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Russian colonial possessions in the Americas were collectively known as Russian America (Russian: Русская Америка, romanized: Russkaya Amerika; 1799 to 1867). It consisted mostly of present-day Alaska in the United States, but also included the outpost of Fort Ross in California.
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign (French: Campagne de Russie), the Second Polish War, 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 ...
29 sie 2020 · In 1821, Tsar Alexander I, whose subjects now reigned supreme over everything from Alaska to Oregon (not to mention that tiny slice of California real estate), released an imperial edict...
Napoleon had envisioned a triumphant entry into the Russian capital, complete with a formal surrender by Tsar Alexander I. Instead, he found a city largely abandoned, its remaining inhabitants either too poor to leave or too defiant to welcome their conquerors.
given the difficulty of a cross-Channel invasion (daunting even to him), Napoleon instead tried to isolate the British by excluding them from his Continental System and thus most intra-European trade.
24 sie 2023 · Napoleon invaded Russia on 24 June 1812 but suffered heavy losses as the Russians engaged in a war of attrition. Napoleon won the Battle of Borodino and captured Moscow but was forced to retreat through the deadly Russian winter. The invasion led to the destruction of the Grande Armée and to Napoleon's own downfall.
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.
