Atlas of Battles

commander, 20 engagements

Battles of Alexander Suvorov

Battles of Alexander Suvorov

Russian marshal (1730–1800)

Alexander Suvorov is recorded as a commander at 20 placed engagements in the atlas between 1769 and 1799: 14 battles, 4 sieges and 2 campaigns across 8 present-day countries, most in Switzerland (4), Belarus (3), Poland (3). Taken in date order, the sites lie 9,021 km apart end to end, 475 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Seventh Russo-Turkish War (5), War of the Second Coalition (3), list of armed conflicts involving Poland against Russia (2).

Battle of OrzechowoBattle of LanckoronaBattle of StołowiczeBattle of KozludzhaSiege of OchakovSiege of BerezanBattle of KrupczyceBattle of KobyłkaBattle of GlarusFirst Battle of MarengoBattle of NoviSwiss Campaign of SuvorovBattle of Devil's BridgeBattle of Gotthard PassBattle of FocșaniBattle of RymnikSiege of IzmailItalian campaigns of the French Revolutionary WarsBattle of PragaBattle of FocșaniBattle of RymnikSiege of IzmailItalian campaigns of the French Revolutionary WarsBattle of PragaBerlinKyivViennaMilanFrankfurtBudapestMunichPragueZürichSofia500 km47.324N, 19.989E
20 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1769: 1 engagements1771: 2 engagements1774: 1 engagements1788: 2 engagements1789: 2 engagements1790: 1 engagements1792: 1 engagements1794: 3 engagements1799: 7 engagements7 in 179917691799
20 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Orzechowo, 1769Battle of Lanckorona, 1771Battle of Stołowicze, 1771Battle of Kozludzha, 1774Siege of Ochakov, 1788Siege of Berezan, 1788Battle of Focșani, 1789Battle of Rymnik, 1789Siege of Izmail, 1790Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars, 1792Battle of Krupczyce, 1794Battle of Kobyłka, 1794Battle of Praga, 1794Battle of Glarus, 1799First Battle of Marengo, 1799Battle of Novi, 1799Swiss Campaign of Suvorov, 1799Battle of Devil's Bridge, 1799Battle of Gotthard Pass, 1799Battle of Muottental, 179917691799
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 7

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
13 September 1769Battle of OrzechowoArechava, BelarusRussian victory
23 May 1771Battle of LanckoronaGmina Lanckorona, Poland359 km SW
23 September 1771Battle of StołowiczeStalovičy, Belarus575 km NERussian victory
9 June 1774Battle of KozludzhaSuvorovo, Bulgaria1,105 km SRussian victory
14 August 1788Siege of OchakovOchakiv, Ukraine480 km NERussian victoryOttoman victory to Naval action of 31 May...
7 November 1788Siege of BerezanBerezan Island, Ukraine10 km WCossack–Russian victory
1 August 1789Battle of FocșaniFocșani, Romania341 km WAustro-Russian victory
22 September 1789Battle of RymnikAlexandru Vlahuță, Romania36 km SAustro-Russian victory
1790Siege of IzmailIzmail, Ukraine139 km ERussian victory
1792Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary WarsCentral Italy, Italy1,293 km WFrench victory; Treaty of Campo Formio (1797); Treaty of...
17 September 1794Battle of KrupczyceBelarus1,381 km NERussian victory
26 October 1794Battle of KobyłkaKobyłka, Poland215 km WRussian victory
1794Battle of PragaWarsaw, Poland17 km SWRussian victory
1799Battle of GlarusNäfels, Switzerland1,030 km SWSee Result
1799First Battle of MarengoSpinetta Marengo, Italy248 km SAllied victory
15 August 1799Battle of NoviNovi Ligure, Italy16 km SECoalition victory
1799Swiss Campaign of SuvorovAlps, Switzerland203 km NVictory of the French First Republic; Suvorov escaped the...
25 September 1799Battle of Devil's BridgeDevil's Bridge, Switzerland8 km NRussian victory
26 September 1799Battle of Gotthard PassGotthard Pass, Switzerland10 km SRusso-Austrian victory
30 September 1799Battle of MuottentalSpain1,557 km SWRussian 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, Nicolas Sébastien Frosté, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.