General Yermolov. Battles and Victories of the Empire's Legendary Soldier

Alexei Petrovich Yermolov is a mysterious, controversial, and yet legendary figure in Russian history. Since his youth, bold and independent, Yermolov irritated high-ranking individuals. The uprising in Poland, military actions against the French in Italy, the siege of the fortress... of Derbent, temporary disgrace, participation in the coalition war against Napoleon, the Patriotic War, and finally, the Caucasus. Yermolov began with the conquest of Chechnya and Mountainous Dagestan. Defiant villages were burned, orchards were cut down, livestock was seized, conquered peoples were made to pledge allegiance to the Russian emperor, taxed, and hostages were taken from them. The name of Alexei Yermolov became synonymous, and the mountaineers frightened their children with it.