Facts: - death place: insterburg -lrb- chernyakhovsk -rrb- , prussia - caption: portrait of the winter palace , by george dawe . of barclay de tolly from the military gallery - death date: 26 may 1818 - allegiance: russian empire - placeofburial: jogeveste , estonia - birth date: 27 december 1761 - name: michael andreas barclay de tolly - branch: imperial russian army - image: barclay de tolly -lrb- dawe -rrb- . jpg - birth place: pamusis , courland and semigallia - rank: field marshal minister of war Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of michael andreas barclay de tolly .
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prince michael andreas barclay de tolly -lrb- -- -rrb- was a russian field marshal and minister of war during napoleon 's invasion in 1812 and war of the sixth coalition .