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The Moscow Times (Russia)
06-04-2004
URL: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
Would-be soldiers charge across Borodino Field in full regalia.
Sometimes a dream come true turns out to be the biggest curse of all.
Just look at Napoleon. The Russians withdrew their troops after the bloody
battle at the village of Borodino on August 26, 1812, leaving Moscow for
the taking. But losses of up to 58,000 men sowed the seeds for Napoleon's
eventual defeat. <...
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