List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812

This is a list of commanders of the Russian Army in 1812 before the Patriotic War of 1812.

Contents: Top · 0–9 · A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles[1] Military Gallery
Afanasii Agalin 1764-1846 Major General (1807) Chief of the Kursk infantry regiment No
Vasili Adadurov 1765-1845 Major General (1798), from 1808 in retirement Head of the 2nd brigade of the Saint Petersburg irregulars Polotsk, Czasniki No
Adam Georg von Agthe 1777-1826 Major General (1814) Chief of the Saint Petersburg grenadier regiment Borodino, Krasny, Leipzig Yes
Ivan Adamovich d. after 1813 Major General (1798) In the 1st Corps of the Reserve Army No
Ivan Aklechev 1758-1824 Major General (1799) Head of Olonets and Vologda rifle brigades of the Saint Petersburg irregulars Polotsk, Lützen, Bautzen, Dresden, Bar-sur-Aube, Paris No
Mikhail Akhlestyshev 1782-1829 Colonel (1810), Major General (1813) Chief of 39th chasseur regiment Kovel, Lyuboml, Golovnya, Golovnya, Bautzen, Katzbach No
Ilya Alekseyev 1772-1830 Major General (1807), Lieutenant General (1815) Chief of dragoon brigade in the Corpse of Wittgenstein Polotsk, Czasniki, Stolbsy, Smoliani, Lützen Yes
Fyodor Aleksopol 1758-after 1816 Major General (1807) Chief of the 2nd brigade of the 23rd infantry division Smolensk, Borodino No
Alexander Albrecht 1788-1828 Colonel (1811), Major General (1814), Lieutenant General (1826) In the Corpse of Wittgenstein Polotsk, Berezina, Lützen, Bautzen, Dresden Yes
Stepan Andreyevskiy 1782-1742 Colonel (1809), Major General (1813) In the Leub Guard cavalry regiment Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm Yes
Alexander Ansio 1776-1830 Major General (1810) General on duty of the Danube Army Berezina No
Alexey Arakcheyev 1769-1834 General of artillery (1809) Head of the War Department Lützen, Bautzen Yes
Andrei Arakcheyev 1772-1814 Major General (1799) Chief of artillery of the 3rd Reserve Army No
Ivan Andreyevich Argamakov 1775-1820 Colonel (1807), Major General (1813) Chief of Zhytomyr dragoon regiment Kaidanov, Minsk, Borisov, Bautzen, Leipzig, Hamburg Yes
Ivan Vasilievich Argamakov 1763-1834 Colonel (1806), Major General (1815) Chief of Vladimir dragoon regiment Dresden, Leipzig, Hamburg Yes
Gustav Armfelt 1757-1814 General of infantry (1812) In the Imperial Retinue Großbeeren, Dennewitz, Leipzig No
Alexander Arseniev 1754-1844 Major General (1801) In the Moscow irregulars No
Mikhail Arseniev 1779-1838 Major General (1812) In the Leub Guard Cavalry regiment Fère-Champenoise Yes
Nikolai Arseniev 1764-1830 Major General (1799) Chief of a division in the Moscow irregulars Borodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Krasnoe No
Aleksei Avdulin 1776-1838 Major General (1810) In Reserve No

