Atlas of Battles

commander, 8 engagements

Battles of Matvey Ivanovich Platov

Battles of Matvey Ivanovich Platov

Russian general, 1753 to 1818

Matvey Ivanovich Platov is recorded as a commander at 8 placed engagements in the atlas between 1796 and 1813: 6 battles and 2 sieges across 4 present-day countries, most in Russia (5), Belarus (1), Poland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 4,922 km apart end to end, 703 km between engagements on average. Most belong to French invasion of Russia (3), War of the Sixth Coalition (2), War of the Fourth Coalition (1).

Battle of Derbent (1796)Storming of DerbentBattle of AltenburgBattle of FriedlandBattle of MirBattle of VyazmaBattle of KrasnoiSiege of DanzigBattle of FriedlandBattle of MirBattle of VyazmaSiege of DanzigBerlinKyivViennaAnkaraNaplesBucharestHamburgWarsawBudapestMunich1000 km48.629N, 30.361E
8 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1796: 2 engagements1807: 1 engagements1812: 3 engagements3 in 18121813: 2 engagements17961813
8 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Derbent (1796), 1796Storming of Derbent, 1796Battle of Friedland, 1807Battle of Mir, 1812Battle of Vyazma, 1812Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Siege of Danzig, 1813Battle of Altenburg, 181317961813
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 3

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1796Battle of Derbent (1796)Derbent, RussiaRussian victory
1796Storming of DerbentDerbent, Russia0 km NRussian victory
14 June 1807Battle of FriedlandPravdinsk, Russia2,420 km NWFrench victory
9 July 1812Battle of MirMir, Belarus373 km ERussian victory
3 November 1812Battle of VyazmaVyazma, Russia544 km NERussian victory
15 November 1812Battle of KrasnoiKrasny, Russia197 km WRussian victory
January 1813Siege of DanzigGdańsk, Poland826 km WRusso–Prussian victory
1813Battle of AltenburgGermany562 km SWCoalition victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, George Dawe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.