Illustrations
Alexander I
Mikhail Barclay de Tolly
Mikhail Kutuzov
Levin von Bennigsen
Peter von Wittgenstein
Petr Rumiantsev
Karl von Nesselrode
Aleksandr Chernyshev
Christoph von Lieven
Mikhail Speransky
Aleksei Arakcheev
Dmitrii Gurev
Fedor Rostopchin
Petr Bagration
Mikhail Miloradovich
Matvei Platov
Eugen of Württemberg
Petr Volkonsky
Aleksei Ermolov
Karl von Toll
Johann von Diebitsch
Aleksandre de Langeron
Fabian von der Osten-Sacken
Ilarion Vasilchikov
Johann von Lieven
Aleksei Gorchakov
Dmitrii Lobanov-Rostovsky
Georg Kankrin
Andrei Kologrivov
Private: Preobrazhensky Guards Regiment
Private: Finland Guards Regiment
Private: Riazan Infantry Regiment
Lieutenant: field artillery of the line – heavy battery
Private: Ekaterinoslav Cuirassier Regiment
Lieutenant: Guards Dragoon Regiment
Private: Sumi Hussar Regiment
Private: Lithuania Lancer Regiment
Napoleon awards the Légion d’honneur to Private Lazarev at Tilsit
Borodino: the Raevsky Redoubt after the battle
Spring 1813: the Cossacks in Hamburg
Fère-Champenoise: the Cossack Life Guard Regiment attacks the French infantry
Picture credits:
George Dawe painting, Bridgeman Art Library/Getty Images
Christoph von Lieven: British Library
Aleksei Arakcheev: British Library
Alexandre de Langeron and Fabian von der Osten-Sacken: British Library
Andrei Kologrivov: British Library
Albrecht Adam sketch: AKG Images
V. Bezotosny
Don Cossack Life Guard Club/Courbevoie