Wikipedia article
'Kutuzov' is a 1943 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Petrov.[[http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/world/180755-zhan-tyular-v-napoleonovskoy-frantsii-opasnost-podsteregala-povsyudu/ : , , ]][[http://portal-kultura.ru/articles/history/163702-starets-pishem-tsar-v-ume/ ]][[http://timiryazevskiy.mos.ru/presscenter/news/detail/5102415.html 1812 ]][[https://lenta.ru/articles/2016/01/23/grozny/ ]]
Plot
The film of 1943 shows the Russian view of the main events of the Patriotic War of 1812.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ecpUX1m0k8] Complete Russian movie about Kutuzov in Russian language with English subtitles][[https://www.kinopoisk.ru/film/45030/ ]]
The main points are Kutuzov's character and warfare, the major battles, the soldiers and the major errors of Napoleon.
* "delaying operation"[[https://www.militaryfactory.com/dictionary/military-terms-defined.asp?term_id=1581] An operation in which a force under pressure trades space for time by slowing down the enemys momentum and inflicting maximum damage on the enemy without, in principle, becoming decisively engaged. (US DoD)] started by Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly and continued by Kutuzov
* "scorched earth" by burning Moscow
* "guerrilla warfare" on horseback against French supply lines by the Cossacks[[https://www.militaryfactory.com/dictionary/military-terms-defined.asp?term_id=2362] Military and paramilitary operations conducted in enemy-held or hostile territory by irregular, predominantly indigenous forces. Also called GW. See also unconventional warfare. (US DoD)]
* "total war" against French foraging by peasants
* "no peacemaking with Napoleon"[[https://www.militaryfactory.com/dictionary/military-terms-defined.asp?term_id=4025] The process of diplomacy, mediation, negotiation, or other forms of peaceful settlements that arranges an end to a dispute and resolves issues that led to it. (US DoD)] by Alexander I of Russia
* Battle of Borodino
* Battle of Maloyaroslavets
* Battle of the Berezina
* French invasion of Russia#Logistics
Starring
* Aleksei Dikij as Prince Kutuzov
* Semyon Mezhinsky as Napoleon Bonaparte
* Yevgeniy Kaluzhsky as Marshal Berthier
* Sergo Zakariadze as General Bagration
* Nikolai Okhlopkov as General Barclay de Tolly
* Sergei Blinnikov as Ataman Platov
* Mikhail Pugovkin as Fedya[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036572/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm (1944) Full Cast & Crew]]
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