What also conduced to Bagration's being selected as Moscow's hero was the fact that he had no connections in the city and was a stranger there.

In his person, honor was shown to a simple fighting Russian soldier without connections and intrigues, and to one who was associated by memories of the Italian campaign with the name of Suvorov.

Moreover, paying such honor to Bagration was the best way of expressing disapproval and dislike of Kutuzov.