List of Russian field marshals

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The following 64 officers of the Imperial Russian Army held the rank of field marshal (Генерал-фельдмаршал).[1] After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the rank was abolished, alongside the Table of Ranks. In 1935 however, the Soviet Red Army introduced the equivalent rank of "Marshal of the Soviet Union" (Маршал Советского Союза) when military ranks were restored under Stalin's rule.

The Field Marshals' Hall of the Winter Palace. Russian cuirassiers can be seen observing the paintings.
Uniform of a Russian General-fieldmarshal (1793).
Appointed Portrait Name Lifespan
1700 Fedor Golovin.PNG Count Fedor Golovin 1650–1706
1701 Boris Sheremetyev by I.Argunov (1768, Kuskovo).jpg Count Boris Sheremetev 1652–1719
1709 A. Menshikov (Kuskovo).jpg Prince Alexander Danilovich Menshikov 1673–1729
1725 Repnin anikita.jpg Prince Anikita Repnin 1668–1726
1725 Golitsyn M M 1675-1730.jpg Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn 1675–1730
1726 Bryus YaV.jpg Count Jacob Bruce 1670–1735
1726 Jan Kazimier Sapieha. Ян Казімер Сапега (XVIII).jpg Jan Kazimierz Sapieha Before 1679–1730
1728 Troubetskoy Ivan Yuryevich.jpg Prince Ivan Trubetskoy 1667–1750
1728 Dolgorukov Vasily Vladimirovich.jpg Prince Vasily Vladimirovich Dolgorukov 1667–1746
1732 Minikh BK.jpg Count Burkhard Christoph von Münnich 1683–1767
1736 Peter von Lacy.PNG Count Peter von Lacy 1678–1751
1742 Ludwig Gruno von Hessen-Homburg F.Lippold (1739, Kuskovo).JPG Prince Ludwig Gruno von Hesse-Homburg 1705–1745
1756 Stepaapraxin.jpg Stepan Apraksin 1702–1758
1756 Troubetskoy Nikita Yuryevich.jpg Nikita Trubetskoy 1699–1767
1756 Alexandr Borisovich Buturlin.gif Count Alexander Buturlin 1694–1767
1756 Alexei Grigorievich Razumovskiy.PNG Count Alexei Razumovsky 1709–1771
1759 Pietro Antonio Rotari 12.jpg Count Pyotr Saltykov 1698–1772
1761 RusPortraits v3-063 Graf Aleksandr Ivanovich Shuvalov, 1710-1771.jpg Count Alexander Ivanovich Shuvalov 1710–1771
1761 RusPortraits v3-003 Le Comte Pierre Ivanowitch Chouvaloff.jpg Count Pyotr Ivanovich Shuvalov 1711–1762
1761 Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck.jpg Peter August Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1697–1775
1762 Georges Louis de Holstein Gottorp.jpg Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp 1719–1763
1762 Chancellor bestuzhev.jpg Count Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin 1693–1766
1762 Troubetskoy Nikita Yuryevich.jpg Prince Nikita Trubetskoy 1699–1769
1764 Kirill Razumovsky Tokke.jpg Count Kirill Razumovski 1728–1803
1769 RusPortraits v3-173 Kniaz' Aleksandr Mikhailovich Golitsyn, 1718-1783.jpg Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn 1718–1783
1770 Rumjanzew-sadunaiski.jpg Count Pyotr Rumyantsev 1725–1796
1773 Tschernyschew Zachar2 (cropped).jpg Count Zakhar Chernyshev 1722–1784
1784 Princepotemkin.jpg Prince Grigory Potemkin 1739–1791
1794 Suvorov with a Field-Marshal's batoon.jpg Prince Aleksander Suvorov 1729–1800
1796 Soltikoff.jpg Count Ivan Saltykov 1730–1805
1796 Nikolai Vasilyevich Repnin.jpg Prince Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin 1734–1801
1796 Saltykov Nikolay Ivanovich.jpg Prince Nikolai Saltykov 1736–1816
1796 Chernyshov Ivan Grigoryevich.jpg Count Ivan Chernyshyov 1726–1797
1797 Elmpt-ik.jpg Count Johann Martin von Elmpt 1725–1802
1797 Dmitry Levitzky 29.jpg Count Valentin Musin-Pushkin 1735–1804
1797 Mikhail Kamensky by unknown painter, end of 18-th century.jpg Count Mikhail Kamensky 1738–1809
1797 Victor-François de Broglie.jpg Victor François de Broglie, 2nd duc de Broglie 1718–1804
1807 Alexandr Prozorovsky by D. Levitsky.jpg Prince Alexander Prozorovsky 1732–1809
1807 Gudovich.jpg Count Ivan Gudovich 1741–1820
1812 Kutuzov2 by Daw.jpg Prince Mikhail Golenischev-Kutuzov 1745–1813
1814 Barclay de Tolly (Dawe).jpg Prince Mikhail Barclay de Tolly 1761–1818
1825 Fabian Vilgelmovitch von der Osten-Saken by George Dawe (version 1822) - Hermitage.jpg Prince Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken 1752–1837
1826 Pjotr-christianowitsch-wittgenstein.jpg Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg 1769–1843
1829 Ivan Fedorovitch Paskevitch by George Dawe (version 1823) - Hermitage.jpg Prince Ivan Paskevich 1782–1856
1829 Ivan Ivanovitch Dibich by George Dawe - Hermitage.jpg Count Hans Karl von Diebitsch-Zabalkansky 1785–1831
1850 Prince Pyotr Mikhailovich Volkonsky by George Dawe - Hermitage.jpg Prince Pyotr Volkonsky 1776–1852
1856 Dawe, Mikhail Vorontsov.jpg Prince Mikhail Vorontsov 1782–1856
1859 Baryatinskiy Alexandr Ivanovich.jpg Prince Aleksandr Baryatinsky 1815–1879
1866 Fedor Fedorovich Berg 2.jpg Count Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg 1793–1874
1878 Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891).JPG Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich 1831–1891
1878 Grand Duke Michael Nicolaevich of Russia photo.jpg Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich 1832–1909
1894 Gurko IV.jpg Count Iosif Vladimirovich Gurko 1828–1901
1898 Milutin DA.jpg Count Dmitry Milyutin 1816–1912

