War and Peace · primary
Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov
historical · male
The commander in chief of the Russian army, overseeing the regiment's inspection.
Aliases
Michael Ilariónovich · His Serene Highness · Granddad · the old commander in chief · a Serene Highness · your Highness · Kutúzov · monsieur le prince Koutouzov · Mikhail Kutúzov · General Kutúzov
Titles
commander in chief · General · Commander in Chief · General Field Marshal · your excellency · His Serene Highness · field marshal · Serene Highness · Prince · your Highness
Appearances
- First: Book TWO · Chapter I · ¶ 1
- Latest: Book FIFTEEN · Chapter V · ¶ 11
Relationships
Conversation · Austrian general
“Kutúzov and the Austrian general were talking in low voices”
Enemy · the vice-King
“March on, destroy the Russian army....”
Friendship · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
““You are wounded?” he asked, hardly able to master the trembling of his lower jaw.”
“remember that with all my heart I share your sorrow, and that for you I am not a Serene Highness, nor a prince, nor a commander in chief, but a father!”
Political alliance · Anna Pávlovna Schérer
“God grant only that Prince Kutúzov assumes real power and does not allow anyone to put a spoke in his wheel.”
Friendship · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“I loved him and respected him, and sympathize with you with all my heart.”
Social acquaintance · Pierre Bezukhov
“I have the honor to be one of your wife’s adorers. Is she well?”
Conflict · Bennigsen
“if the defense failed, to throw the blame on Kutúzov who had brought the army as far as the Sparrow Hills without giving battle”
“It seemed to her that it was only a personal struggle between 'Granddad' and 'Long-coat' as she termed Bennigsen.”
Conflict · Count Rostopchín
“Count Rostopchín had returned to Moscow mortified and offended because he had not been invited to attend the council of war, and because Kutúzov had paid no attention to his offer to take part in the defense of the city.”
Rival (political) · Prince Vasíli Kurágin
“Kutúzov was a traitor, and Prince Vasíli during the visits of condolence paid to him on the occasion of his daughter’s death said of Kutúzov, whom he had formerly praised...”
Conversation · Napoleon Bonaparte
“I am sending one of my adjutants-general to discuss several interesting questions with you.”
Conversation · Napoleon Bonaparte
“I should be cursed by posterity were I looked on as the initiator of a settlement of any sort.”
Friendship · Ermólov
“He understood that for him the storm had blown over, and that Kutúzov would content himself with that hint.”
Enemy · Napoleon Bonaparte
“Kutúzov replied to this letter as he had done to the one formerly brought by Lauriston, saying that there could be no question of peace.”
“the destruction of the French, which he alone foresaw, was his heart’s one desire.”
Enemy · Emperor Alexander
“The Emperor was dissatisfied with him.”
Enemy · Arakchéev
“this courtier, as he is described to us, who lies to Arakchéev to please the Emperor”
Conflict · Alexander I
“everyone knew of the imperial dissatisfaction with him.”
Student · Private Dólokhov
“I ask an opportunity to atone for my fault and prove my devotion to His Majesty the Emperor and to Russia!”
Mentor (superior) · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“Kutúzov had received him very kindly, promised not to forget him, distinguished him above the other adjutants, and had taken him to Vienna and given him the more serious commissions.”
Military command · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“Get in with me,” said he to Bolkónski.”
“Prince Andrew could not refrain from asking Kutúzov, who was sitting silently beside him, what he thought of tomorrow’s battle.”
Military command · Prince Bagratión
“My blessing, and may Christ be with you in your great endeavor!”
“At eleven o’clock they brought him news that the flèches captured by the French had been retaken, but that Prince Bagratión was wounded.”
Military command · Pyotr Ivanovich Bagratión
“Kutúzov sent Bagratión’s vanguard, four thousand strong, to the right across the hills from the Krems-Znaim to the Vienna-Znaim road.”
Military command · Weyrother
“Weyrother, who was in full control of the proposed battle...”
Military command · Emperor Alexander
“Why aren’t you beginning, Michael Ilariónovich?” said the Emperor Alexander hurriedly to Kutúzov.”
