chambers_search-1

Search Chambers

Consult Chambers 21st Century Dictionary, The Chambers Thesaurus (1996) or Chambers Biographical Dictionary (1997 edition with amendments). Enter your search and choose your title from the drop-down menu.

Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilevich, Count 1729-1800
Russian soldier

Born in Moscow, he fought in the Seven Years War (1756-63), and in Poland and Turkey, then aided the Austrians against the French in Italy (1799), and won several victories. Directed to join other Russian forces in Switzerland, he found them already defeated, and was forced into a winter retreat across the mountains to Austria.