The title of Russian Field Marshal was also bestowed on several foreign citizens:

Epaulette of Field marshal of Russian Vologda 18th Infantry Regiment of Romanian King Carol I
Uniform of Field marshal of Russian 15th Firing Regiment of Montenegrin King Nicholas I
Appointed Portrait Name Lifespan
1700 CEdeCroy.jpg Charles Eugène, Duc de Croy 1651–1702
1762 Schleswig-Holstein Charles Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck 1690–1774
1774 Louis IX of Hesse Darmstadt-f4598401.jpg Hesse Louis IX of Hesse-Darmstadt 1719–1790
1818[2] Sir Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington.png United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1769–1852
1836 Radetzky-von-radetz.jpg Austrian Empire Josef Graf zu Radetzky von Radetz 1766–1858
1837 Leopold Kupelwieser - Erzherzog Johann.jpg Austrian Empire Archduke Johann of Austria 1782–1859
1872 Field Marshal Count Helmuth von Moltke.jpg German Empire Helmuth Graf von Moltke 1800–1891
1872 Alberto Federico Rodolfo Domenico d'Asburgo-Teschen, arciduca d'Austria.jpg Austria-Hungary Archduke Albrecht of Austria 1817–1895
1872 Albert of Saxony by Nicola Perscheid c1900.jpg German Empire Crown Prince Albert of Saxony 1828–1902
1872 Carl von Preußen.jpg German Empire Prince Friedrich Karl Alexander of Prussia 1801–1883
1872 Prinz Friedrich Carl.jpg German Empire Prince Friedrich Karl Nikolaus of Prussia 1828–1885
1872 Prince Albrecht of Prussia (1809 - 1872).jpg German Empire Prince Friedrich Heinrich Albrecht of Prussia 1809–1872
1872 Friedrich III as Kronprinz - in GdK uniform by Heinrich von Angeli 1874.jpg German Empire Crown Prince Friedrich of Prussia 1831–1888
1888[3] Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902.jpg German Empire Wilhelm II of Germany 1859–1941
1910 Nicholas I, King of Montenegro, 1841-1921, head and shoulders portrait, facing left LCCN2005680731.jpg Kingdom of Montenegro King Nicholas I of Montenegro 1841–1921
1912 Carol I King of Romania.jpg Kingdom of Romania King Carol I of Romania 1839–1914

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ (in Russian) Генерал-фельдмаршалы Российской империи
  2. ^ James William Edmund Doyle (1886). "Wellington". The Official Baronage of England: Showing the Succession, Dignities, and Offices of Every Peer from 1066 to 1885. Vol. 3. London: Longmans Green and Co. pp. 615–620.
  3. ^ Полное собрание законов Российской Империи. Собрание третье. Том VIII: 1888 год (Приказы № 4933–5685). Приказ №5356 от 14 июня 1888 года.
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