Atlas of Battles

commander, 7 engagements

Battles of Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy

Battles of Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy

Russian general and noble (1772-1857), 1770 to 1857

Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy is recorded as a commander at 7 placed engagements in the atlas between 1806 and 1813: 6 battles and 1 siege across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (4), Poland (1), Czech Republic (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 7,651 km apart end to end, 1,275 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Napoleonic Wars (4), War of the Fourth Coalition (1), War of the Sixth Coalition (1).

Battle of OstrovnoSiege of DresdenBattle of CzarnowoFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of TarutinoBattle of KrasnoiBattle of KulmBattle of CzarnowoFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of TarutinoBattle of KrasnoiBattle of KulmBerlinKyivViennaTashkentStockholm1000 km54.681N, 41.928E
7 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1806: 1 engagements1812: 4 engagements4 in 18121813: 2 engagements18061813
7 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Czarnowo, 1806French invasion of Russia, 1812Battle of Ostrovno, 1812Battle of Tarutino, 1812Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Battle of Kulm, 1813Siege of Dresden, 181318061813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
23 December 1806Battle of CzarnowoCzarnowo, PolandFrench victory
1812French invasion of RussiaRussian Empire, Russia3,106 km NERussian victory
25 July 1812Battle of OstrovnoQ4338967, Russia2,438 km WFrench victory
18 October 1812Battle of TarutinoTarutino, Russia454 km ERussian victory
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Russia363 km WRussian victory
29 August 1813Battle of KulmChlumec, Czech Republic1,250 km WCoalition victory
17 October 1813Siege of DresdenDresden, Germany40 km NAustro-Russian victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.