Aleksandr Vasil'evich Suvorov

Japanese: スボロフ（英語表記）Aleksandr Vasil’evich Suvorov

1729 or 30-1800
A Russian general. Born to a general in the army, he achieved many military feats after his first combat in the Seven Years' War. In 1799, he led an expedition to northern Italy and Switzerland in the war against France, for which he was made a grand marshal and a duke. He wrote "Regimental Orders," which described soldier education, combat training, and internal affairs, and "The Science of Victory," which summarized military science theory. He contributed to the establishment of modern military science, and among his subordinates he produced such famous generals as Kutuzov. [Yonekawa Tetsuo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1729か30‐1800
ロシアの将軍。陸軍大将を父として生まれ，七年戦争で初めて実戦に参加して以来，数々の武勲をたてた。1799年，対フランス戦争で北イタリア，スイスに遠征し，その功により大元帥，公爵に叙せられた。彼は兵士の教育，戦闘訓練，内務勤務について述べた《連隊要務令》，兵学理論を要約した《勝利の科学》を著し，近代兵学の確立に貢献し，部下からクトゥーゾフらの名将を輩出した。【米川哲夫】

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