This is a list of commanders of the Imperial Russian Army in 1812 when the French invasion of Russia began.
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A Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battlesAfter June 1812 Military GalleryAfanasii Agalin1764-1846Major General (1807)Chief of the Kursk infantry regiment Vasili Adadurov1765-1845Major General (1798), from 1808 in retirementHead of the 2nd brigade of the Saint Petersburg irregularsPolotsk, CzasnikiAdam Georg von Agthe1777-1826Major General (1814)Chief of the Saint Petersburg grenadier regimentBorodino, Krasny, LeipzigIvan Adamovichd. after 1813Major General (1798)In the 1st Corps of the Reserve Army Ivan Aklechev1758-1824Major General (1799)Head of Olonets and Vologda rifle brigades of the Saint Petersburg irregularsPolotsk, Lützen, Bautzen, Dresden, Bar-sur-Aube, Paris1782-1829Colonel (1810), Major General (1813)Chief of 39th chasseur regimentKovel, Lyuboml, Golovnya, Golovnya, Bautzen, KatzbachIlya Alekseyev1772-1830Major General (1807), Lieutenant General (1815)Chief of dragoon brigade in the Wittgenstein CorpsPolotsk, Czasniki, Stolbsy, Smoliani, LützenFyodor Aleksopol1758-after 1816Major General (1807)Chief of the 2nd brigade of the 23rd infantry divisionSmolensk, BorodinoAlexander Albrecht1788-1828Colonel (1811), Major General (1814), Lieutenant General (1826)In the Wittgenstein CorpsPolotsk, Berezina, Lützen, Bautzen, DresdenStepan Andreyevskiy1782-1843Colonel (1809), Major General (1813)In the Leub Guard cavalry regimentVitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Bautzen, Dresden, KulmAlexander Ansio1776-1830Major General (1810)General on duty of the Danube ArmyBerezinaAlexey Arakcheyev1769-1834General of artillery (1809)Head of the War DepartmentLützen, Bautzen1772-1814Major General (1799)Chief of artillery of the 3rd Reserve Army Ivan Andreyevich Argamakov1775-1820Colonel (1807), Major General (1813)Chief of Zhytomyr dragoon regimentKaidanov, Minsk, Borisov, Bautzen, Leipzig, HamburgIvan Vasilievich Argamakov1763-1834Colonel (1806), Major General (1815)Chief of Vladimir dragoon regimentDresden, Leipzig, HamburgGustav Armfelt1757-1814General of infantry (1812)In the Imperial RetinueGroßbeeren, Dennewitz, LeipzigAlexander Arseniev1754-1844Major General (1801)In the Moscow irregulars Mikhail Arseniev1779-1838Major General (1812)Acting commander of the Life Guard Horse RegimentFère-ChampenoiseNikolai Arseniev1764-1830Major General (1799)Chief of a division in the Moscow irregularsBorodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Krasnoe1776-1838Major General (1810)In Reserve
B Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryKarl Gustav von Baggovut1761-1812Lieutenant General (1807)Chief of 2nd infantry corps of the 1st Army of the WestEulay, Pultusk, Heilsberg, Fridland, Finnish War, Borodino, TarutinoPrince Pyotr Bagration1765-1812General of infantry (1809)Commander-in-chief of the 1st ArmySaltanovka, BorodinoPrince Roman Bagration1778 – 1834Colonel (1810), Major General (1813)In the Staff of the 3rd ArmyKobrin, Brest, GorodechnoPyotr Balabin1776 - 1856Major General (1813), Lieutenant General (1832)In the Corps of RigaMemel, Bautzen, Dresden, Kulm, GlogauStepan Balabin1763 – 1818Major General (1815)Chief of the Don Cossacks Ataman Regiment Prince Kirill Balatukov1774 – 1827Major General (1813)Chief of the Simferopol Chivalry Tatar RegimentRomanov, Mir, Borodino, TarutinoAlexander Balashov1770-1837General aide-de-camp (1809), General of infantry (1823)Minister of Policy, in the Emperor's retinue 1764 – 1818Lieutenant General (1815)Chief of the Riga Dragoon RegimentGromy, St-DizierAdam Balla1764 - 1812Major General (1799)Commander of 3rd Brigade of 7th Infantry