B

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Karl Gustav von Baggovut 1761-1812 Lieutenant General (1807) Chief of 2nd infantry corps of the 1st Army of the West Eulay, Pultusk, Heilsberg, Fridland, Finnish War, Borodino, Tarutino Yes
Prince Pyotr Bagration 1765-1812 General of infantry (1809) Commander-in-chief of the 1st Army Saltanovka, Borodino Yes
Prince Roman Bagration 1778 – 1834 Colonel (1810), Major General (1813) In the Staff of the 3rd Army Kobrin, Brest, Gorodechno Yes
Pyotr Balabin 1776 - 1856 Major General (1813), Lieutenant General (1832) In the Corps of Riga Memel, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm, Glogau Yes
Stepan Balabin 1763 – 1818 Major General (1815) Chief of the Don Cossacks Ataman Regiment No
Prince Kirill Balatukov 1774 – 1827 Major General (1813) Chief of the Simferopol Chivalry Tatar Regiment Romanov, Mir, Borodino, Tarutino No
Alexander Balashov 1770-1837 General aid-de-camp (1809), General of infantry (1823) Minister of Policy, in the Emperor's retinue Yes
Mikhail Balk 1764 – 1818 Lieutenant General (1815) Chief of the Riga Dragoon Regiment Gromy, St-Dizier Yes
Adam Balla 1764 - 1812 Major General (1799) Commander of 3rd Brigade of 7th Infantry Division Smolensk No
Pyotr Bardakov 1756 - 1821 Lieutenant General (1798) Chief of Kostroma militia Glogau No
Prince Michael Barclay de Tolly 1761-1818 General of infantry (1809), Field Marshal (1814) Minister of Land Forces of Russia, Commander of 1st and 3rd Armies of the West Borodino, Kulm, Leipzig, Paris Yes
Ludwig Balthasar Alexis Bartholomäi 1784-1839 Colonel (1812), Lieutenant General (1826) Aid-de-camp of Michael Barclay de Tolly Vitebsk, Smolenks, Borodino, Tarutino, Leipzig, Krasnoe, Laon, Soissons Yes
Alexey Bakhmetiev Yes
Nikilay Bakhmetiev No
Alexander Bashilov 1777-1849 (1847?) Major General (1810) Brigade commander, Third Army Gorodechna Yes
Panteleymon Benardos Yes
Count Alexander von Benckendorff 1783-1844 Yes
Konstantin von Benckendorff 1785-1828 Yes
Count Levin August von Bennigsen 1745-1826 Yes
Bernhard Magnus von Berg 1764-1838 Yes
Gregor von Berg 1765-1838 Yes
Alexander Berdyaev Yes
Alexander Bibikov Yes
Adam Otto von Bistram Yes
Karl Heinrich Georg von Bistram Yes
Andrey Bogdanovskiy Yes
Nikolay Borozdin 1777 - 1830 Major General (1807) chief of 1st Cuirassier Division, 5th Infantry Corps Finnish War, Borodino, Bauzten, Leipzig Yes
Baron Karl Ludwig von Budberg 1775–1829 Yes
Otto von Buchholtz 1770 – 1831 Yes

C

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Anton Chalikov Yes
Yefim Chaplits 1768-1825 Yes
Ilya Chernozubov Yes
Alexander Chernyshyov (1786-1857) Colonel (1809), Major General (November 1812) Guerilla brigade commander Raids in Neman River area, October-November 1812 Yes
Nikolay Chicherin Yes
Pyotr Chicherin Yes
Pavel Choglokov 1772 1832 Major General (1808) Chief of 1st Brigade, 11th Division, 4th Infantry Corps Finnsih War, Smolensk, Borodino, Bautzen, Leipzig Yes
Baron Karl Clodt von Jürgensburg Yes

D

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Denis Davydov 1784-1839 Yes
Maksim Damas Yes
David Delyanov Yes
Vasiliy Denisov Yes
Luka Denisiev Yes
Nikolay Depreradovich Yes
Nikolay Dekhterev Yes
Count Hans Karl von Diebitsch (Ivan Dibich) 1785-1831 Yes
Fyodor Dovre Yes
Dmitry Dokhturov 1756-1816 Yes
Fyodor Drizen Borodino Yes
Baron Ilya Ducca Yes
Ivan Durnovo Yes
Stepan Dyatkov Yes

E

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Georgi Emmanuel Yes
Fyodor Engelhardt 1762-1831 Commander of Riga volunteers Defense of Riga
Grigori Engelhardt 1759-1834 Major General Yes
Fyodor Ertell Yes
Magnus Gustav (Ivan) von Essen 1759-1813 Yes
Count Pyotr Essen Yes

F

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Pavel Filisov Yes
Alexander von Fock Yes

