Bust of Russian General Count Pyotr Rumyantsev (1725-1796) at Tighina Fortress in Bender (Transnistria), Moldova
Count Pyotr Alexandrovich Rumyantsev-Zadunaisky (15 January 1725 - 19 December 1796) was one of the foremost Russian generals of the 18th century, and one of the great military commanders in universal history between 1618 and 1905. Rumyantsev used mobile divisional squares for the first time in history as opposed to linear battle orders and initiated the formation of light (jaeger) battalions in the Russian Army, which operated in a scattered order. He governed Little Russia in the name of Empress Catherine the Great from the abolition of the Cossack Hetmanate in 1764 until Catherine's death 32 years later. Monuments to his victories include the Kagul Obelisk in Tsarskoye Selo (1772), the Rumyantsev Obelisk on Vasilievsky Island (1798-1801), and a galaxy of Derzhavin's odes.
Size: 3840px × 5760px
Location: Tighina Fortress, Bender, Transnistria, Moldova, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: aleksandrovich, alexandrovich, alexandrovitch, alexandrowitsch, army, austrian, bender, bronze, bust, commander, count, cultural, culture, empire, europe, european, fortress, general, governor, historical, history, kiev, kursk, landmark, memorial, metal, military, moldova, moldovan, monument, nobleman, officer, pedestal, piotr, pjotr, plaque, pomeranian, pyotr, roumiantsev, roumiantsev-zadunaisky, rumiantsev, rumiantsev-zadunaiski, rumjanzew-sadunaiski, rumyantsev, rumyantsev-zadunaisky, russia, russian, russo-swedish, russo-turkish, sculpture, sightseeing, statue, stone, succession, tighina, tourism, transnistria, transnistrian, travel, war
