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The Battle of Borodino (French: bataille de la Moskova - "Battle of Moscow"; Russian pronunciation: [bərədʲɪˈno]) [f] took place near the village of Borodino on 7 September [O.S. 26 August] 1812 [14] during Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
- Timeline of Moscow
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of...
- Timeline of Moscow
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Moscow, Russia. Prior to 16th century. 1147 – Yuri Dolgoruki had a meeting with Sviatoslav Olgovich in a place called Moscow. First mentioning about Moscow in manuscript. [1] 1237 – The 'grad of Moscow' destroyed by the Mongols. 1272 – Daniil Aleksandrovich becomes Grand Prince of Moscow.
The Battle of Borodino, fought on 7 September 1812, was the largest battle of the French invasion of Russia, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties. [145] The Grande Armée attacked the Imperial Russian Army near the village of Borodino , west of the town of Mozhaysk , and eventually captured the main ...
Timeline - War against Russia: April 1812 – 6 March 1813. Begins with the Russian ultimatum to France in April 1812, ends with the end of the Russian Campaign on 6 March 1813 (because there was no peace treaty signed the end of the war depends on the respective criteria.)
French invasion of Russia, (June 24–December 5, 1812), invasion of the Russian Empire by Napoleon I’s Grande Armée. The Russians adopted a Fabian strategy, executing a prolonged withdrawal that largely denied Napoleon a conclusive battle. Although the French ultimately captured Moscow, they could.
Napoleon's invasion of Russia, also known as the Second Polish War or, in Russia, as the Patriotic War of 1812, was a campaign undertaken by French Emperor Napoleon I (r. 1804-1814; 1815) and his 615,000-man Grande Armée against the Russian Empire.
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (French: Campagne de Russie) and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812 (Russian: Оте́чественная война́ 1812 го́да, romanized: Otéchestvennaya voyná 1812 góda), was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the ...
