexander Scriabin (1871), Alexander Kerensky (1881), Otto Wallach (1847), Martti Ahtisaari (1937), Dmitry Medvedev (1965), and Alexander Borodin (1833).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Alexander Suvorov ranks 5. Before him are Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), Vasily Zaitsev (1915), Stanislav Petrov (1939), and Yevgeny Prigozhin (1961). After him are Ivan Konev (1897), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Pyotr Bagration (1765), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Semyon Budyonny (1883), and Felix Steiner (1896).

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