Editing Pyotr Bagration (section)

{{short description|Georgian general, born and served in Russia (1765–1812)}}
{{For|the royal dynasty|Bagrationi dynasty}}
{{family name hatnote|Ivanovich|Bagration|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Use dmy dates|date= January 2021}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_prefix = [[General officer|General]] [[Knyaz|Prince]]
| name          = Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration
| native_name   = პეტრე ბაგრატიონი
| image         = George Dawe - Portrait of General Pyotr Bagration (1765-1812) - Google Art Project.jpg
| image_size    = 
| caption       = Portrait by [[George Dawe]]
| nickname      = "God of the Army"<ref name=mika13>{{harvp|Mikaberidze|2009|loc=[http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/biographies/bagration/c_bagration13.html Ch. XIII: Bagration – "God of an Army"]}}.</ref><br />"The Eagle"{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1765|07|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place   = [[Kizlyar]],<ref name="Pluchart 1835, pp. 60—61">Pluchart (1835), pp. 60–61</ref> [[Astrakhan Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date    = {{OldStyleDate|24 September|1812|12 September}} (aged 47)
| death_place   = [[Sima, Vladimir Oblast|Sima]], [[Vladimir Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
| placeofburial = [[Borodino (village), Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast|Borodino Battlefield]], [[Russia]]
| allegiance    = {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
| branch        = [[Imperial Russian Army]]
| serviceyears  = 1782–1812
| rank          = [[General of the Infantry (Imperial Russia)|General of the Infantry]]
| unit          = 
| commands      = * [[Alexander Suvorov|Suvorov]]'s vanguard during his Italian campaign
* Suvorov's vanguard during his Swiss campaign
* 6th [[Jäger (infantry)|Jaeger]]s
* [[22nd Infantry Division (Russian Empire)|22nd Infantry Division]]
* Jaegers of the Imperial Guard
** [[Lifeguard Jaeger Regiment]]
* Russian rearguard at Hollabrunn
* Coalition right wing at Austerlitz
* Russian rearguard at Eylau
* Russian Army during Russo-Turkish War
** [[Army of the Danube (1806–1812)|Army of Moldavia]]
* [[Second Western Army]]
* Left wing of the Russian forces at Borodino
| battles       = {{Tree list}}
* [[Russian-Circassian War]]
* [[Russo-Turkish War (1787–1792)]]
** [[Siege of Ochakov (1788)|Siege of Ochakov]]
* [[Kościuszko Uprising]]
** [[Battle of Praga|Storming of Praga]]
* [[Campaigns of 1799 in the French Revolutionary Wars#Italy|Italian Campaign]]
** [[Capture of Brescia]]
** [[Capture of Bergamo]]
** [[Battle of Cassano (1799)|Battle of the Adda River]]
*** [[Battle of Cassano (1799)#Lecco|Combat of Lecco]]{{WIA}}
** [[First Battle of Marengo (1799)|First Battle of Marengo]]
** [[Battle of Trebbia (1799)|Battle of the Trebbia]]
** [[Battle of Novi]]
* [[Campaigns of 1799 in the French Revolutionary Wars#Switzerland|Swiss Campaign]]
** [[Battle of Klöntal]]
** [[Battle of Glarus (1799)|Battle of Glarus]]
** First Combat of Schwanden
** Second Combat of Schwanden
* [[Finnish War]]
** [[Battle of Lokalaks]]
** [[Helsinki village landing]]
* [[Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)]]
** [[Battle of Rassowa]]
** [[Battle of Tataritsa]]
** Battle of Dobruja
** [[:Ru:Осада Силистрии|Siege of Silistria]]
* [[Napoleonic Wars]]
** [[Battle of Amstetten]]
** [[Battle of Schöngrabern]]
** [[Battle of Austerlitz]]
** [[Battle of Eylau]]
** [[Battle of Heilsberg]]
** [[Battle of Friedland]]
** [[Battle of Saltanovka]]
** [[Battle of Smolensk (1812)|Battle of Smolensk]]
** [[Battle of Shevardino]]
** [[Battle of Borodino]]{{DOW}}
{{Tree list/end}}
| awards        = [[File:Ierus a7.jpg |40px]] [[File:Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky Insignia.jpg|34px]] [[File:Star of the Order of St Anna.jpg|39px]] [[File:REO-GC breast star.JPG|43px]]<br />[[File:Order of Saint Andrew.svg|40px]] [[File:Order of St. George, 4th class.jpg|37px]] [[File:Vladimir-star.jpg|37px]]<br />[[File:Ord.MariaTeresa-COM.png|40px]] [[File:Cavaliere di gran Croce Regno SSML BAR.svg|40px]] [[File:Order of the Black Eagle - Ribbon bar.svg|40px]] [[File:St.AndrewOrder.png|40px]]<br>'''Weapons:'''<br>[[File:Фрачный знак--.jpg|40px]] [[Gold Sword for Bravery]]
| spouse        = [[Catherine Bagration]] née Skavronskaya
| relations     = [[Ivan Aleksandrovich Bagration|Ivane]] (father)<br />[[Roman Bagration|Roman]] and [[Alexander Ivanovich Bagration|Alexander]] (brothers) and [[Pyotr Romanovich Bagration|Pyotr]] (nephew)
| laterwork     = 
| signature     = Bagration signature.svg
}}

