Alexander vasilyevich suvoroy was born inmoseo november 24, 1729 into the family of a general. all the alexander's ancestors served in the russian army. in 1742, alexander entered the leib-guards semenovsky regiment. his active military service began in 1748. the first military operation for suvorov was the seven years war of 1756-1763. at the outset of the war he was in the rear in commissariat service, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and transferred to the kazansky infantry regiment. ntusix in 1768-1772, suvorov took part in the military actions in poland. he fought against the troops of the polish confederation, the military operations in poland made him well-known in the russian army. suvorov was awarded the order of st. george, 4th class. then suvorov took part in the first campaign against the turks (1768-1774), and especially the battle of kosludscki, when 18 thousands of russian soldiers defeated the turkish 40 thousand's army. from 1787 to 1791, he was again fighting the turks and won many victories, in 1788, he took part in the siege of ochakov fortress which lasted six months. in 1790, after the turkish command refused to surrender the famous fortress of izmail in bessarabia, suvorov and his troops stormed and captured it.nu in 1798, russia entered the war against france to defend italy. suvorov was appointed commander-in-chief of the allied forces in northern italy, he defeated the french forces and liberated northern italy. in 1799, tsar paul i ordered suvorov to continue the war and join the allied troops in switzerland. suvorov was able to cross the alps. this march was extremely hard; the russian army didn't have enough food, ammunition and exact maps. it was one of the great feats of military history. suvorov never lost a battle. he was loved by his soldiers, whom he called "brothers". he trained his army according to his own ideas thatWere developed most famously in his major book "the science of victory". tal Alexander suvorov died on May 18, 1800, in St. Petersburg. on his grave in the alexandro-nevsky layra in St. Petersburg there is a plane tombstone with a short inscription: "here lies suvorov", on July 29, 1942, the order of suvoroy was established. it was an maward for successful offensive actions against superior enemy forces.Ex.7. Read the text and answer the questions.
1. When and where was Suvorov born? 2. What were his ancestors? 3. What did Alexander do in 1742? 4. When did his active military service begin? 5. Where did Suvorov serve at the outset of the Seven Years War? 6. When did he fight against the troops of the Polish Confederation? 7. What order was Suvorov awarded for the military operations in Poland? 8. Did Suvorov take part in the first Russian-Turkish War of 1768-1774? 9. What were his victories during the second Russian-Turkish War? 10. Why did Russia enter the war against France in 1798? 11. What did Suvorov command during the war against France? 12. Who ordered Suvorov to continue the war in 1799? 13. Did Suvorov lose a battle? 14. How did Suvorov train his soldiers? 15. When and where did Suvorov die?
