Battle of the Moskva

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Napoleonic Wars battle battle historical event

The Battle of the Moskva, better known as the Battle of Borodino, was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, often regarded as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Borodino	2
Battle of Borodino	1
Battle of the Moskva canonical	1
Battle on the Moskva River	1
Borodino (battle)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ battle ⓘ historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Borodino ⓘ
belligerent	First French Empire ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign	French invasion of Russia ⓘ surface form: 1812 Russian campaign
category	1812 in the Russian Empire ⓘ Battles involving France ⓘ Battles involving Russia ⓘ
combatant	Grande Armée ⓘ Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
commander	Mikhail Kutuzov ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I of France Pyotr Bagration ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve ⓘ surface form: Borodino Panorama Museum in Moscow Borodino battlefield memorials ⓘ
conflictIn	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime	Russian Empire ⓘ
date	1812-09-07 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Maloyaroslavets ⓘ French occupation of Moscow ⓘ
fortificationsUsed	Bagration fleches area ⓘ surface form: Bagration flèches Raevsky Redoubt area ⓘ surface form: Raevsky Redoubt
FrenchCasualtiesApprox	about 30000–35000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
FrenchStrengthApprox	around 130000–135000 troops engaged ⓘ
front	Western theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Battle of the Moskva ⓘ surface form: Battle on the Moskva River Battle of the Moskva ⓘ surface form: Borodino (battle)
hasTheatre	Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve ⓘ surface form: Borodino battlefield
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ
isInChronology	major engagement before the French entry into Moscow ⓘ
location	near Borodino, west of Moscow, Russian Empire ⓘ
namedAfter	Moskva River ⓘ
near	Moscow ⓘ
notableFor	one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ very high casualties on both sides ⓘ
partOf	French invasion of Russia ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Smolensk ⓘ surface form: Battle of Smolensk (1812)
primaryTheatreCommanderFrench	Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I
primaryTheatreCommanderRussian	Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov ⓘ surface form: Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov
relatedWork	War and Peace ⓘ surface form: Leo Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace (depicts the battle)
result	strategic French victory ⓘ tactically inconclusive ⓘ
RussianCasualtiesApprox	about 38000–45000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
RussianStrengthApprox	around 120000–130000 troops engaged ⓘ
strategicConsequence	failed to destroy the Russian army ⓘ opened the road to Moscow for Napoleon ⓘ
tacticalOutcome	Russians withdrew from the field ⓘ
year	1812 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Borodino → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Moskva ⓘ

Coalition Wars → notableBattle → Battle of the Moskva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Borodino

Pyotr Bagration → burialPlace → Battle of the Moskva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borodino

Mikhail Lermontov → notableWork → Battle of the Moskva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borodino

Battle of the Moskva → hasAlternativeName → Battle of the Moskva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle on the Moskva River

Battle of the Moskva → hasAlternativeName → Battle of the Moskva ⓘ

this entity surface form: Borodino (battle)