Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov - the great Russian commander, participant in the Russian-Turkish wars of 1768-1774 and 1787-1791, commander in chief of the Russian army in the third coalition against France at the beginning of the 19th century and in the war with Turkey of 1811-1812, the famous hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 - was born 5 (September 16), 1745 in St. Petersburg, in an old noble family, which led its family from the XIII century. It is known that the founder of the clan Gabriel fought under the banner of Alexander Nevsky.