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.

A[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles[1]	Military Gallery
		1764-1846	Major General (1807)	Chief of the Kursk infantry regiment		No
		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		No
		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
		1782-1829	Colonel (1810), Major General (1813)	Chief of 39th chasseur regiment	, , , , Bautzen, Katzbach	No
	Ilya Alekseyev	1772-1830	Major General (1807), Lieutenant General (1815)	Chief of dragoon brigade in the Wittgenstein Corps	Polotsk, Czasniki, , Smoliani, Lützen	Yes
		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 Wittgenstein Corps	Polotsk, Berezina, Lützen, Bautzen, Dresden	Yes
	Stepan Andreyevskiy	1782-1843	Colonel (1809), Major General (1813)	In the Leub Guard cavalry regiment	, Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm	Yes
		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
		1772-1814	Major General (1799)	Chief of artillery of the		No
	Ivan Andreyevich Argamakov	1775-1820	Colonel (1807), Major General (1813)	Chief of Zhytomyr dragoon regiment	, , Borisov, Bautzen, Leipzig,	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
		1754-1844	Major General (1801)	In the Moscow irregulars		No
	Mikhail Arseniev	1779-1838	Major General (1812)	Acting commander of the Life Guard Horse Regiment	Fère-Champenoise	Yes
		1764-1830	Major General (1799)	Chief of a division in the Moscow irregulars	Borodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Krasnoe	No
		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, , Gorodechno	Yes
		1776 - 1856	Major General (1813), Lieutenant General (1832)	In the Corps of Riga	, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm,	Yes
		1763 – 1818	Major General (1815)	Chief of the Don Cossacks Ataman Regiment		No
	Prince	1774 – 1827	Major General (1813)	Chief of the Simferopol Chivalry Tatar Regiment	, Mir, Borodino, Tarutino	No
	Alexander Balashov	1770-1837	General aide-de-camp (1809), General of infantry (1823)	Minister of Policy, in the Emperor's retinue		Yes
		1764 – 1818	Lieutenant General (1815)	Chief of the Riga Dragoon Regiment	, St-Dizier	Yes
		1764 - 1812	Major General (1799)	Commander of 3rd Brigade of 7th Infantry Division	Smolensk	No
		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
		1784-1839	Colonel (1812), Lieutenant General (1826)	Aide-de-camp of Michael Barclay de Tolly	Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Tarutino, Leipzig, Krasnoe, Laon,	Yes
						Yes
						No
	Alexander Bashilov	1777-1849 (1847?)	Major General (1810)	Brigade commander, Third Army		Yes
						Yes
	Count Alexander von Benckendorff	1783-1844				Yes
	Konstantin von Benckendorff	1785-1828				Yes
	Count Levin August von Bennigsen	1745-1826				Yes
		1764-1838				Yes
		1765-1838	1801 Chief Malorossisky (Little Russia) Grenadier Regt. 1806-11 Commandant of Revel. Oct 1812 Lieutenant General	Commander 5th Division	1805 Amstetten (wounded), Austerlitz (captured). 1812 Jakobovo, Nischy, Golovchyn, 1st Polotsk (wounded), 2nd Polotsk, Smolnya. 1813 Danzig, Mockern, Lutzen, Bautzen, Reichenbach (wounded).	Yes
						Yes
	Alexander Bibikov					Yes
	Adam Otto von Bistram	1774 - 1828		1st Western Army	Ostrovno, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Mozhaisk, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets[2]	Yes
	Karl Ivanovich von Bistram	1770 - 1838		Commander Life Guard Jager Battalion	Smolensk, Borodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Klementino, Dobraya[3]	Yes
	Nikolay Bogdanov	1751 - 1829	Lieutenant General (1807)	Chief of the 8th Artillery Regiment	Borodino	No
						Yes
		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	Colonel (1808), Major General (1813)	Chief of His Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment	Vitebsk, Smolensk, Vyazma, Borodino	Yes
		1770 – 1831				Yes

C[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
						Yes
	Yefim Chaplits	1768-1825	Lieutenant General from 12 November 1812	Commander 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps	Kobryn, Slonim, Borisov[4]	Yes
		1765-1821	Major General from November 1812	Commander Don Cossack Opolchenye	Krasnyi	Yes
	Alexander Chernyshyov	1786-1857	Colonel (1809), Major General (November 1812)	Guerilla brigade commander	Raids in Neman River area, October–November 1812	Yes
						Yes
	Pyotr Chicherin					Yes
		1772-1832	Major General (1808)	Chief of 1st Brigade, 11th Division, 4th Infantry Corps	Finnish War, Smolensk, Borodino, Bautzen, Leipzig	Yes
	Baron Karl Clodt von Jürgensburg	1765-1822				Yes

