In a recent poll ranking the world’s top historical figures, Russians voted Mikhail Kutuzov No. 15, behind his enemy Napoleon (No. 14) and several places ahead of Mikhail Gorbachev (No. 20). Kutuzov ...

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Maj. Gen. Roman Kutuzov reportedly led Russian troops from the Donetsk region Kutuzov previously served as the chief of staff of the combined arms formation of Russia's eastern military district Lt.

Many Russians consider Mikhail Kutuzov a national hero and a savior of his country for brilliantly repelling Napoleon's 1812 invasion. But it could all have turned out differently, if it hadn't been ...

A two-year investigation has led to the conclusion that Napoleon Bonaparte would have probably conquered Russia in the early 1800s if it weren't for life-saving brain surgery on Russian general ...

Having defeated Napoleon, General Mikhail Ilarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov was called “the conqueror of the conqueror of the world.” Almost immediately after his death in 1813, his first biographer ...

Another Russian general has been killed in eastern Ukraine, the country's armed forces said on Sunday, just days after a top Russian air force commander was shot down and killed. Russian state-owned ...

After more than two-years of international investigation, scientists have concluded that Napoleon likely would have conquered Russia in 1812 if not for the life-saving brain surgery performed on ...

Researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute have spent years of medical sleuthing across three continents to uncover a brain surgery that changed history. After more than two-years of international ...

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Another Russian general was killed during fighting in the Donbas region, a new report said Sunday. Russian state television reporter Alexander Sladkov said that Major General Roman Kutuzov was killed ...