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Russian Voices of the Napoleonic Wars
Ilya Radozhitskii's Campaign Memoirs
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The second installment in this series is the memoirs of Ilya Timofeyevich Radozhitskii, who served with distinction during... More > the Napoleonic Wars and wrote his memoirs shortly after the wars ended, with excerpts appearing in press in the early 1820s.

In 1812, he served in the 3rd Light Company of the 11th Artillery Brigade of the 6th Infantry Corps, and distinguished himself during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. He was wounded at Ostrovno, and witnessed the battles of Smolensk, Lubino (Valutina Gora) and Borodino, lamented the surrender of Moscow and distinguished himself at Vyazma. From October to December 1812, he was an eyewitness to the catastrophe that engulfed the Grande Armée. The memoirs, which Leo Tolstoy consulted extensively while writing his famous “War and Peace,” are fascinating for their vivid descriptions and insights into Russian army life and wartime experiences. < Less
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Moritz von Kotzebue's Memoir
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The fourth installment in this series is the memoirs of Moritz von Kotzebue, the son of the famous August von Kotzebue.... More > After being captured at Polotsk in August 1812, Kotzebue spent the next year and a half in the French captivity as he was moved first to Germany and then to France. His memoir is fascinating for its vivid, and occasionally witty, descriptions of his experiences. < Less
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Alexey Yermolov's Memoirs
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Yermolov is a legend in Russia. A man who rose from obscurity to command armies and conquer provinces, he was the epitome of... More > a military man of action. To his enemies he was a byword for brutality, but, to his homeland, a hero. His memoirs are as dramatic as his rise to fame and fortune. Disgraced and exiled by Emperor Paul he was brought back into service only to witness Russian defeat at the battle of Austerlitz in 1805. Honoured and advanced by his new patron, the dashing Emperor Alexander, Yermolov then made rapid progress. He witnessed firsthand Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and went on to see revenge completed when the Russians marched into Paris in April 1814. Yermolov was a talented general who captured the spirit of his times in his engaging memoirs. His acidic wit, acute powers of observation and grasp of drama make his memoirs stand out as a unique source on the Napoleonic Wars. < Less
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Pavel Pushin's Diary of the 1812-1814 Campaigns
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The diary of Pavel Pushin, an officer of the Life Guard Semeyonovskii Regiment, covering the last three years of the... More > Napoleonic Wars. It provides valuable insights into the characters of Russian generals and officers and realities of campaigning, relations within the ranks as well as the outside world. < Less
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About Napoleonic Society of Georgia

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The Napoleonic Society of Georgia was established by a group of Napoleonic enthusiasts and historians with a goal of promoting the study of the Revolutionary Era (1789-1815).

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Napoleonic Wars, we have decided to launch the “Russian Voice of the Napoleonic Wars” series that will gradually present previously unknown or unavailable Russian primary sources. Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic Wars but Russian voices are oftentimes absent from the pages of historical accounts due to the dearth of Russian material in English. As of today, only a handful of Russian memoirs is available to Western readers.

Over the next few years, we will therefore publish translations of Russian memoirs. To make them affordable, these titles will not feature too many auxiliary material (illustrations, maps) since our main focus is on making these titles available to the Western audience.

 

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