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{{Expand Russian|Тучков, Николай Алексеевичtopic=bio|date=December 2010}}

| name = Nikolay AlexeivichAlexeyevich Tuchkov

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| birth_datecaption = Portrait by = 16 April[[George 1765Dawe]]

| death_date birth_date = 3016 OctoberApril 18121765

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| death_place = [[Yaroslavl]]

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| allegiance = [[Imperial Russia]]

| branch = Infantry

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| rank = lieutenant general

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| battles = [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)]],<br>[[Polish–Russian War of 1792]]<br>[[Kościuszko Uprising]],<br>[[War of the Second Coalition]]<br>[[War of the Fourth Coalition]]<br>[[Finnish War]]<br>[[Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)]]<br>[[French invasion of Russia]]

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'''Nikolay AlexeivichAlexeyevich Tuchkov''' (16 April 1765 -– 30 October 1812, Yaroslavl) was a Russian general of the [[Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790)]], the suppression of the [[Kościuszko Uprising]] and the opposition to the [[French invasion of Russia]]. He rose to the rank of lieutenant general and commander of an infantry corps.

The brother of Pavel & Alexander Tuchkov, Nikolay first came to note as a Major General commanding a Brigade of Gortchakov’s[[Aleksey Gorchakov|Gortchakov]]'s wing under [[Alexander Korsakov|Korsakov]] in Switzerland, 1799, serving at the [[Second Battle of Zurich]] 25-26th25–26 September. In 1806 he commanded the 5th Division of Buxhowden’s[[Friedrich Wilhelm von Buxhoeveden|Buxhoeveden]]'s 2nd Army under Kamenskoi[[Mikhail Kamensky]] in Poland, and served at the [[Battle of Pultusk]] 26th26 December. In the January 1807 offensive he commanded three Divisions (5th, 7th & 8th), and the right wing at [[Battle of Eylau|at Eylau]] 7/8th8 February 1807, where his troops were the first to be engaged.<ref>Petre p.180</ref>. He was made commander on the Narew front that summer. On 11th11 June he drove [[Michel Marie Claparède|Claparède]] from Drenzewo & Borki, but was forced back by [[Andre Masséna]] on the 12th. After hearing news of the defeat [[Battle of Friedland|at Friedland]] on the 27th he abandoned Ostrolenka & retreated on Tykoczin, and was subsequently replaced by [[Pyotr Aleksandrovich Tolstoy|Tolstoi]] before the [[Treaty of Tilsit]].

In 1808 he commanded the 5th Division under Buxhowden in Finland, serving at [[Battle of Revolax|at Revolax]], 27th27 April. Stationed at Kuopio, he was then halted by [[Johan August Sandels|Sandels]] [[Battle of Koljonvirta|at IidensalmiIdensalmi]], 15th15 October.

Commanding 3 Divisions in Wallachia, he was sent south for operations against Turkey in late August 1811. In 1812 he commanded the 3rd Corps of [[Mikhail Barclay de Tolly]]’s's 1st Army of the West. He fought at [[Battle of Smolensk (1812)|at Smolensk]] 17th17 August, then with [[Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1788–1857)|Württemberg]] was defeated by [[Michel Ney]] at [[Battle of Valutina GoraValutino|Valutinaat GoraLubino]]<ref>{{Cite (Lubino)book |last=Smirnov |first=A. A. |title=Словарь русских генералов, участников боевых действий против армии Наполеона Бонапарта в 1812-1815 гг. |publisher=ТРИТЭ |year=1996 |volume=VII |location=Moscow |pages=584 |language= |trans-title=Dictionary of Russian generals, participants of military actions against Napoleon Bonaparte's army}}</ref> on the 19th, however, having sustained lesser losses against superior forces. Stationed on the left flank at [[Battle of Borodino|at Borodino]] on 7th7 September, he was mortallygravely wounded in the chest leading the Pavlov[[Pavlovsky Life Guards Regiment|Pavlovsky Grenadiers]] against Utitsa. during a successful counterattack and died three weeks later.