BAGRATION, PETER, PRINCE Russian gen eral descended from the noble Georgian family of the Bagratides, entered the Russian army in 1782, and served for some years in the Caucasus. He was engaged in the siege of Ochakov (1788), and in the Polish campaign of 1794, being present at the taking of Praga and Warsaw. His merits were recognized by Suvarov, whom he accompanied in the Italian and Swiss campaign of 1799, winning distinction by the capture of Brescia. In the wars of 1805 his achievements were even more brilliant. With a small rearguard he successfully resisted the repeated attacks of forces five times his own numbers (Hollabriinn), and though half his men fell, the retreat of the main army under Kutusov was thereby secured. At Austerlitz he was engaged against the left wing of the French army, under Murat and Lannes, and at Eylau, Heilsberg and Friedland he fought with the most resolute and stubborn courage. In 1808 by a daring march across the frozen Gulf of Finland he captured the Aland Islands, and in 180g he commanded against the Turks at the battles of Rassowa and Tataritza. In 1812 he commanded the II. Army of the West, and, though defeated at Mogilev (July 23), rejoined the main army under Barclay and led the left wing at Borodino (Sept. 7), where he received a mortal wound. A monument was erected in his honour by the Tsar Nicholas I. on the battlefield of Borodino. (See NAPOLEONIC WARS.)