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, ...

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 ...

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It was meant to break Russia’s resistance, but became a brutal stalemate soaked in blood. Borodino tested the limits of Napoleon’s army—and his ambition.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Standing on a low knoll looking out over the birch woods and grassland of the great Russian plain, on a warm sunny day in May, I was trying to imagine myself as Napoleon Bonaparte. The knoll, topped ...

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