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An 1817 map. Areas of Moscow destroyed by the fire are in red. Faber du Faur Moskau 1812. During the French occupation of Moscow, a fire persisted from 14 to 18 September 1812 and all but destroyed the city.
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.
Moscow suffered more than any other city of the Russian Empire in the course of the Patriotic War of 1812. Two decades were needed for the city to be fully restored.
10 sie 2021 · Following the Battle of Borodino, the Russians abandoned Moscow, which fell to the French on 14 September 1812. That night fire broke out in the city and raged on for six days, ultimately destroying three-quarters of Moscow but sparing most of the stored food supplies.
18 wrz 2024 · When the blaze in Moscow subsided on September 18, 1812, the French—who had traveled hundreds of miles into Russia—were left without vital resources as a brutal winter approached.
Napoleon watching the fire of Moscow in September 1812. On 10 September the main quarter of the Russian army was situated at Bolshiye Vyazyomy. [153] Kutuzov settled in a Vyazyomy Manor on the high road to Moscow. The owner was Dmitry Golitsyn, who entered military service again.
Before Moscow waiting for the Boyars' Deputation, by Vasily Vereshchagin The entry of the French into Moscow. French Emperor Napoléon Bonaparte's Grande Armée occupied Moscow from 14 September to 19 October 1812 during the Napoleonic Wars.It marked the summit of the French invasion of Russia.During the occupation, which lasted 36 days, the city was devastated by fire and looted by both ...