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COMMANDER // 1770–1857

A. Ostermann-Tolstoy

lieutenant generalRussian Empire5 battles3 wars

Lifespan

1770 – 1857

1775180018251850War of the Fourth Coalition · 1806-1807French invasion of Russia · 1812War of the Sixth Coalition · 1813-1814Battle of Czarnowo — December 23, 1806 · Russian Empire · War of the Fourth CoalitionBattle of Krasnoi — November 15, 1812 · Russia · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Ostrovno — July 25, 1812 · Russian Empire · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Tarutino — October 18, 1812 · Russian Empire · French invasion of RussiaBattle of Kulm — August 29, 1813 · Russia · War of the Sixth Coalition

Active service 1806–1813 — 5 battles across 3 wars; first command at age 36.

Profile

Count Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy was a Russian nobleman, soldier and officer who served in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787–1792 and in the era of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He belonged to the famous Tolstoy family. Being in numerical inferiority while commanding the rear guard on the first day of the Battle of Kulm, he held out against the onslaught of French forces but lost his left arm.

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Battles (5)

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