Soldiers take part in the re-enactment of the 1812 battle between Napoleon's army and Russian troops in Borodino, some 120 km outside Moscow that led to the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte.Credit:Reuters ...

Members of historic clubs wearing 1812-era uniforms take part in a staged battle re-enactment to mark the 200th anniversary of the battle of Borodino, in Borodino, about 110 km (70 miles) west of ...

Two hundred years ago this week, Napoleon Bonaparte fought a battle in Russia that may have begun his undoing. He led his Grand Army against the Imperial Russian Army near a village called Borodino, ...

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 ...

Half a million soldiers are fighting a historic battle at Fort Meade this holiday weekend. The troops are strictly 19th-century cavalry and artillery men from France and Russia, but their commanders ...

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 ...

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. In Russia, ...

President Vladimir Putin used the 200th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles of the Napoleonic Wars to call for unity and patriotism, as thousands of actors recreated the Battle of Borodino. Mr ...

BORODINO, Russia — Dozens of war buffs in fur hats, capes and tights rode prancing horses, practicing for the battle reenactment. Workers frantically laid tiles, paved roads and touched up monuments ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky developed a complex process for vivid, detailed color photography (see box text below). His vision of ...

BORODINO, RussiaBORODINO, Russia — 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 ...