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Napoleonic Wars: The French Grande Armée and the Imperial Russian Army fought near the village of Borodino during the French invasion of Russia.
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Napoleonic Wars
1803–1815 series of wars led by Napoleon
The Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815) were a global series of conflicts fought by a fluctuating array of European coalitions against the French First Republic (1803–1804) under the First Consul followed by the First French Empire (1804–1815) under the Emperor of the French, Napoleon…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Grande Armée
Field army of the French Imperial Army
The Grande Armée was the primary field army of the French Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Commanded by Napoleon, from 1804 to 1808 it won a series of military victories that allowed the First French Empire to exercise unprecedented control over most of Europe. Widely…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Imperial Russian Army
Land armed force of the Russian Empire
The Imperial Russian Army was the army of the Russian Empire, active from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was organized into a standing army and a state militia. The standing army consisted of regular troops and two forces that served on separate regulations: the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Borodino
1812 battle during the French invasion of Russia
The Battle of Borodino or Battle of Moscow, in popular literature also known as the Battle of the Generals, took place on the outskirts of Moscow near the village of Borodino on 7 September 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée fought against the Imperial…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Borodino (village), Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast
Village in Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia
Borodino is a village in Mozhaysky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) west of Mozhaysk.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
French invasion of Russia
1812 conflict during the Napoleonic Wars
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, and in Russia as the Patriotic War of 1812, was initiated by Napoleon with the aim of compelling the Russian Empire to comply with the continental blockade of the United Kingdom. Widely…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)