Military command · Nicholas Rostov
““Who? Kutúzov?” asked Rostóv.”
Military command · Váska Denísov
“All right, all right, friend, stay here at the staff and tomorrow we’ll have a talk.”
Military command · Duke of Württemberg
“Will Your Highness please take command of the first army?”
Military command · Wolzogen
“Be so good as to ride to General Barclay and inform him of my firm intention to attack the enemy tomorrow.”
Military command · Raévski
“Kaysárov!” Kutúzov called to his adjutant. “Sit down and write out the order of the day for tomorrow.”
Military command · Napoleon Bonaparte
“I see that an enemy corps of ten thousand men is moving on the Petersburg road... You will be responsible if the enemy is able to direct a force of any size against Petersburg to threaten this capital...”
Military command · Eýkhen
“When Eýkhen, the officer of the general staff whom he had summoned, appeared...”
Military command · Captain Brózin
“Another man, Captain Brózin, who happened to turn up and who was not at all to blame, suffered the same fate.”
Military command · Bennigsen
“the insistence of Bennigsen, Konovnítsyn, and Toll that the movement that had miscarried should be executed next day.”
“On account of your spells of ill health, will your excellency please be so good as to set off for Kalúga on receipt of this, and there await further commands and appointments from His Imperial Majesty.”
Military command · Konovnítsyn
“the insistence of Bennigsen, Konovnítsyn, and Toll that the movement that had miscarried should be executed next day.”
Military command · Toll
“the insistence of Bennigsen, Konovnítsyn, and Toll that the movement that had miscarried should be executed next day.”
Mentor · Ermólov
“he gave a sidelong glance at Ermólov who was behind him and to whom he had not spoken since the previous day.”
Military command · Dokhtúrov
“this task, which turned out to be a most difficult and important one, was entrusted to Dokhtúrov”
Military command · Ermólov
“Ermólov, Milorádovich, Plátov, and others in proximity to the French near Vyázma could not resist their desire to cut off and break up two French corps, and by way of reporting their intention to Kutúzov they sent him a blank sheet of paper in an envelope.”
Military command · the soldiers
“I thank you all for your hard and faithful service.”
Military command · Grand Duke Tsarévich Constantine Pávlovich
“Now having come to the army, he informed Kutúzov of the Emperor’s displeasure at the poor success of our forces and the slowness of their advance.”
Military command · Alexander I
“Alexander I was as necessary for the movement of the peoples from east to west and for the refixing of national frontiers as Kutúzov had been for the salvation and glory of Russia.”
Student · Prince Andrew Bolkónski
“Kutúzov had received him very kindly, promised not to forget him, distinguished him above the other adjutants, and had taken him to Vienna and given him the more serious commissions.”
Quotations
“Braunau was the headquarters of the commander in chief, Kutúzov.”
“a member of the Hofkriegsrath from Vienna had come to Kutúzov”
“Beside Kutúzov sat an Austrian general”
“the commander in chief was heard”
“Kutúzov walked through the ranks”
“Ah, Timókhin!” said he, recognizing the red-nosed captain”
“A brave officer! Are you satisfied with him?” he asked the regimental commander.”
“We all have our weaknesses,” said Kutúzov smiling”
“Ah!” said Kutúzov. “I hope this will be a lesson to you.”
“Kutúzov turned away.”
“the words “Father Kámenski” were replaced by “Father Kutúzov.””
“Kutúzov took the Austrian general into his private room”
“Kutúzov himself listened with pleasure to his own voice”
“Kutúzov sighed deeply on finishing this paragraph”
“Kutúzov appeared in the doorway”
“the Russian army of thirty-five thousand men commanded by Kutúzov”
“the plan of which, carefully prepared in accord with the modern science of strategics, had been handed to Kutúzov”
“a number of sick and wounded had been abandoned on the other side of the Danube with a letter in which Kutúzov entrusted them to the humanity of the enemy”
“dispatches from Dokhtúrov to Kutúzov”
“From General Field Marshal Kutúzov?”
“Was Kutúzov well?”
“Kutúzov was awarded the Grand Cross of Maria Theresa.”