D[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
	Denis Davydov	1784-1839				Yes
	Maksim Damas	1785-1862				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Nikolay Depreradovich	1767-1843	Lieutenant General	Commander of the 1st Cuirassier Division	Ostrovno, Smolensk, Borodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Krasnoi	Yes
						Yes
	Count Hans Karl von Diebitsch (Ivan Dibich)	1785-1831				Yes
						Yes
	Dmitry Dokhturov	1756-1816				Yes
	Baron Fyodor Vasilyevich Drizen	1781-1851		1st Brigade of the 3rd Division of the 3rd Corps	Sventsyani, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Zabludye, Borodino[5]	Yes
	Baron Yegor Vasilyevich Drizen			Commander, Life Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment	Borodino[6]	No
	Baron Ilya Mikhailovich Duka	1768-1830	Lieutenant General		Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Borodino, Smolensk	Yes
						Yes
						Yes

E[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
	Count Georgi Emmanuel	1775-1837	Major General	Commander of the 13th Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division of the 4th Reserve Cavalry Corps	Mir, Saltanovka, Smolensk, Borodino, Vyazma	Yes
	Fyodor Engelhardt	1762-1831	Brigadier	Commander of Riga volunteers	Defense of Riga
	Grigori Engelhardt	1759-1834	Major General	Commander of the 2nd Brigade of the 8th Infantry Division	Volhynia, Volkovysk	Yes
	Fyodor Ertell	1768–1825	Lieutenant General (1811)	Commander of the 2nd Reserve Corps		Yes
	Magnus Gustav (Ivan) von Essen	1759-1813	Lieutenant General	Military Governor of Riga	Defense of Riga	Yes
	Count Pyotr Essen	1772–1844	Lieutenant General (1800)		Berezina, Volkovysk	Yes

F[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
						Yes
						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
		1762—1814				Yes
		1769—1839				Yes
	Gotthard August von Helffreich	1776—1843				Yes
		1769—1813				Yes
	Andrey Glebov	1770—1854				Yes
	Fyodor Gogel	1775—1827				Yes
		1772—1843				Yes
	Prince Dmitriy Golitsyn	1771-1844				Yes
		1782—1858				Yes
	Prince Andrey Gorchakov	1779—1855				Yes
		1770—1831				Yes
		1772—1822				Yes
		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					Yes
	Prince Karl of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld					Yes
	Prince Ernst of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld					Yes

I[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
	Peter Ivelich	1772 - ?	Major General (1808)	Chief of 1 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps	Austerlitz, Borodino, Friedland	Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						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
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Paisi Kaysarov					Yes
	Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich	1772–1840	Lieutenant General	Commander of the 10th Infantry Corps	Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Krasnoi	Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Stepan Khilkov					Yes
	Prince					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Pyotr Kikin	1775–1834				Yes
						Yes
		1774–1817				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
		1778–1853				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Count					Yes
						Yes
	Fyodor Korf					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Baron Cyprian Kreutz	1777–1850	Major General (1812)			Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Yakov Kulnev	1763–1812				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
		1766–1844	Major General (1809)		Mir, Maloyaroslavets	Yes
						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	1773–1843	Major General (1799), Lieutenant General (1812)	Commander of the 5th Cavalry Division	Kobrin	Yes
	Count Alexander Langeron	1763–1831	Lieutenant General		Brest, Berezina	Yes
	Sergey Lanskoy	1774–1814	Major General (1810), Lieutenant General (1813)	Commander of the Belarusian Hussar Regiment	Berezina	Yes
						Yes
		1783–1848	Major General (1812)		Vitebsk, Smolensk, Maloyaroslavets, Tarutino, Borodino	Yes
	Baron					Yes
	Baron	1776–1858				No
	Friedrich von Löwis of Menar ("Fyodor Leviz")	1767-1824				Yes
						Yes
	Ivan Leontiev	1782–1824	Colonel (1807), Major General (1812)	Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Cuirassier Division	Borodino	Yes
	Count					Yes
	("Fedor")	1760–1813	Major General	Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 13th Infantry Division	Vawkavysk	Yes
		1756–1832	Lieutenant General	Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade of the 7th Cavalry Division		Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes

M[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
	Valerian Madatov	1782-1829			Kobryn, Barysau, Vilnius	Yes
	Count ("Ivan Manteyfel")					Yes
						Yes
	Yevgeni Markov					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Aleksey Petrovich Melissino	1759-1813	Major General	8th Hussar Lubny Regiment	Kobryn, Gornostaevichi, Vawkavysk	Yes
	Baron					Yes
						Yes
	Count Alexandre Michaud de Beauretour	1771-1845				Yes
	Count Mikhail Miloradovich	1771-1825	General of the Infantry	Commander of the Second and Fourth Infantry Corps	Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Vyazma, Krasnoi	Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes

