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Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (baptised 27 December [O.S. 16 December] 1761 – 26 May [O.S. 14 May] 1818) was a Russian Field Marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars. Barclay was born into a Baltic German family from Livland .
BARCLAY DE TOLLY, Michael Andreas, Prince, Print. Share it. Barclay de Tolly was born on 24 December 1757, in Pamuskis, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now Zeimiai, Lithuania) and raised in Livonia, which then belonged to Russia and is now part of Estonia and Latvia.
Prince Alexander Barclay de Tolly-Weymarn (December 22, 1824 – May 8, 1905) was an Imperial Russian regiment commander, division commander and corps commander. He was the son of Wilhelm Peter Jost von Weymarn and great-nephew of Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly.
Prince Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly (baptised 27 December [ O.S. 16 December] 1761 – 26 May [ O.S. 14 May] 1818) was a Russian Field Marshal who figured prominently in the Napoleonic Wars.
Nov 24, 2020 · The Barclay de Tolly Mausoleum is the final resting place of Field Marshal Mikhail Andreas Barclay de Tolly, one of the most talented military commanders in Russian history and a key contributor to Russia’s victory over Napoleon in the 1812 and 1813-15 campaigns.
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One of the most prominent Russian war commanders in the Napoleonic Wars. His strategic retreat tactics gave Russia a decisive victory over Napoleon’s Grand Army in 1812. Background. Lived: 1761-1818. Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly was born in Lithuania, in a Baltic German noble family of Scottish origin. Career.
A famous Russian commander, Prince Barclay de Tolly was a hero of the First Patriotic War and anti-Napoleon campaigns in Europe. He was a full chevalier of the Order of Saint George, the highest military award of the Russian Empire.
