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Mikhail Kutuzov - Field Marshal, Prince of
Smolensk. He became such an important figure in the history of the Romanovs
through his leadership of the Russian army in the 1812 campaign that defeated
Napoleon that he is included in this family display despite the fact that
Emperor Alexander I really didn't care for him. Note the realistic depiction of
his missing eye, not covered as usual by a patch. He was shot several times
leading Russian troops under Suvorov against the Turks. On the occasion that
the bullet took out his eye and entered his skull the doctor commented that
there had been no apparent lost to his brain.
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