Yakov Kulnev

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Yakov Petrovich Kulnev
Yakov Petrovich Kulnev by George Dawe
Native name	Яковъ Петровичъ Кульневъ[a]
Born	5 August 1763 Lucyn, Inflanty Voivodeship, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (Present Day Ludza, Latvia)
Died	1 August 1812 (aged 48) Klyastitsy, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire (Present Day Belarus)
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792 Polish Campaign of 1794-1795 Finnish War Patriotic War of 1812
Awards	St. George 3rd class (1808)

Yakov Petrovich Kulnev (Russian: Я́ков Петро́вич Ку́льнев; 5 August 1763 – 1 August 1812^[b]) was, along with Pyotr Bagration and Aleksey Yermolov, one of the most popular Russian military leaders at the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Suvorov's admirer and participant of 55 battles, he lost his life during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
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