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The man Suvorov was born in 1729 to a middle-ranking family of Swedish origin (a Swede named Suvor who emigrated to Russia in 1622). His father was the author of the first Russian translation of the works of the famous French general Vauban. Suvorov was only 5 feet tall, but had heavy shoulders and arms. His appearance was casual, and heat and cold seemed to mean nothing to him. In ...

I enjoyed reading this article quite a bit, so I decided to share it. http://napoleonistyka.atspace.com/FIELDMARSHAL_SUV OROV.htm

Thanks for the awesome article Suvorov was an awesome general

ya i love Suvorov too. Arguably one of the best commanders in history.

No problems ^^ I finally maneged to get those pictures to work though

Russia's finest general and a superb leader of men.

Perhaps the one man who could stop Napoleon!

What are these flags? The article is an interesting read though. Spasiba!

I Can't see the pics

Great commander ( hard to beat success - he never suffered a defeat ) though he never had a truly outstanding battle.