Dmitry Medvedev decreed the creation of the State Commission on Preparing for the Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of Victory in the Patriotic War of 1812 2009-01-14 16:40:24 The Commission is headed by Dmitry Medvedev; his deputies will be Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Zhukov and Head of the Presidential Administration Sergei Naryshkin. The Patriotic War of 1812 is the Russian name for the war that liberated Russia from the invasion of its territory by Napoleon’s army.