“Kutúzov himself, he was told, was in the house with Prince Bagratión and Weyrother”
“Kutúzov with his eagle nose and puffy face appeared in the doorway”
“Get in with me,” said he to Bolkónski”
“The command of the left flank belonged by seniority to the commander of the regiment Kutúzov had reviewed at Braunau.”
“adjutant of Kutúzov’s”
“Kutúzov’s fighting army”
“standing in the front lines of Kutúzov’s army”
“At the quarters of the commander in chief, Kutúzov”
“now Kutúzov with his staff and all of us count for nothing.”
“this activity reached Kutúzov’s headquarters”
“Kutúzov went to the Emperor’s headquarters”
“Kutúzov looked sternly at his adjutant”
“the dissatisfied and drowsy Kutúzov”
“Kutúzov himself”
“Kutúzov, with his uniform unbuttoned”
“the commander in chief at that moment was absorbed by a far more serious matter”
“Kutúzov here woke up”
“the fourth column, with which Kutúzov was, stood on the Pratzen Heights”
“At eight o’clock Kutúzov rode to Pratzen”
“That morning Kutúzov seemed worn and irritable.”
“Why aren’t you beginning, Michael Ilariónovich?”
“Kutúzov accompanied by his adjutants rode at a walking pace behind the carabineers.”
“Nesvítski with an angry face, red and unlike himself, was shouting to Kutúzov that if he did not ride away at once he would certainly be taken prisoner.”
“The wound is not here, it is there!” said Kutúzov, pressing the handkerchief to his wounded cheek and pointing to the fleeing soldiers.”
““Stop those wretches!” gasped Kutúzov to the regimental commander, pointing to the flying soldiers;”
““Bolkónski!” he whispered, his voice trembling from a consciousness of the feebleness of age, “Bolkónski!” he whispered, pointing to the disordered battalion and at the enemy, “what’s that?””
“he was going with a message to Kutúzov”
“Where is Kutúzov?”
“Who? Kutúzov?”
“a cantata composed by Paul Ivánovich Kutúzov”
“the footman, who was distributing leaflets with Kutúzov’s cantata.”
“wrote Kutúzov”
“Kutúzov writes...”
“Prince Andrew met Kutúzov, his former commander”
“Kutúzov had been living for two months”
“Kutúzov by his willingness and accuracy in work”
“Kutúzov, the newly chosen chief of the Petersburg militia”
“Kutúzov had done nothing but cause the Emperor annoyance”
“Prince Kutúzov is field marshal!”
“our sovereign has given him full powers over all the armies”
“Kutúzov made it an absolute condition that the Tsarévich should not be with the army”
“that Kutúzov has been appointed commander in chief”
“Kutúzov remembered Prince Andrew and sent an order for him to report at headquarters.”
“as everyone now called Kutúzov.”
“they saw Kutúzov coming down the street mounted on a rather small sorrel horse.”
“Kutúzov had grown still more corpulent, flaccid, and fat.”
“May the kingdom of Heaven be his! God’s will be done to us all!”
“Well, that’s all!”
“But remember, my dear fellow, that I am a father to you, a second father....”
“I missed you at Bucharest, but I needed someone to send.”
“Kutúzov accepted that battle.”
“it must have been equally clear to Kutúzov that by accepting battle and risking the loss of a quarter of his army he would certainly lose Moscow.”
“Kutúzov acted involuntarily and irrationally.”
“Kutúzov did not wish to occupy a position he had not himself chosen”
“Anyhow his Serene Highness knows you and will receive you graciously.”
“It was Kutúzov, who had been riding round the position”
“what do you think of Kutúzov’s appointment?”
“Kutúzov’s gray head in a white cap with a red band was visible”
“Kutúzov was saying to a general who stood beside him”
“Kutúzov and the whole Russian army were convinced that the battle of Borodinó was a victory.”
“Kutúzov’s wish was to attack next day, and the whole army desired to do so.”
“Why did Kutúzov during the retreat not do this or that?”
“Learned military authorities quite seriously tell us that Kutúzov should have moved his army to the Kalúga road long before reaching Filí.”
“Kutúzov sat apart in a dark corner behind the oven.”
“Kutúzov’s angry grunts and occasional cough broke the silence.”
