Ep 243: Alexander Mikaberidze on Russia’s Failed Battle with Turkey… in 1809

School of War · Oct 31, 2025 · 52m

Alexander Mikaberidze, Professor of History at LSU Shreveport and contributor to An Unavoidable Evil: Siege Warfare in the Age of Napoleon (From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815), joins the show to discuss the siege of Brăila and the lessons of the Russo-Ottoman War of 1806-1812.

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00:00 The Shifting Balance of Power in the Black Sea

02:00 Siege Warfare in the Age of Napoleon

04:09 Decisive Battles vs. Positional Warfare

08:30 The Evolution of Strategy: 18th to 19th Century

14:16 The Debate on Siege Tactics in the Russian Military

21:27 Kutuzov's Strategic Evolution

25:26 Geopolitical…