Alexander Fomich Petrushevsky (Russian:Александр Фомич Петрушевский,romanized: Aleksandr Fomich Petrushevskiy;pre-1918 Russian orthography: Александръ Ѳомичъ Петрушевскій) was a Russian lieutenant-general and a well-known biographer ofSuvorov.^[2][3]

Alexander Petrushevsky
Александр Петрушевский
General-Lieutenant A. F. Petrushevsky."Sytin Military Encyclopedia" (St. Petersburg, 1911–1915)
Pronunciation	aɭʲiksˈɑndr pʲitruʃˈɛfskʲij
Born	Alexander Fomich Petrushevsky 25 February 1826[a][1]
Died	2 April 1904[b][1]
Citizenship	Russia
Occupation	Military history
Years active	1857–1900
Notable work	Generalissimo Prince Suvorov
Honours	•Macarius Prize  • Honorary Member of theGeneral Staff Academy  • Honorary Member of theSt. Petersburg Literacy Committee  • First Prizes of the St. Petersburg Literacy Committee  • GoldKiselyov medals of the Scientific Committee of theMinistry of State Property
Military career
Years of service	1844–1887
Rank	General-lieutenant
Alma mater	The Noble Regiment

Born in 1826, after graduating from the Noble Regiment in 1844 was promoted towarrant officer in thefield artillery, enrolled in theGuards Artillery, served in theMain Artillery Directorate and finished his service as manager of theMain Hospital Committee. In 1863 he was promoted tocolonel, in 1870 — tomajor-general, in 1879 — tolieutenant-general, between 1886 and 1887 he retired due to illness. He died in 1902.^[2][3]

Petrushevsky was an active member of the St. Petersburg Literacy Committee.^[2][3]

• Petrushevsky is known for his capital workGeneralissimo Prince Suvorov (Russian:Генералиссимус князь Суворов,romanized: Generalissimus Knyaz' Suvorov; 3 vols.), which was awarded by theImperial Academy of Sciences the 1stMacarius Prize and had two editions (1884 and 1900); for the same work theNicholas General Staff Academy elected Petrushevsky its honorary member (1901). This biography is based on sources that are largely manuscript and have remained unknown until then.^[2][3]

A supplement to this work is:

• Petrushevsky's article inRussian Mind (1887, No. 5);
• The significance of Suvorov for his and our time (Russian:Значение Суворова для его и нашего времени) and an extract from it for popular reading under the titleStories about Suvorov (Russian:Рассказы про Суворова;St. Petersburg, 1885; 2nd ed., 1891).^[2][3]

In addition, Petrushevsky wrote a number of articles (On the scientific education ofFeuerwerker (Russian:О научном образовании фейерверкеров),Artillery Magazine (Russian:Артиллерийский журнал), 1857, No. 5;On the education of lower ranks (Russian:Об образовании нижних чинов),Artillery Magazine, 1859;On the free sale of gunpowder and the provision of saltpeter (Russian:О вольной продаже пороха и заготовлении селитры),Artillery Magazine, 1868, Nos. 5 and 6, etc.) and published a number of popular and educational books for troops and people:

• Russian ABC for soldiers (Russian:Русская азбука для солдат) andPrescriptions for soldiers (Russian:Прописи для солдат) (St. Petersburg, 1859);
• Stories about the old time in Russia (Russian:Рассказы про старое время на Руси; St. Petersburg, 1866, 12 ed.);
• Tale ofAlexander Nevsky (Russian:Сказание об Александре Невском; St. Petersburg, 1867; 2 ed.);
• Stories aboutPeter the Great (Russian:Рассказы про Петра Великого; St. Petersburg, 1885, 7 ed.);
• and others.^[2][3]

For the last three works the author was twice awarded by the Literacy Committee — first prizes, and by the Scientific Committee of theMinistry of State Property — gold medals.^[3]

In 1864 Petrushevsky, together with I. S. Kuznetsov, printed, without authors' names,Good reading ofOrthodox Christians (Russian:Доброе чтение православных), which was published in 5 editions.^[3]

• Velichko, Konstantin I.;Novitsky, Vasily F.; Schwartz, Aleksey V. von; Apushkin, Vladimir A.; Schoultz, Gustav K. von (1915)."Военная энциклопедия Сытина" ["Sytin Military Encyclopedia"] (in Russian). Vol. 18. Паукер – Порт-Артур. Moscow: Типография Т-ва И. Д. Сытина. pp. 398–399. Retrieved4 December 2023.
• Arsenyev, Konstantin; Petrushevsky, Fyodor (1898).Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). Vol. 46. Петропавловский – Поватажное. Friedrich A. Brockhaus (Leipzig), Ilya A. Efron (St. Petersburg). p. 478.