“Allow me to tell you, your excellency, that that question has no meaning for a Russian.”
“But I, by the authority entrusted to me by my Sovereign and country, order a retreat.”
“They shall eat horseflesh yet, like the Turks!”
“Kutúzov’s order to retreat through Moscow to the Ryazán road was issued at night on the first of September.”
“Kutúzov himself had driven round by side streets to the other side of Moscow.”
“after his interview with Kutúzov”
“a letter from Kutúzov”
“that cold, peremptory note from Kutúzov”
“Kutúzov, dejected and frowning, sat on a bench by the bridge toying with his whip in the sand”
“No! I shall not give up Moscow without a battle!”
“the message Kutúzov had entrusted to him”
“that Kutúzov and others were there for that purpose”
“Kutúzov and his staff”
“your last reports were written on the twentieth”
“Kutúzov had found himself unable any longer to restrain the army he commanded”
“Kutúzov—having taken into consideration the Cossack’s report”
“Kutúzov’s orderly”
“the decrepit Kutúzov”
“Kutúzov noticed cavalrymen”
“Kutúzov began, but checked himself”
“the old man fell into that state of fury”
“He, the commander in chief, a Serene Highness”
“Kutúzov had to consent”
“Kutúzov accompanied that column.”
“Kutúzov did not reply,”
“Kutúzov received a diamond decoration,”
“the road Kutúzov afterwards took”
“approached Kutúzov without joining battle”
“charged Murat to find Kutúzov”
“Kutúzov replied to this letter as he had done to the one formerly brought by Lauriston”
“urged Kutúzov to carry out Dórokhov’s suggestion”
“Kutúzov hastening to rectify a mistake he had made”
“Dokhtúrov insisted that he must have Kutúzov’s instructions”
“Kutúzov like all old people did not sleep much at night.”
“Kutúzov was more at ease as to the possibility of himself and his troops being obliged to take part in useless aggressive movements.”
“Patience and time are my warriors, my champions,” thought Kutúzov.”
“Kutúzov felt assured with all his being that the terrible blow into which he and all the Russians had put their whole strength must have been mortal.”
“the field marshal called out to them.”
“Kutúzov interrupted him.”
“O Lord, my Creator, Thou has heard our prayer... said he in a tremulous voice with folded hands.”
“Kutúzov’s activity was directed toward restraining his troops”
“Kutúzov retreated”
“Kutúzov lingered with the main army”
“Of the Russian commanders Kutúzov alone understood this.”
“Kutúzov alone used all his power (and such power is very limited in the case of any commander in chief) to prevent an attack.”
“But drawing from his aged wisdom what they could understand, he told them of the golden bridge, and they laughed at and slandered him, flinging themselves on, rending and exulting over the dying beast.”
“he did not cease to complain to Kutúzov and to the Emperor Alexander...”
“Kutúzov afterwards pursued him”
“Kutúzov and Tormásov and Chichagóv”
“the explanation of this strange fact given by Russian military historians (to the effect that Kutúzov hindered an attack)”
“the series of French victories brought the French complete destruction, while the series of Russian defeats led to the total destruction of their enemy and the liberation of their country.”
“as in fact thought Kutúzov, who when he received the plan remarked that diversions planned over great distances do not yield the desired results.”
“Kutúzov had been unable to hold back his troops”
“Kutúzov as far as was in his power”
“Kutúzov’s activity was directed during the whole campaign”
“Kutúzov felt and knew”
“Kutúzov merely shrugged his shoulders”
“reproached one another and especially Kutúzov for having failed to do so”
“they blamed Kutúzov and said that from the very beginning of the campaign he had prevented their vanquishing Napoleon”
“Kutúzov was openly accused of blundering.”
“Kutúzov—the man who from the beginning to the end of his activity in 1812, never once swerving by word or deed from Borodinó to Vílna, presented an example exceptional in history of self-sacrifice”
“Kutúzov replied: 'And I shall not abandon Moscow without a battle,' though Moscow was then already abandoned.”
“this procrastinator Kutúzov, whose motto was 'Patience and Time,' this enemy of decisive action, gave battle at Borodinó”