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General Prince

Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration
General Prince; Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration
	Portrait by George Dawe
Native name	პეტრე ბაგრატიონი
Nickname(s)	"God of the Army"; "The Eagle"[citation needed]
Born	10 July 1765; Kizlyar, Astrakhan Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	24 September [O.S. 12 September] 1812 (aged 47); Sima, Vladimir Governorate, Russian Empire
Buried	Borodino Battlefield, Russia
Allegiance	Russia
Service/branch	Imperial Russian Army
Years of service	1782–1812
Rank	General of the Infantry
Commands held	Suvorov's vanguard during his Italian campaign; Suvorov's vanguard during his Swiss campaign; 6th Jaegers; 22nd Infantry Division; Jaegers of the Imperial Guard Lifeguard Jaeger Regiment; ; Russian rearguard at Hollabrunn; Coalition right wing at Austerlitz; Russian rearguard at Eylau; Russian Army during Russo-Turkish War Army of Moldavia; ; Second Western Army; Left wing of the Russian forces at Borodino;
Battles/wars	Russian-Circassian War; Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792) Siege of Ochakov; ; Kościuszko Uprising Storming of Praga; ; Italian Campaign Capture of Brescia; Battle of the Adda River Combat of Lecco (WIA); ; First Battle of Marengo (1799); Battle of the Trebbia; Battle of Novi; ; Swiss Campaign Battle of Klöntal; Combat of Netstal; Combats of Näfels and Netstal; First Combat of Schwanden; Second Combat of Schwanden; ; Finnish War Battle of Lokalaks; Helsinki village landing; ; Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812) Battle of Rassowa; Battle of Tataritza; Battle of Dobruja; Siege of Silistria; ; Napoleonic Wars Battle of Amstetten; Battle of Schöngrabern; Battle of Austerlitz; Battle of Eylau; Battle of Heilsberg; Battle of Friedland; Battle of Saltanovka; Battle of Smolensk; Battle of Shevardino; Battle of Borodino (DOW); ;
Awards	; ; ; Weapons:; Gold Sword for Bravery
Spouse(s)	Catherine Bagration née Skavronskaya
Relations	Ivane (father); Roman and Alexander (brothers) and Pyotr (nephew)
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Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration^{[nb 1]} (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Russian general and prince of Georgian origin, prominent during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Bagration, a member of the Bagrationi dynasty, was born in Kizlyar.^[2] His father, Ivan (Ivane), served as an officer in the Imperial Russian Army, in which Bagration also enlisted in 1782. Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration began his military career serving in the Russo-Circassian War of 1763–1864 for a couple of years. Afterwards he participated in a war against the Ottomans and the capture of Ochakov in 1788. Later he helped suppress the Kościuszko Uprising of 1794 in Poland and capture Warsaw. During Russia's Italian and Swiss campaigns of 1799 against the French, he served with distinction under Field Marshal Alexander Suvorov.

In 1805 Russia joined the coalition against Napoleon. After the collapse of the Austrians at Ulm in October 1805, Bagration won praise for his successful defense in the Battle of Schöngrabern (November 1805) that allowed Russian forces to withdraw and unite with the main Russian army of Mikhail Kutuzov. In December 1805 the combined Russo-Austrian army suffered defeat at the Battle of Austerlitz, where Bagration commanded the allied right wing against the French under Jean Lannes. Later he commanded Russian troops in the Finnish War (1808–1809) against Sweden and in another war against the Turks (1806–1812) on the Danube.

During the French invasion of Russia in 1812, Bagration commanded one of two large Russian armies (Barclay de Tolly commanded the other) fighting a series of rear-guard actions. The Russians failed to stop the French advance at the Battle of Smolensk in August 1812. Barclay had proposed a scorched-earth retreat that the Emperor Alexander I of Russia had approved, although Bagration preferred to confront the French in a major battle. Mikhail Kutuzov succeeded Barclay as Commander-in-Chief but continued his policy until the Battle of Borodino (7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1812) near Moscow. Bagration commanded the left wing around what became known as the Bagration flèches at Borodino, where he was mortally wounded; he died a couple of weeks later. Originally buried at a local church, in 1839 he was reburied on the battlefield of Borodino.

^ Mikaberidze (2009), Ch. XIII: Bagration – "God of an Army".
^ ^a ^b Pluchart (1835), pp. 60—61

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[mika13-1] Mikaberidze (2009), Ch. XIII: Bagration – "God of an Army".

[Pluchart_1835,_pp._60—61-2] Pluchart (1835), pp. 60—61

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