Suvorov was born in moscow and died in saint petersburg. After many military successes during the reign of catherine, general suvorov broke with her successor, paul i, the mad emperor, over questions regarding army policy. Petersburg, russia, russian military commander notable for his achievements in the russoturkish war of 178791 and in the french revolutionary wars. By the spring of 1941, suvorov claims, german intelligence determined that a soviet invasion was imminent. Suvorov made his name writing icebreaker and several follow up books on history of world war ii. Russian field marshal who became famous for his successful campaigns in the russoturkish war.
The epic story about the russian marshal alexander suvorov who lived during the 18th century. Its not meant to be reproduced in print or otherwise. Alexander suvorov was born in the family of general vasily ivanovich suvorov. Reframing hitlers invasion of stalins soviet empire. Aleksandr vasilyevich suvorov, count rimniksky russian. Before watching it looked 5hour documentary about the suvorov and ordered his book science of victory. Suvorov definition of suvorov by the free dictionary. The family subsequently settled in ukrainian soviet socialist republic after his retirement.
His mother, avdotya fyodorovna nee manukova, was the daughter of fedosey manukov. The wehrmacht had previously acquired rich combat experience in conducting new types of military campaigns. Viktor suvorov is a somewhat famous exgru spy who defected and wrote a series of books the most infamous and sensational were a series of books on world war ii, starting with icebreaker, which alleged with supporting historical facts and documents that stalin was planning to attack nazi germany in 1941, with the end goal of rolling over entire europe. The german blitzkrieg against the ussr, 1941 belfer center for. I am without doubt that alexander suvorov was the greatest military leader of all time. In the spring of 1941, hitler had specifically ordered that a russian military commission be shown over our tank schools and factories. Viktor suvorov icebreaker who started world war two fair use statement. His father, vasiliy suvorov, was a generalinchief and a senator in the governing senate, and was credited with translating vaubans works into russian. In this regard, suvorov cites the recollection of german tank general heinz guderian, who wrote in his memoir panzer leader 19521996, p. This russian general, who lived in the 1700s, disregarded contemporary thought and in doing so revolutionized war. Aleksandr suvorov was born into a noble family in moscow on november 24, 1729.
Author of a number of bestsellers about the history of the world war ii, the soviet army special operations troops and military intelligence, and the red army. He conquered amazing lands for his motherland russia. Alexander suvorov was born on the 24 of november 1729 in the family of general vasily ivanovich suvorov. The czar recalled suvorov to become the leader of the joint armies of rissia and austria against napoleon.
Suvorov synonyms, suvorov pronunciation, suvorov translation, english dictionary definition of suvorov. Count rymnikskii 1789, prince of italy 1799, generalissimo 1799. This piece of literature is provided under conditions of fair use, which means it is for comment and information purposes only. Use the force to ace this quiz on the words of the day from may 4 to may 10. Suvorov 1941 new release movies on dvd herbalfiles. Saint petersburg suvorov military school sadovaya street 26, saint petersburg, russia, 191023 rated 4. The french king louis xviii said the following about suvorov, a small man, thin, frail, illproportioned but under all these oddities there was a. Alexander suvorov was born into a noble family originating from novgorod at the moscow mansion of his maternal grandfather fedosey manukov. Viktor suvorov is the author of eighteen books that have been translated into more than twenty languages, including inside the aquarium. Alexander suvorov 1730 1800 alexander suvorov in biographical summaries of notable people alexander suvorov was born on november 24 1730, in moscow. Abram hannibal, the general of the russian emperor peter the great noticed the love and hidden abilities of the young suvorov and convinced his father vasiliy suvorov to let him develop his potential. Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of alexander vasilievich suvorov, who was field marshal of the armies of. Alexander suvorov historical records and family trees. He was fighting through the whole war from beginning to end, and after that he was thrown into the japanese front.
