Count and Infantry General Alexander Ostermann-Tolstoy (1770-1857) fought in the Russo-Turkish war of 1787-1791. Commanded a division in the 1805-1807 Russo-French War. Commanded the Fourth Infantry Corps in the War of 1812. Fought actively in the battle of Borodino and replaced Nikolai Rayevsky's corps in the central sector. This portrait by G. Dow is displayed at the State Hermitage's Gallery of Heroes of 1812.
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 09.11.1987
- Date published: 01.10.2006
- Author: Alexey Varfolomeev
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 87-13708, 6x9 film
- Media: JPEG, 2733x3544px, 3.4Mb