G

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Prince Joseph Galatte 1760— Yes
Alexey Gamen 1773—1829 Yes
Ermolay Gamper 1750—1814 Yes
Semyon Gangeblov 1757—1827 Yes
Vasiliy Garpe 1762—1814 Yes
Ivan Geidenreich 1769—1839 Yes
Gotthard August von Helffreich 1776—1843 Yes
Jakov Gine 1769—1813 Yes
Andrey Glebov 1770—1854 Yes
Fyodor Gogel 1775—1827 Yes
Pavel Golenishchev-Kutuzov 1772—1843 Yes
Prince Dmitriy Golitsyn 1771-1844 Yes
Evgeniy Golovin 1782—1858 Yes
Prince Andrey Gorchakov 1779—1855 Yes
Timofey Grekov 1770—1831 Yes
Alexander Gresser 1772—1822 Yes
Andrey Gudovich 1782—1867 Yes
Ivan Gurielov 1770—1818 No

H

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Baron Karl Herzdorf Yes
Prince Ernest of Hesse-Philippsthal Yes

I

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Pyotr Ivelich 1772 - 1816 Major General (1808 Chief of 1 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps Yes
Dmitry Ignatiev Yes
Alexey Ilovayskiy Yes
Vasiliy Ilovayskiy Yes
Grigori Ilovayskiy Yes
Ivan Ilovayskiy Yes
Nikolay Ilovayskiy Yes
Osip Ilovayskiy Yes
Ivan Inzov Yes

J

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Baron Antoine-Henri Jomini 1779-1869 Yes

K

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Vladimir Kablukov Yes
Platon Kablukov Yes
Kirill Kazachkovskiy Yes
Paisiy Kaysarov Yes
Pyotr Kaptsevich Yes
Moisey Karpenko Yes
Akim Karpov Yes
Ermolay Kern Yes
Stepan Khilkoff Yes
Prince Nikolay Khovansky Yes
Matvey Khrapovitskiy Yes
Ivan Khroshchov Yes
Pyotr Kikin Yes
Fyodor Knipper Yes
Karl von Knorring 1774-1817 Yes
Otto von Knorring Yes
Alexander Knyazhin Yes
Boris Knyazhin Yes
Pyotr Kozen Yes
Ivan Kozlyaninov Yes
Alexey Kologrivov Yes
Pyotr Kolyubakin Yes
Count Pyotr Konovnitsin Yes
Pyotr Kornilov Yes
Fyodor Korf Yes
Vasiliy Kostenetskiy Yes
Afanasiy Krasovskiy Yes
Baron Cyprian Kreutz Yes
Nikolay Kretov Yes
Maksim Kryzhanovskiy Yes
Nikoay Kudashev Yes
Yakov Kulnev 1763-1812 Yes
Dmitry Kuruta Yes
Alexander Kutaysov Yes
Dmitriy Kuteynikov Yes
Aleksander Kutuzov Yes
Prince Mikhail Kutuzov 1745-1813 Yes

L

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Count Charles de Lambert Yes
Count Alexander Langeron 1763-1831 Yes
Sergey Lanskoy Yes
Vasiliy Laptev Yes
Vasiliy Levashov Yes
Baron Karl Levenstern Yes
Baron Woldemar Hermann von Löwenstern 1776–1858 No
Friedrich von Löwis of Menar ("Fyodor Leviz") 1767-1824 Yes
Dmitry Levin Yes
Ivan Leontiev Yes
Count Johann Lieven Yes
Fredrik Lindfors ("Fedor") Yes
Grigori Lisanevich Yes
Pyotr Likhachyov Yes
Fyodor Lukov Yes
Gavriil Lukovkin Yes
Dmitry Lyalin Yes
Dmitry Lyapunov Yes

M

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Valerian Madatov 1782-1829 Yes
Count Johann von Manteuffel ("Ivan Manteyfel") Yes
Alexander Markov Yes
Yevgeni Markov Yes
Andrey Maskov Yes
Mikhail Mantsev Yes
Vladimir Mezentsev Yes
Mikhail Mezentsev Yes
Alexey Melissino Yes
Baron Egor Meller-Zakomelskiy Yes
Pavel Merlin Yes
Count Alexandre Michaud de Beauretour 1771-1845 Yes
Count Mikhail Miloradovich 1771-1825 Yes
Dmitry Mordvinov Yes
Fyodor Mosolov Yes
Nikolay Myakinin Yes

