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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.The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain a decisive victory and suffered tremendous losses.
On June 24, 1812, the Grande Armée, led by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, crossed the Neman River, invading Russia from present-day Poland. The result was a disaster for the French. The Russian army refused to engage with Napoleon’s Grande Armée of more than 500,000 European troops.
Place names like Vyazma, Gzhatsk, Maloyaroslavets and Borodino were the 1812 milestones that signposted Napoleon’s Grande Armée approach route to Moscow, now seemingly replicated by Hitler’s Wehrmacht.
By the 1500s Moscow was a major city and was the capital of Russia. However, a new city called Saint Petersburg became Russia’s capital in 1712. Most of Moscow’s nobles and merchants moved to the new capital. In 1812 there was a great fire in Moscow. These events slowed the city’s growth.
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.
The War of 1812 was a military stalemate, neither the United States or the United Kingdom won. Both countries signed the Treaty of Ghent, which restored relations and border lines that existed before the war started. Citizens of both countries widely believe that their country won the War of 1812.
The Battle of Krasnoi (at Krasny or Krasnoe) unfolded from 15 to 18 November 1812 marking a critical episode in Napoleon's arduous retreat from Moscow.
