Alexander Mikaberidze, Professor of History and Ruth Herring Noel Endowed Chair at Louisiana State University in Shreveport and author of Kutuzov: A Life in War and Peace, joins the show to discuss the Russian general Kutuzov, the hero of 1812.\n\u25aa\ufe0f\nTimes\xa0\n\n\t\u2022\t00:53 Introduction\n\t\u2022\t01:31 18th century Russia\xa0\n\t\u2022\t04:00 A young officer\n\t\u2022\t08:57 Modernization \xa0\n\t\u2022\t12:11 Catherine\u2019s wars\n\t\u2022\t14:30 International relations\n\t\u2022\t17:00 Shot in the head - twice\n\t\u2022\t22:11 Promotions\n\t\u2022\t29:18 Tolstoy\u2019s take on Kutuzov\n\t\u2022\t32:32 Czar Alexander\n\t\u2022\t39:21 Austerlitz\n\t\u2022\t48:28 Grand strategy in 1812\n\t\u2022\t57:21 Tolstoy and reality\n\t\u2022\t1:02:09 Legacy