Battle of Borodino
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Battle of Borodino a battle in 1812 at Borodino, a village to the west of Moscow, at which Napoleon's forces defeated the Russian army under Prince Kutuzov (1745–1813). This allowed the French to advance to Moscow, but the heavy losses that they suffered at Borodino contributed to their eventual defeat.
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