Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly could die in dozens of battles. Bullets did not spare his fighters, horses fell dead under him, and he himself, with his inherent composure, continued to command the troops. Was he always the first? and even in the hottest minutes of the battle was on the front line. Few people know that Barclay de Tolly created military intelligence in Russia and was the first to use combat missiles. A master of strategy, thoughtful and disciplined, it was he who developed a plan to repel Napoleon's aggression, which was brilliantly embodied by the Russian generals. Then why did Barclay receive universal recognition for the overseas campaigns of the Russian army of 1813-1814, and his activities in 1812 were silent for a long time and then for almost two centuries aroused fierce debate among historians? About all this? our new book.