In September 1812, France's Napoleon Bonaparte faced Russian Imperial General Mikhail Kutuzov at the Battle of Borodino. After 200 years, through the works of artists such as Leo Tolstoy (as well as ...

Before he stood in the courtyard of the Kremlin, watching Moscow and his hopes go up in flames, Napoleon Bonaparte had lost three-quarters of his Army in the weary march from the Russian border and in ...

BORODINO, Russia (AP) – Two hundred years after the key battle of the French-Russian war, thousands of enthusiasts are reenacting the clash. The Battle of Borodino, in which Napoleon Bonaparte’s army ...

In 1811, Tsar Alexander I, supposedly allied with Napoleon, refused to be part of the continental blockade of British goods any longer. Napoleon’s edict barring trade with Great Britain was ruining ...

BORODINO, Moscow region, September 2 (Itar-Tass) —— President Vladimir Putin took part in celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the Borodino Battle and awarded the “City of Military Glory” titles ...

Pictures by Natalia Kolesnikova and Dimitar Dilkoff. Video by Reza Nourmamode In the early 19th century, the French-speaking Russian nobility admired French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, seen then as an ...

In the museum of the battle of Borodino, on 110 square kilometres of fields and forests with a landscape practically unchanged for almost two centuries, the historian Sergey Khomchenko tells AFP about ...

The Year is 1812. On the eve of the decisive battle of Borodino, Napoleon's secret agent steals a Russian battle plan. This fact is known to General Kutuzov (Head of Russian forces), thanks to a young ...

He visited the Borodino Battle Museum founded in 1839 on the orders of Emperor Alexander II BORODINO, Moscow region, September 2 (Itar-Tass) —— President Vladimir Putin took part in celebrations of ...