# Monument of Kutuzov

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## Artwork

- Artist: [ORLOVSKY, Boris Ivanovich](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/orlovsky-boris-ivanovich-rca50a09aba727d>)
- Date: 1801-1850
- Technique: Bronze

## Commentary

ORLOVSKY, Boris Ivanovich \(b. 1792, Bol&#39;shoy Stolobetsk, d. 1837, St. Petersburg\) Monument of Kutuzov 1829-37 Bronze St. Petersburg Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov \(1745-1813\) was the Russian Field Marshal who defeated Napoleon&#39;s Grande Armée during the French invasion of Russia in 1812, the decisive turning point of the Napoleonic Wars.

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- [Paris](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/orlovsky-boris-ivanovich-rca50a09aba727d/paris-r2f6f16631d6ff5>)

## Attribution

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