Arkadi or Arkady Alexandrovich Suvorov (; 4 ( 15) August 1784 – 25 April 1811), Count Rymniksky and Prince Italiysky, was a Russian general. A son of

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, he rose to the rank of lieutenant general.

Life

He fought in the Italian and Swiss expedition (1799–1800). 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 Ukraine, from 1807 onwards. He was killed while crossing the

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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

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'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

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) p 86 The Râmnicul Sărat—the site of a battle in which his father won one of his greatest victories (see Battle of Rymnik). Arkadi is buried at the New Jerusalem Monastery. He had two daughters—Mary and Barbara—and two sons—

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and Constantine.

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