Author: Kivshenko Aleksei Danilovich. 1851-1895
Creation date: 1882
Genre: Painting
Painting depicts the vital moment of the Patriotic War of 1812. At the military council in Filyah, Michael Kutuzov decided to surrender Moscow to the Napoleon troops. The description of the military council portrayed in Leo Tolstoy novel "War and Peace" served as bases for painting's plot.