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During the French occupation of Moscow, a fire persisted from 14 to 18 September 1812 and all but destroyed the city. The Russian troops and most of the remaining civilians had abandoned the city on 14 September 1812 just ahead of French Emperor Napoleon 's troops entering the city after the Battle of Borodino .
The Fire of Moscow in September 1812. Christian Johann Oldendorp. Follow Russia Beyond on Twitter. The Russians believed that Napoleon's troops destroyed the city. However, the French...
Pożar Moskwy (ros. Московский пожар) – pożar, który trwał od 2 do 6 września (14–18 września) [1] 1812 podczas okupacji Moskwy przez wojska francuskie. Armia Imperium Rosyjskiego opuściła miasto po bitwie pod Borodino.
15 mar 2022 · Moscow fire in 1812. The grandiose fire that practically destroyed Moscow in September 1812 shook the imagination of contemporaries both in Russia and abroad. The painful memory of him was preserved even in the time of Lermontov, a line from whose poem became the title of the article.
18 mar 2022 · This Moscow fire, called the Great by contemporaries, lasted from September 2 (14) to September 6 (18), 1812 and destroyed more than 75% of all buildings in the city (122 out of 329 churches were among those burned down).
The capture of the city was a hollow victory for the French, as the Russians—most likely on orders of governor Fyodor Rostopchin —set much of the city on fire in a scorched earth tactic (though the cause of the fire is disputed). For four days until 18 September, the city burned.
Dive into the flames of history with our latest documentary exploring the dramatic and catastrophic Fire of Moscow in 1812.
