Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (transliteration: Aleksandr Vasil'evič Suvorov; sometimes rendered as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov), Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince in Italy, Count of the Holy Roman Empire (24 November [O.S.

13 November] 1729 or 1730 – 18 May [O.S.

6 May] 1800), is a general of the Russian Empire.

Suvorov is one of the few generals in history (along with Alexander the Great, Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and Genghis Khan) who never lost a battle.

He is famed for his military manual The Science of Victory, and noted for several of his sayings, including "What is difficult in training will become easy in a battle", "The bullet is a mad thing, only the bayonet knows what it is about", and "Perish yourself but rescue your comrade!".

He teaches his soldiers to attack instantly and decisively: "attack with the cold steel–push hard with the bayonet!"

He jokeds with the men, calls the common soldiers 'brother', and shrewdly presents the results of detailed planning and careful strategy as the work of inspiration.

(J. Goodwin, Lords of the Horizons, p. 244, 1998, Henry Holt and Company)