N[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
	Ivan Nabokov	1787-1852				Yes
						Yes
	Lev Naryshkin					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes

O[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
	Prince					Yes
	Adam Ozarowski	1776–1855				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Count					Yes
	Zakhar Dmitrievich Olsufiev	1773–1835	Major General	17th Division commander		Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Karl Opperman					Yes
	Vasiliy Orlov-Denisov					Yes
	Prince Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken	1752–1837		Infantry Corps commander		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 ("Matvei")					Yes
	Count					Yes
	Count Peter von der Pahlen					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Count Ivan Paskevich	17782-1856				Yes
						Yes
	Marquis Filippo Paulucci					Yes
						Yes
		1767-1830				Yes
	Alexander Pisarev					Yes
	Count Matvei Platov	1757-1818				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Count [7]					Yes
	Count Carlo Andrea Pozzo di Borgo					Yes
						Yes
						Yes

R[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
	Nikolay Raevsky	1771-1829	Lieutenant General (1809)	Commander of the 7th Infantry Corps	Saltanovka, Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Krasnoi	Yes
		1764-1816	Major General (1803)			Yes
	Avram Ratkov	1773-1829	Major General (1807)			Yes
		1762-1823	Major General (1799)			Yes
		1768-1832	Major General (1812)		Kobrin, Gorodechno	Yes
	Prince Nikolay Repnin-Volkonsky	1778-1845				Yes
		1775-1818				Yes
		1773-1851				Yes
	(Ivan Reren)	1775-1813				Yes
		1773-1851				Yes
		1782-1825				Yes
	(Boris Richter)	1782-1832				Yes
	Count Joseph Cornelius O'Rourke	1772-1849				Yes
	Baron	1779-1832				Yes
	Baron Gregor von Rosen ()	1781-1841				Yes
	Baron ()	1767-1851				Yes
		1765-1814				Yes
	Ludwig Roth ("")	1780-1851				Yes
		1785-1829				Yes
	Vasily Rykov	1759-1827				Yes
		1778-1840				Yes
		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
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Duke Leopold of Saxe-Coburg	1790-1865				Yes
	Prince Peter of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	1769-1843				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Count Emmanuel de Saint-Priest					Yes
	Prince					Yes
	Prince					Yes
	Prince					Yes
	Prince					Yes
	Ivan Shevich					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Fabian Steinheil ("Faddei Shteingel")					Yes
	Count Pavel Shuvalov					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Count					Yes
	Count					Yes
						Yes
	Anton Skalon (French: Anton de Scalon)	1767-1812				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
		1777-1862				Yes
		1778-1853				Yes
	Count Pavel Stroganov	1774-1817				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Baron (son of Pieter van )					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
						Yes
						Yes
	Baron					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Count Pyotr Tolstoy	1769-1844				Yes
	Baron Karl Wilhelm von Toll					Yes
	Count Alexander Tormasov	1752-1819				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Prince	1776-1841				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Nikolay Tuchkov					Yes
						Yes

U[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
						Yes
	("")	1760–1836				Yes
	("")	1768–1821				Yes
						Yes
	Prince  [ru]					Yes
	Pavel Ushakov					Yes
						Yes

V[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
						Yes
		1774 - 1820	Major General (1808)	Chief of 2 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps		No
						Yes
						Yes
	Illarion Vasilchikov					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Prince Pyotr Volkonskiy	1776-1852				Yes
	Prince					Yes
	Prince Mikhail Vorontsov	1782-1856				Yes
	Nikolay Vuich	1765–1836	Lieutenant General	Commander of the 19th Jaeger Regiment	Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino	Yes

W[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
	Baron Ferdinand Wintzingerode					Yes
	Count					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	1772–1836	Major General (1808), Lieutenant General (1812)	Commander of the 4th Artillery Brigade	Klyastitsy, Chashniki	Yes
						Yes
	Alexey Yermolov	1777–1861				Yes
	Ivan Yershov					Yes
						Yes
						Yes
		1777–1821	Major General (1812)	Chief of the Kharkov Dragoon Regiment	Borodino, Maroyaroslavets, Vyazma, Tarutino	Yes
						Yes

Z[]

Portrait	Name	Dates of birth and death	Rank	Position in 1812	Major battles	Military Gallery
						Yes
	Arseniy Zakrevskiy	1783–1865				Yes
						Yes
						Yes
	Filipp Zhevakhov					No
	Ivan Zhevakhov					Yes
	Spiridon Zhevakhov					No
	Pyotr Zheltukhin					Yes
						Yes
						Yes

Footnotes[]

External links[]

• List of portraits in the Military Gallery
• List of Russian generals in 1812
• Russian Generals and Naval Commanders of the Napoleonic Epoch