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For the noble family, see Prozorovsky.

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Alexandrovich and the family name is Prozorovsky.

Prince Alexander Alexandrovich Prozorovsky
Portrait by Dmitry Levitzky, 1779
Born	1733 Russian Empire
Died	21 August 1809 (aged 75–76)
Allegiance	Russian Empire
Branch	Imperial Russian Army
Service years	1742–1784 1790–1809
Rank	Field Marshal
Conflicts	Seven Years' War War of the Bar Confederation Russo-Turkish War (1768–74) Russo-Turkish War (1806–12)
Awards	Order of St. Andrew Order of St. George Order of St. Vladimir
Relations	House of Prozorovsky

Prince Alexander Alexandrovich Prozorovsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Прозоро́вский, tr. Aleksándr Aleksándrovič Prozoróvskij; 1733–1809) was an Imperial Russian field marshal that distinguished himself in the Seven Years' War and the conquest of Crimea. He belonged to the Prozorovsky boyar family.

Biography

Prozorovsky gained distinction in the Seven Years' War and the conquest of Crimea. Prozorovsky's career was furthered by his maternal Galitzine relatives, who helped him to get appointed to the office of Kursk's governor in 1780. He resigned two years later and spent the following years at his country estates.

In 1790 Prozorovsky returned to the active service as the Governor General of Moscow. Emperor Paul, however, couldn't get along with him and discharged Prozorovsky from his office. His ancient services were recalled in 1808, when the Russian army resumed its hostilities against Turkey, and Prozorovsky became its Commander-in-Chief.

Prozorovsky's reputation suffered a blow when his attempt to storm of Brailov ended in his army being repelled at enormous loss of life on Russian side. The old and ailing general asked Alexander I to dispatch a younger and more energetic Mikhail Kutuzov to his aid.

Two months later, when Prozorovsky's army was crossing the Danube, the Field-Marshal died. His body was transported to Kiev and interred in the Pecherskaya Lavra.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Прозоровский, Александр Александрович" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.