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Borodino, Battle of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
BORODINO, BATTLE OF Borodino was the climactic battle of the Campaign of 1812, which took place...to do so, Kutuzov selected the field near the small village of Borodino, some seventy miles west of Moscow, for the battle. He concentrated...
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Borodino
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Borodino , village, central European Russia, c.70 mi (110 km) W of Moscow. It was the site, on Sept. 7, 1812, of a battle between...
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Mikhail Ilarionovich Kutuzov
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Russians meet them in direct combat, at Borodino, on Aug. 26, 1812. In the bloody battle at Borodino, Kutuzov lost 35,000 of his 120,000...have preferred to take the offensive after Borodino; but, when needed reinforcements were...
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French War of 1812
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...capital, and so he selected the field near Borodino, which he prepared with field fortifications...subordinates to envelop the Russian position at Borodino and on September 7 launched a bloody...maneuver at Smolensk, the Battle of Borodino, the seizure of Moscow, and even the...
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Kutuzov, Mikhail Ilarionovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...face of superior French numbers, until he stood to battle at Borodino. Following that combat, Kutuzov continued his withdrawal...last time. See also: alexander i; austerlitz, battle of; borodino, battle of; bucharest, treaty of; french war of 1812...
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Napoleon I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...the invasion was a national trauma, not only because of the brutality of the war — in one day, at the battle of Borodino, on September 7, 1812, the Russians lost 50,000 men and the French 40,000 — but also because of its blasphemous...
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Vorontsov, Mikhail Semenovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...a military hero (his portrait hangs in the Hero's Hall of the Hermitage), mainly for his generalship at the Battle of Borodino (1812) and his command of the Russian occupation army in France (1815 – 1818), his historical significance is...
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Piotr Ivanovich Bagration, Prince
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Eylau, and Friedland. In 1808 he captured the Aland Islands from Sweden; in 1809 he fought against the Turks in the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-12; and in 1812 he commanded an army against Napoleon and was mortally wounded at Borodino.
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Bucharest, Treaty of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...was able to confront Napoleon on a single front. This, according to General Langeron, made a difference at the battle of Borodino (1812). Not content at having saved most of the Moldo-Wallachian provinces, the Turks, who had no legal right to a territory...
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Michel Ney
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Army was assembled in the spring of 1812 for the invasion of Russia, he was given command of the III Corps. At the Battle of Borodino he commanded the center with distinction and entered Moscow with the victorious army. As the withdrawal from Moscow became...
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