Arkadi Alexandrovich Suvorov (15 (27) August 1784 - 13 April 1811), Count Rymniksky, was a Russian general. A son of
Alexander Suvorov, he rose to the rank of lieutenant general.
Life
He fought in the
Italian and Swiss expedition (1799–1800)
The Italian and Swiss expedition of 1799 was a military campaign undertaken by a combined Austro-Russian army under overall command of the Russian Marshal Alexander Suvorov against French forces in Piedmont and Lombardy (modern Italy) and the He ...
. After his father's death Arkadi married
Elena Aleksandrovna Naryshkina (1785–1855 ). He fought in the wars with France in 1807, in Austria in 1809 and in Turkey from 1810 to 1811. He commanded 9th Infantry Division, stationed in the Ukraine, from 1807 onwards. He was killed while crossing the
Râmnicul Sărat River on 13 April 1811, though the story stating that he was drowned trying to save his coachman originated with his biographer E. Fuks and is not supported by his memoirs and documentary sources. It is however, supported by
Aleksey Yermolov
Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov (russian: Алексе́й Петро́вич Ермо́лов, p=jɪrˈmoləf; – ) was a Russian Imperial general of the 19th century who commanded Russian troops in the Caucasian War. He served in all the Rus ...
's memoirs, as well as by the military historian Christopher Duffy.
[Christopher Duffy]
''Eagles Over the Alps: Suvorov in Italy and Switzerland, 1799''
Emperor's Press, 1999 (originally from the University of Wisconsin - Madison) p 86 He is buried at the
New Jerusalem Monastery
The Resurrection Monastery (russian: Воскресенский монастырь, ''Voskresensky Monastery'') or New Jerusalem Monastery (russian: Новоиерусалимский монастырь, ''Novoiyerusalimsky Monastery'') is a major ...
. He had two daughters - Mary and Barbara - and two sons -
Alexander and Constantine.
References
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1784 births
1811 deaths
Commanders of the Napoleonic Wars from the Russian Empire
Counts of the Russian Empire
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Imperial Russian Army generals
People of Swedish descent from the Russian Empire
19th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire
18th-century military personnel from the Russian Empire
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