DivisionSmolenskPyotr Bardakov1756 - 1821Lieutenant General (1798)Chief of Kostroma militiaGlogauPrince Michael Barclay de Tolly1761-1818General of infantry (1809), Field Marshal (1814)Minister of Land Forces of Russia, Commander of 1st and 3rd Armies of the WestBorodino, Kulm, Leipzig, ParisLudwig Balthasar Alexis Bartholomäi1784-1839Colonel (1812), Lieutenant General (1826)Aide-de-camp of Michael Barclay de TollyVitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Tarutino, Leipzig, Krasnoe, Laon, SoissonsAlexey Bakhmetiev Nikolay Bakhmetiev Alexander Bashilov1777-1849 (1847?)Major General (1810)Brigade commander, Third ArmyGorodechnaPanteleymon Benardos Count Alexander von Benckendorff1783-1844 Konstantin von Benckendorff1785-1828 Count Levin August von Bennigsen1745-1826 Bernhard Magnus von Berg1764-1838 Gregor von Berg1765-18381801 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). Alexander Berdyaev Alexander Bibikov Adam Otto von Bistram1774 - 1828 1st Western Army Ostrovno, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Borodino, Mozhaisk, Tarutino, MaloyaroslavetsRussian Officer Corps, Mikaberidze Karl Ivanovich von Bistram1770 - 1838 Commander Life Guard Jager Battalion Smolensk, Borodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Klementino, DobrayaRussian Officer Corps, Mikaberidze Nikolay Bogdanov1751 - 1829 Lieutenant General (1807) Chief of the 8th Artillery Regiment Borodino Andrey Bogdanovskiy Nikolay Borozdin1777 - 1830Major General (1807) Chief of 1st Cuirassier Division, 5th Infantry Corps Finnish War, Borodino, Bauzten, Leipzig Baron Karl Ludwig von Budberg1775–1829 Colonel (1808), Major General (1813) Chief of His Majesty's Life-Guards Cuirassier Regiment Vitebsk, Smolensk, Vyazma, Borodino Otto von Buchholtz1770 – 1831
C Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryAnton Chalikov Yefim Chaplits1768-1825Lieutenant General from 12 November 1812 Commander 3rd Reserve Cavalry Corps Kobryn, Slonim, Borisov Ilya Fedorovich Chernozubov1765-1821Major General from November 1812 Commander Don Cossack Opolchenye Krasnyi Alexander Chernyshyov1786-1857Colonel (1809), Major General (November 1812)Guerilla brigade commanderRaids in Neman River area, October–November 1812Nikolay Chicherin Pyotr Chicherin Pavel Choglokov1772-1832Major General (1808) Chief of 1st Brigade, 11th Division, 4th Infantry CorpsFinnish War, Smolensk, Borodino, Bautzen, Leipzig Baron Karl Clodt von Jürgensburg1765-1822
D Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryDenis Davydov1784-1839 Maksim Damas1785-1862 David Delyanov Vasiliy Denisov Luka Denisiev Nikolay Depreradovich1767-1843 Lieutenant General Commander of the 1st Cuirassier Division Ostrovno, Smolensk, Borodino, Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, KrasnoiNikolay Dekhterev Count Hans Karl von Diebitsch (Ivan Dibich)1785-1831 Fyodor Dovre Dmitry Dokhturov1756-1816 Baron Fyodor Vasilyevich Drizen1781-1851 1st Brigade of the 3rd Division of the 3rd Corps Sventsyani, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Zabludye, BorodinoRussian Officer Corps, Mikaberidze Baron Yegor Vasilyevich Drizen Commander, Life Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment BorodinoRussian Officer Corps, Mikaberidze Baron Ilya Mikhailovich Duka1768-1830 Lieutenant General Tarutino, Maloyaroslavets, Borodino, Smolensk Ivan Durnovo Stepan Dyatkov
E Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryCount Georgi Emmanuel1775-1837 Major General Commander of the 13th Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division of the 4th Reserve Cavalry CorpsMir, Saltanovka, Smolensk, Borodino, Vyazma Fyodor Engelhardt1762-1831Brigadier Commander of Riga volunteersDefense of RigaGrigori Engelhardt1759-1834Major GeneralCommander of the 2nd Brigade of the 8th Infantry DivisionVolhynia, Volkovysk Fyodor Ertell1768–1825 Lieutenant General (1811)Commander of the 2nd Reserve Corps Magnus Gustav (Ivan) von Essen1759-1813Lieutenant General Military Governor of RigaDefense of Riga Count Pyotr Essen1772–1844 Lieutenant General (1800) Berezina, Volkovysk
F Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryPavel Filisov Alexander von Fock
G Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryPrince Joseph Galatte1760— Alexey Gamen1773—1829 Ermolay Gamper1750—1814 Semyon Gangeblov1757—1827 Vasiliy Garpe1762—1814 Ivan Geidenreich1769—1839 Gotthard August von Helffreich1776—1843 Jakov Gine1769—1813 Andrey Glebov1770—1854 Fyodor Gogel1775—1827 Pavel Golenishchev-Kutuzov1772—1843 Prince Dmitriy Golitsyn1771-1844 Evgeniy Golovin1782—1858 Prince Andrey Gorchakov1779—1855 Timofey Grekov1770—1831 Alexander Gresser1772—1822 Andrey Gudovich1782—1867 Ivan Gurielov1770—1818
H Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryBaron Karl Herzdorf Prince Karl of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld Prince Ernst of Hesse-Philippsthal-Barchfeld
I Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryPeter Ivelich1772 - ? Major General (1808)Chief of 1 Brigade, 17th Division, 2nd Infantry Corps Austerlitz, Borodino, Friedland Dmitry Ignatiev Alexey Ilovayskiy Vasiliy Ilovayskiy Grigori Ilovayskiy Ivan Ilovayskiy Nikolay Ilovayskiy Osip Ilovayskiy Ivan Inzov
J Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryBaron Antoine-Henri Jomini1779-1869
K Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryVladimir Kablukov Platon Kablukov Kirill Kazachkovskiy Paisi Kaysarov Peter Mikhailovich Kaptzevich1772–1840 Lieutenant General Commander of the 10th Infantry Corps Smolensk, Borodino, Maloyaroslavets, Krasnoi Moisey Karpenko Akim Karpov Ermolay Kern Stepan Khilkov Prince Nikolay Khovansky Matvey Khrapovitskiy Ivan Khrushchov Pyotr Kikin1775–1834 Fyodor Knipper Karl von Knorring1774–1817 Otto von Knorring Alexander Knyazhin Boris Knyazhin Pyotr Kozen1778–1853 Ivan Kozlyaninov Alexey Kologrivov Pyotr Kolyubakin Count Pyotr Konovnitsin Pyotr Kornilov Fyodor Korf Vasiliy Kostenetskiy Afanasiy Krasovskiy Baron Cyprian Kreutz1777–1850 Major General (1812) Nikolay Kretov Maksim Kryzhanovskiy Nikoay Kudashev Yakov Kulnev1763–1812 Dmitry Kuruta Alexander Kutaysov Dmitriy Kuteynikov1766–1844 Major General (1809) Mir, MaloyaroslavetsAleksander Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Kutuzov1745–1813
L Portrait Name Dates of birth and death Rank Position in 1812 Major battles Military GalleryCount Charles de Lambert1773–1843 Major General (1799), Lieutenant General (1812) Commander of the 5th Cavalry Division Kobrin Count Alexander Langeron1763–1831Lieutenant General Brest, Berezina Sergey Lanskoy1774–1814 Major General (1810), Lieutenant General (1813) Commander of the Belarusian Hussar Regiment Berezina Vasiliy Laptev Vasiliy Levashov1783–1848 Major General (1812) Vitebsk, Smolensk, Maloyaroslavets, Tarutino, Borodino Baron Karl Levenstern Baron 1776–1858 Friedrich von Löwis of Menar ("Fyodor Leviz")1767-1824 Dmitry Levin Ivan Leontiev1782–1824 Colonel (1807), Major General (1812) Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 2nd Cuirassier Division Borodino Count Johann Lieven Fredrik Lindfors ("Fedor")1760–1813 Major General Commander of the 1st Brigade of the 13th Infantry Division Vawkavysk Grigori Lisanevich1756–1832 Lieutenant General Commander of the 2nd Cavalry Brigade of the 7th Cavalry Division Pyotr Likhachyov Fyodor Lukov Gavriil Lukovkin Dmitry Lyalin Dmitry Lyapunov
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