(b. 1792, Bol'shoy Stolobetsk, d. 1837, St. Petersburg)
Monument of Kutuzov
1829-37
Bronze
St. Petersburg
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov (1745-1813) was the Russian Field Marshal who defeated Napoleon's Grande Armée during the French invasion of Russia in 1812, the decisive turning point of the Napoleonic Wars.