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Timeline of events. Commemorative Bandanna: Burning of Moscow (1812) Printed in England – "Conflagration of Moscow Seen from the Kremlin, on the entrance of the French Army, the 14th of Sept 1812". Liturgy in the Saint Euplo church of Moscow in presence of French soldiers, 27 September 1812. Manoeuvre of Tarutino.
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.
Napoleon's invasion of Russia began on the 24th of June in 1812, and he had made considerable progress by autumn. With French victory in the Battle of Borodino on 7 September, the way to Moscow was open. The opposing Russian army under Mikhail Kutuzov had suffered heavy losses and chose to retreat.
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.
On 24 June 1812, around 400,000–500,000 men of the Grande Armée, the largest army assembled up to that point in European history, crossed the border into Russia and headed towards Moscow.
The Burning of Moscow as Seen by One of Napoleon’s Generals. Description. Philippe de Ségur served as Quartermaster–General during the invasion of Russia and had accompanied Napoleon on many of his military campaigns. Source.
9 lut 2010 · With the firestorm spreading, Napoleon and his entourage were forced to flee down burning streets to Moscow’s outskirts and narrowly avoided being asphyxiated.
