Atlas of Battles

commander, 4 engagements

Battles of Mikhail Golitsyn

Battles of Mikhail Golitsyn

Russian field marshall (1675-1730)

Mikhail Golitsyn is recorded as a commander at 4 placed engagements in the atlas between 1708 and 1720: 3 battles and 1 naval action across 3 present-day countries, most in Finland (2), Belarus (1), Aland (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 1,514 km apart end to end, 505 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Great Northern War (4).

Battle of LesnayaBattle of PälkäneBattle of NapueBattle of GrengamBattle of LesnayaBattle of PälkäneBattle of NapueBattle of GrengamStockholmSt. PetersburgHelsinkiMinskRigaVilniusTallinnGdańskKaliningradTver500 km58.271N, 25.608E
4 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1708: 1 engagements1 in 17081713: 1 engagements1 in 17131714: 1 engagements1 in 17141720: 1 engagements1 in 172017081720
4 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Lesnaya, 1708Battle of Pälkäne, 1713Battle of Napue, 1714Battle of Grengam, 172017081720
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
28 September 1708Battle of LesnayaLiasnaja, BelarusRussian victory; See Result
17 October 1713Battle of PälkänePälkäne, Finland953 km NRussian victory
2 March 1714Battle of NapueIsokyrö, Finland211 km NWRussian victory
7 August 1720Battle of GrengamFöglö, Aland350 km SSee aftermath

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, Неизвестный художник, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.