Mikhail Miloradovich

Count Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich (Russian: Михаил Андреевич Милорадович, scientific transliteration Mikhail Andreevič Miloradović; * 1 Oktoberjul / October 12 1771greg in Saint Petersburg, .. .. † 15 Dezemberjul / December 27 1825greg ) was a general of the Russian Army.

Life

Miloradovich joined young in the Russian military service, took part in the wars against the Turks in 1787, against the Poles in 1794 and then served under Suvorov, whose avant-garde, he served as Major General, in Italy and Switzerland. In the Battle of Dürnstein on 11 November 1805 he led the attack on the French under Mortier. On 2 December 1805 he distinguished himself as a lieutenant general and division commander at Austerlitz, then led an independent command in 1808 in Wallachia and defeated the Turks at Obileschti and Giurgiu. 1810 Miloradovich General of Infantry.

In the campaign of 1812 he fought at Borodino. Together with Bennigsen he defeated the French on 18 October 1812 in the battle of Tarutino and 24 October under Kutuzov command at Maloyaroslavets, Wjasma, Dorogobusch and Krasnoi.

On 8 February 1813, he occupied Warsaw, then covered at the Battle of Großgörschen the left flank of the allies and had to exist as a commander of the Russian rear-guard skirmishes with the Rochlitz, Dresden, Bischofswerda and at Chapel Hill, after which he was elevated to the Count.

In the Battle of Bautzen on 20 and 21 May, he led the vanguard. After the armistice he commanded, under the Grand Duke Constantine, the Russian- Prussian Guards and reserves and fought with distinction in Kulm, Leipzig and at La Rothière.

After the peace appointed in 1818 to the military governor of Petersburg, he fell in the uprising of December 26, 1825 on the side of the Emperor Nicholas I.