The forgotten hero of the 1812 war, Field Marshal P.Kh. Wittgenstein

The book describes the origin and fate of the undeservedly forgotten hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, General Feldmarshal P.H. Vitenztein, about his forty-year service in the ranks of the Russian army, about the people with whom his life faced - from royal people to ordinary ordinary people. Wittgenstein deserved nine senior awards of the Russian Empire, Prussia, Austria-Hungary, twice awarded golden weapons with the inscription & quot, for courage & quot,. Especially a lot of the acts of this commander in 1812 for the fate of the northern capital. The troops of the individual 1st infantry corps under its start saved from the enemy invasion of St. Petersburg and the entire North-West of Russia. Sources of information for the book served more than 40 archive cases from 7 state archives and more than 60 published reference publications, monographs, memoirs, articles. Incidental information about himself and their ancestors reported now living descendants of Field Marshal. They shared memories, provided many documents and photographs, most of whom are published for the first time