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French invasion of Russia

  • French occupation of MoscowField Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov's Russian army suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Borodino on the 7th of September 1812.
  • French invasion of RussiaNapoleon crossed the Neman River on the 24th of June 1812, initiating a campaign that would reshape European history. The decision to invade Russia stemmed…
  • Fyodor RostopchinFyodor Vasilyevich Rostopchin was born in the Kosmodemyanskoe village, now part of the Livensky District in Oryol Oblast.
  • Fire of Moscow (1812)On the 14th of September 1812, Russian troops and most civilians abandoned Moscow just ahead of French Emperor Napoleon's advancing army.
  • Mikhail KutuzovMikhail Kutuzov was born in Saint Petersburg on the 16th of September 1745. His father served for thirty years with the Corps of Engineers and saw action…
  • Michael Andreas Barclay de TollyMichael Andreas Barclay de Tolly entered the world in 1761 within the Polish, Lithuanian Commonwealth. His family belonged to a Baltic German lineage that…