"Kutuzov" and "Kutusov" redirect here. For other uses, see Kutuzov (disambiguation).
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Illarionovich and the family name is Golenishchev-Kutuzov.
His Serene Highness Prince
Mikhail Kutuzov
Smolensky
Portrait by Roman Volkov [ru]
Native name
Михаил Илларионович Голенищев-Кутузов
Nickname(s)
The Fox of the North
Born
(1745-09-16)16 September 1745 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died
28 April 1813(1813-04-28) (aged 67) Bunzlau, Kingdom of Prussia (now Bolesławiec, Poland)
Buried
Kazan Cathedral, Saint Petersburg
Allegiance
Russian Empire
Service/branch
Imperial Russian Army
Years of service
1759–1813
Rank
Field marshal
Commands held
Commander in Chief of Austro-Russian force in the Third Coalition, Commander in Chief of Imperial Russian Army in Patriotic war of 1812
Battles/wars
Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)
Battle of Larga
Battle of Kagul
Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)
Battle of Kinburn
Siege of Ochakov
Battle of Rymnik
Siege of Izmail
Battle of Măcin
Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)
Battle of Rusçuk [ru]
Battle of the Danube
Napoleonic Wars
Battle of Dürenstein
Battle of Austerlitz
Battle of Borodino
Battle of Tarutino
Battle of Maloyaroslavets
Battle of Krasnoi
Battle of Berezina
Awards
Russian: Duke of Smolensk; 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th classes Order of St. George; 1st class Order of St. Anna; 1st & 2nd classes Order of St. Vladimir; Order of St. Alexander Nevsky; Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Order of St. Andrew; Golden Weapon for Bravery. Foreign: Military Order of Maria Theresa; Order of the Black Eagle; Order of the Red Eagle.
Signature
Selected battles
500km 300miles
Berezina
9
Krasnoi
8
Maloyaroslavets
7
Borodino
6
5
Slobozia
4
Austerlitz
3
Dürenstein
2
Măcin
1
1791 1805 1811 1812
Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov-Smolensky (Russian: Михаил Илларионович Голенищев-Кутузов-Смоленский;[a] German: Mikhail Illarion Golenishchev-Kutuzov Fürst von Smolensk; 16 September [O.S. 5 September] 1745 – 28 April [O.S. 16 April] 1813)[1] was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as a military officer and a diplomat under the reign of three Romanov monarchs: Empress Catherine II, and Emperors Paul I and Alexander I. Kutuzov was shot in the head twice while fighting the Turks (1774 and 1788) and survived the serious injuries seemingly against all odds. He defeated Napoleon as commander-in-chief using attrition warfare in the Patriotic war of 1812. Alexander I, the incumbent Tsar during Napoleon's invasion, would write that he would be remembered amongst Europe's most famous commanders and that Russia would never forget his worthiness.[2]
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