N

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Ivan Nabokov 1787-1852 Yes
Fyodor Nazimov Yes
Lev Naryshkin Yes
Mikhail Naumov Yes
Dmitry Neverskiy Yes
Pavel Neidhart Yes
Alexey Nikitin Yes

O

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Prince Vasily Obolenskiy Yes
Adam Ozarowski 1776-1855 Yes
Modest Okulov Yes
Evgeny Olenin Yes
Count Joseph D'Olon Yes
Zakhar Olsufiev Yes
Nikolay Olsufiev Yes
Karl Oldekop Yes
Karl Opperman Yes
Vasiliy Orlov-Denisov Yes
Prince Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken 1752-1837 Yes
Count Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy 1772-1857 Yes

P

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Baron Magnus von der Pahlen ("Matvei") Yes
Count Paul von der Pahlen Yes
Count Peter von der Pahlen Yes
Ivan Palitsin Yes
Ivan Panchulidzev Yes
Semyon Panchulidzev Yes
Count Ivan Paskevich 17782-1856 Yes
Alexander Patton Yes
Marquis Filippo Paulucci Yes
Alexander Peiker Yes
Georg Ludwig Pilar von Pilchau 1767-1830 Yes
Alexander Pisarev Yes
Count Matvei Platov 1757-1818 Yes
Konstantin Poltoratskiy Yes
Boris Poluektov Yes
Ivan Pol Yes
Mikhail Ponsette Yes
Fyodor Posnikov Yes
Yakov Potyomkin Yes
Count Stanisław Potocki (1782-1831) [2] Yes
Count Carlo-Andrea Pozzo di Borgo Yes
Alexey Protasov Yes
Dmitry Pyshnitskiy Yes

R

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Nikolay Raevsky 1771-1829 Yes
Vasily Rakhmanov 1764-1816 Yes
Dmitry Rezvy 1762-1823 Yes
Robert Renny 1768-1832 Yes
Prince Nikolay Repnin-Volkonsky 1778-1845 Yes
Sergey Repninskiy 1775-1818 Yes
Stepan Repninskiy 1773-1851 Yes
Johann Friedrich von Rehren
(Ivan Reren)
1775-1813 Yes
Fyodor Rediger 1773-1851 Yes
Alexander von Rüdinger 1782-1825 Yes
Burchard Adam von Richter
(Boris Richter)
1782-1832 Yes
Count Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke 1772-1849 Yes
Baron Alexander von Rosen 1779-1832 Yes
Baron Gregor von Rosen
(Grigori Rozen)
1781-1841 Yes
Baron Friedrich Georg Otto von Rosen
(Fyodor Rozen)
1767-1851 Yes
Ignaty Rossi 1765-1814 Yes
Ludwig Roth ("Loggin Rot") 1780-1851 Yes
Alexander Ruzdrevich 1785-1829 Yes
Vasily Rykov 1759-1827 Yes
Alexander Ryleev 1778-1840 Yes
Mikhail Ryleev 1771-1830 Yes
Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich of Russia 1779-1831 Yes

