Russian commanders. A book in a collectible leather inlaid binding of handmade with a gilded wiper

The Russian state was created in a constant struggle with external enemies, who came from the east and west, north and south. Domestic rulers had to be not only active administrators, dexterous diplomats, but also military leaders who personally headed numerous military campaigns and battles. Over time, general arts turned into a special kind of honorary activity, because representatives of many noble names sought to distinguish themselves in a military field.

We present to the modern reader an exciting military history of Russia in the faces of those who performed it. In the biographies of even the most famous commanders, the reader will reveal many, until no well -known facts of life and military achievements, and historically reliable illustrative material will visibly represent the circumstances in which the heroes of the Russian Empire acted