Suvorov contended that it was stalin who intended to attack germany in 1941 and that hitlers operation barbarossa launched against russia in june 1941 was, in fact, a preventive war designed to forestall stalins imminent attack against germany. Aleksandr vasilyevich suvorov, count rimniksky, born november november 24, new style, 1729, moscowdied may 6 may 18, new style, 1800, st. Although he demanded discipline and sacrifice, he understood the needs and feelings of his soldiers better than any other commander of his time. Russian army, and alexander suvorov, the great russian general, led its left wing.
Alexander passed away on may 18 1800, at age 69 in saint petersburg. Cherkasov, aleksandr khanov, mikhail astangov, apollon yachnitskiy. Primarily a biographical documentary about the military career of alexander vasilvich suvorov, who was field marshal of the armies of catherine the great and czar paul i. You may print or download one copy of this document for the purpose of your own research or study. Alexander suvorov the great generalissimo who never lost. After many military successes during the reign of catherine, general suvorov broke with.
Alexander suvorov avoided comfort in his everyday life, even in peaceful times he did not walk, but ran, did not just ride but rode very fast. As a child, under the supervision of his father, general vasilii ivanovich suvorov. Zhilin, chief historian of the soviet army, repeated during the gorbachev era that the perpetrators of the war were not only the imperialists of germany, but of the whole world. They can, in russia, now publish anything under my name. Although this biography does not go very indepth regarding most actual battles, it clearly spells out suvorovs principles on waging war. Russian hero alexander suvorov with total war youtube. Nevertheless, the boy took a great interest in all things military and. Of russianukrainian ancestry, suvorov attended russian military schools, was a veteran of the armed forces. An interview with viktor suvorov by viktor kalashnikov, march 2011. His father, vasiliy suvorov, was a general inchief and a senator in the governing senate, and was credited with translating vaubans works into russian. His father vasily suvorov was a batman of tsar peter the great and served in the leibguards semenovsky regiment that. Where he worked as a teacher and a adviser for news agencies. Aleksandr vasilievich suvorov the russian general aleksandr vasilievich suvorov 17301800 was never defeated in battle.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Region between deutsch eylau, heilsberg and preussisch eylau, based on. Suvorov sent general rosenberg to outflank the french position as he attacked it directly and on 24 september, after three attacks, the russians broke through when general bagrations russian yegers attacked the french rear. There is the 70th anniversary of 22 june 1941 coming, the anniversary of the beginning of the great patriotic war. Erp plm business process management ehs management supply chain. He went into retirement and wrote the science of victory, containing maxims such as swiftness of movement accompanies victory, and the real general is he who defeats the enemy. One of his ancestors was mikhail ivanovich suvorov that served in the russian army during the reign of tsar ioann ivan the ivth the terrible. Often when they are naughty, parents threaten to send boys to the suvorov school, the wellknown military boarding school in moscow, founded in. Soviet union tended to view 1941 as more of a german defeat brought about by. The next day, 25 september, russian light troops again outflanked the french positions as the latter tried to hold the. According to rezun, he studied in a suvorov military school. But just short of a decade later, the whole rotted mess of the soviet system collapsed, and in the flood of new information, suvorov was totally vindicated.
In 1789 he was created a russian count and a count of the holy roman empire. Viktor suvorov has 46 books on goodreads with 9849 ratings. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. His father vasily suvorov was a batman of tsar peter the great and his aide. After many military successes during the reign of catherine, general suvorov broke with her. Viktor suvorov icebreaker who started world war two. Born on november, 1729, in moscow, suvorov was from a child fascinated by everything military. Aleksandr suvorov russiapedia military prominent russians. Former sovietunion army officer fled in 1978 to england.
He grew up so weak and sickly that suvorovs father, an army general himself, thought a civilian career would be his sons only option. In addition to his other awards, this one is the dearest to me. Suvorov, aleksandr article about suvorov, aleksandr by. The german invasion of the soviet union in june of 1941 has long. Today, both cities host a suvorov military academy, named after this fine military commander. All the alexanders ancestors served in the russian army, as batmen or generals. It is openly printed in those books that army general gareev and colonel. When general officer ranks were introduced in the red army, susloparov was made major general.