COMMANDER // 1784–1839
Denis Davydov
generalRussian Empire2 battles1 war
Lifespan
1784 – 1839
Active service 1812 — 2 battles across 1 war; first command at age 28.
Profile
Denis Vasilyevich Davydov was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry, characterised by hedonism and bravado. He used events from his own life to illustrate such poetry. He suggested and successfully pioneered guerrilla warfare in the Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon.
Battles (2)
1812
1812
Battle of LyakhovoFrench invasion of Russia · Russian Empire