'''Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration'''{{#tag:ref|The [[Russian language|Russian]] form of his name, '''Pyotr''' or {{nowrap|'''Pëtr Ivanovich Bagration'''}} ({{lang|ru|Пётр Иванович Багратион}}), includes a [[Russian patronymic|patronym]] based on his father's name [[Ivan Aleksandrovich Bagration|Ivane]]. The Russian surname is pronounced {{IPA|ru|bəɡrɐtʲɪˈon|}}. His title "[[prince]]" translates the Russian title ''[[knyaz]]''. In English, it is also alternately pronounced {{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˈ|ɡ|r|eɪ|ʃ|ən}} {{respell|bə|GRAY|shən}} or {{IPAc-en|b|ə|ˌ|ɡ|r|ɑː|t|s|i|ˈ|oʊ|n}} {{respell|bə|GRAHT|see|OHN|'}}.

His name in [[Georgian language|Georgian]] was {{nowrap|'''Petre Bagrationi'''}} ({{lang|ka|პეტრე ბაგრატიონი}}), pronounced {{IPA|ka|baɡɾatʼioni|}} with no significant stress. His title "prince" translates as the Georgian title ''[[batonishvili]]''.|group=nb}}<!--see talk page--> (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Russian general and prince of [[Georgians|Georgian]] origin, prominent during the [[French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars]].

Bagration, a member of the [[Bagrationi dynasty]], was born in [[Kizlyar]].<ref name="Pluchart 1835, pp. 60—61">Pluchart (1835), pp. 60–61</ref> His father, [[Ivan Aleksandrovich Bagration|Ivan (Ivane)]], served as an officer in the [[Imperial Russian Army]], in which Bagration also enlisted in 1782. Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration began his military career serving in the [[Russo-Circassian War]] of 1763–1864 for a couple of years. Afterwards he participated in a war against the Ottomans and the capture of [[Siege of Ochakov (1788)|Ochakov]] in 1788. Later he helped suppress the [[Kościuszko Uprising]] of 1794 in Poland and capture Warsaw. During Russia's [[Italian and Swiss expedition|Italian and Swiss campaigns]] of 1799 against the French, he served with distinction under Field Marshal [[Alexander Suvorov]].

In 1805 Russia joined the coalition against [[Napoleon]]. After the collapse of the Austrians at [[Battle of Ulm|Ulm]] in October 1805, Bagration won praise for his successful defense in the [[Battle of Schöngrabern]] (November 1805) that allowed Russian forces to withdraw and unite with the main Russian army of [[Mikhail Kutuzov]]. In December 1805 the combined Russo-Austrian army suffered defeat at the [[Battle of Austerlitz]], where Bagration commanded the allied right wing against the French under [[Jean Lannes]]. Later he commanded Russian troops in the [[Finnish War]] (1808–1809) against Sweden and in another [[Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)|war against the Turks]] (1806–1812) on the Danube.

During the [[French invasion of Russia]] in 1812, Bagration commanded one of two large Russian armies ([[Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly|Barclay de Tolly]] commanded the other) fighting a series of rear-guard actions. The Russians failed to stop the French advance at the [[Battle of Smolensk (1812)|Battle of Smolensk]] in August 1812. Barclay had proposed a [[scorched-earth]] retreat that the emperor [[Alexander I of Russia]] had approved, although Bagration preferred to confront the French in a major battle. [[Mikhail Kutuzov]] succeeded Barclay as commander-in-chief but continued his policy until the [[Battle of Borodino]] ({{OldStyleDate |7 September|1812|26 August}}) near [[Moscow]]. Bagration commanded the left wing around what became known as the [[Bagration flèches]] at Borodino, where he was mortally wounded; he died a couple of weeks later. Originally buried at a local church, in 1839 he was reburied on the battlefield of Borodino.