S

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Ivan Sabaneev Yes
Fyodor Sanders Yes
Andrey Andreyevich von Saß Yes
Andreas Burchard Friedrich (Andrey Pavlovich) von Saß Yes
Eremey Savoini Yes
Ivan Sazonov Yes
Fyodor Sazonov Yes
Duke Leopold of Saxe-Coburg 1790-1865 Yes
Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 1769-1843 Yes
Gustav Scheele Yes
Nikolay Selyavin Yes
Aleksei Seslavin Yes
Count Emmanuel de Saint-Priest Yes
Prince Ivan Shakhovskoy Yes
Prince Alexander Shcherbatov Yes
Prince Alexey Shcherbatov Yes
Prince Nikolay Shcherbatov Yes
Ivan Shevich Yes
Vasily Shenshin Yes
Dmitry Shepelev Yes
Mikhail Shkapskiy Yes
Gerasim Shostakov Yes
Peter Schreyder Yes
Evstafiy Shtaden Yes
Fabian Steinheil ("Faddei Shteingel") Yes
Count Pavel Shuvalov Yes
Alexander Shulgin Yes
Daniil Shukhanov Yes
Count Egor Sivers Yes
Count Karl Sivers Yes
Nikolay Sipyagin Yes
Anton Skalon (French: Anton de Scalon) 1767-1812 Yes
Iosif Sokolovskiy Yes
Maksim Stavitskiy Yes
Semyon Stavrakov Yes
Georg Johann von Staal 1777-1862 Yes
Karl Gustav von Staal 1778-1853 Yes
Count Pavel Stroganov 1774-1817 Yes
Nikolay Sulima Yes
Ivan Sukhozanet Yes
Baron Paul van Suchtelen (son of Pieter van Suchtelen) Yes
Baron Pieter van Suchtelen Yes
Nikanor Svechin Yes

T

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Alexander Talysin Yes
Fyodor Talysin Yes
Baron Fyodor Teil van Seraskern Yes
Alexander Thesleff Yes
Nikolay Titov Yes
Count Pyotr Tolstoy 1769-1844 Yes
Baron Karl Wilhelm von Toll Yes
Count Alexander Tormasov 1752-1819 Yes
Mikhail Treskin Yes
Ivan Troshchinskiy Yes
Prince Vasily Trubetskoy 1776-1841 Yes
Christian Truzson Yes
Alexander Tsvilinev Yes
Andrey Turchaninov Yes
Pavel Turchaninov Yes
Alexander Tuchkov Yes
Nikolay Tuchkov Yes
Pavel Tuchkov Yes

U

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Fyodor Uvarov Yes
Gustav Udam ("Evstafiy Udom") 1760–1836 Yes
Johann Udam ("Ivan Udom") 1768–1821 Yes
Andrey Umanets Yes
Prince Alexander Urusov Yes
Pavel Ushakov Yes
Sergei Ushakov Yes

V

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Ivan Vadbolskiy Yes
Yakov Vadkovsky 1774 - 1820 Major General (1808) Chief of 2 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps No
Ludwig Valmoden Yes
Dmitry Vasilchikov Yes
Illarion Vasilchikov Yes
Nikolay Vasilchikov Yes
Anton Velikopolskiy Yes
Ivan Velyaminov Yes
Gavriil Veselitskiy Yes
Mikhail Vistitskiy Yes
Egor Vlastov Yes
Mikhail Vlodek Yes
Alexey Voyeykov Yes
Alexander Voinov Yes
Mikhail Volkov Yes
Prince Pyotr Volkonskiy 1776-1852 Yes
Prince Sergey Volkonskiy Yes
Prince Mikhail Vorontsov 1782-1856 Yes
Nikolay Vuich Yes

W

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Baron Ferdinand Wintzingerode Yes
Count Ivan Witte Yes
Duke Alexander of Wurttemberg Yes
Duke Eugene of Wurttemberg Yes

Y

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Lev Yashvil Yes
Nikolay Yemelyanov Yes
Alexey Yermolov 1777-1861 Yes
Ivan Yershov Yes
Andrey Yefimovich Yes
Vasiliy Yeshin Yes
Dmitry Yuzefovich Yes
Alexander Yushkov Yes

Z

Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery
Pyotr Zagryazhskiy Yes
Arseniy Zakrevskiy 1783–1865 Yes
Timofey Zbievskiy Yes
Fyodor Zvarykin Yes
Filipp Zhevakhov No
Ivan Zhevakhov Yes
Spiridon Zhevakhov No
Pyotr Zheltukhin Yes
Sergey Zheltukhin Yes
Apollon Zhemchuzhnikov Yes

Footnotes

  1. ^ After June 1812
  2. ^ son of Count Stanisław Szczęsny Potocki

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