The Patriotic War of 1812 is one of the most glorious wars that Russia waged in its centuries-old history. Her memory is sacred, as are the names of her heroes. These are the Cavaliers of St. George, commanders M.I. Golenishchev-Kutuzov, P.I. Bagration, M.B. Barclay de Tolly, A.P. Ermolov and D.S. Dokhturov, Cossack ataman M.I. Platov, generals M.S. Vorontsov, N.N. Raevsky and M.A. Miloradovich, regimental priest Vasily Vasilkovsky and “cavalry maiden” Nadezhda Durova, army partisans D.V. Davydov and A.N. Seslavin, brothers Alexander, Nikolai and Pavel Tuchkov, regiment commanders from the glorious Don Cossack family of Ilovaisky... A book by military historian and writer A. Shishov tells about a hundred of them.