Major-General Alexander Tuchkov (1778-1812), brigade commander during the Napoleonic War of 1812, valiantly died in the Battle of Borodino. His widow built a church in his memory, and founded the Savior's Convent on the Borodino battlefield in 1839. The portrait is reproduced from the book "The Martial Gallery of the Winter Palace", Aurora Publishers, Leningrad, 1974.
- Categories: Unrest, Conflicts & War, Arts, Culture & Entertainment
- Location: Russia
- Event date: 13.03.2003
- Date published: 01.01.2008
- Author: RIA Novosti
- Source: Sputnik
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
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