Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Matvey Ivanovich Platov

Battles of Matvey Ivanovich Platov

Russian general, 1753 to 1818

Matvey Ivanovich Platov is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1796 and 1813: 8 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (6), Germany (2), Belarus (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 10,245 km apart end to end, 1,138 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Napoleonic Wars (4), War of the Sixth Coalition (3), War of the Fourth Coalition (1).

Battle of Derbent (1796)Storming of DerbentSiege of DanzigBattle of AltenburgRaid at AltenburgBattle of FriedlandFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of MirBattle of VyazmaBattle of KrasnoiBattle of FriedlandFrench invasion of RussiaBattle of MirBattle of VyazmaTehranBerlinAthensKyivViennaTashkentStockholm1000 km50.354N, 41.275E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1796: 2 engagements1807: 1 engagements1812: 4 engagements4 in 18121813: 3 engagements17961813
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Derbent (1796), 1796Storming of Derbent, 1796Battle of Friedland, 1807French invasion of Russia, 1812Battle of Mir, 1812Battle of Vyazma, 1812Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Siege of Danzig, 1813Battle of Altenburg, 1813Raid at Altenburg, 181317961813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1796Battle of Derbent (1796)Derbent, RussiaRussian victory
1796Storming of DerbentDerbent, Russia0 km NRussian victory
14 June 1807Battle of FriedlandPravdinsk, Russia2,420 km NWFrench victory
1812French invasion of RussiaRussian Empire, Russia2,976 km NERussian victory
9 July 1812Battle of MirMir, Belarus2,720 km WRussian victory
3 November 1812Battle of VyazmaVyazma, Russia544 km NERussian victory
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Russia197 km WRussian victory
January 1813Siege of DanzigGdańsk, Poland826 km WRusso–Prussian victory
1813Battle of AltenburgAltenburg, Germany562 km SWCoalition victory
1813Raid at AltenburgAltenburg, Germany0 km NCoalition 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, George Dawe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.