He led his Grand Army against the Imperial Russian Army near a village called Borodino, about 70 miles from Moscow. It was the single bloodiest day of the Napoleonic Wars, and it's remembered by ...

Borodino, where the Russian and French armies clashed on Sept. 7, 1812, is known throughout the world through the incomparable description of the battle in Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace.

70 miles west of Moscow near the village of Borodino, the Russian army, under a new commander, General Kutuzov, finally made a stand. The battle that followed was the bloodiest day's fighting of ...

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Napoleon won at Borodino, but not without heavy losses. It looked as if Hitler’s battle for Moscow might be the same story, writ large. “The Russians showed the utmost tenacity,” wrote ...

Participants re-enact the 1812 Battle of Borodino between Russia and the invading French army during anniversary celebrations near Moscow, Russia ...

More than 3,000 French and Russian actors replayed the Battle of Borodino on Sunday in an event that President Vladimir Putin used to extol the virtues of Russian patriotism. The reenactment ...