SUVOROF - RY3INIKSKI, PETER ALEXIS VASSILIVICH, COUNT OF, PRINCE ITALISKI, a Russian military officer; born in Finland, Nov. 25, 1729; and in his 17th year entered the service as a common soldier. He served in the war against Sweden, in the Seven Years' War, in Poland, and against the Turks, and rose to be a General of Division in 1773. In 1783 he reduced the Kuban Tartars under the Russian yoke. In 1787, as chief in command, he conducted the defense of Kinburn to a successful issue; and in 1789 he gained the dignity of count by his great victory on the banks of the Rymnik, where the Austrian troops under the Prince of Saxe-Coburg were surrounded by 100,000 Turks. By his timely arrival with 10,000 Russians he not only rescued the Austrians, but occasioned the utter overthrow of the enemy. The next, and perhaps the most sanguinary of his actions, was the storm ing of Ismail in 1790, which was followed by the indiscriminate massacre of 40,000 of the inhabitants of every age and both sexes. He was next employed against
the kingdom of Poland, and conducted a campaign of which the partition of the country was the result, receiving a field marshal's baton, and an estate. The last and most celebrated of his services was his campaign in Italy in 1799. He gained several brilliant victories at Piacenza, Novi, etc., drove the French from all the towns and fortresses of Upper Italy, and was rewarded with the title of Prince Italiski. But in consequence of a change in the plan of operations he passed the Alps; and the defeat of Korsakof at Zurich, together with the failure of the expected assistance from the Austrians, obliged him to retreat from Switzerland. On his recall to Russia preparations were made for his triumphal entry into St. Petersburg; but having incurred the dis pleasure of the Emperor Paul, the prep arations were suspended. He died May 18, 1800.