Battle of Borodino
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The Battle of Borodino was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, remembered as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars and a pivotal moment in the French invasion of Russia.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Borodino | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Napoleonic Wars battle
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battle ⓘ historical event ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Battle of the Moskva ⓘ |
| associatedWork | War and Peace ⓘ |
| belligerent |
First French Empire
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surface form:
French Empire
Russian Empire ⓘ |
| campaign | French invasion of Russia ⓘ |
| commander |
Jean-Andoche Junot
ⓘ
Joachim Murat ⓘ Michel Ney ⓘ Mikhail Kutuzov ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleon I of France
Pyotr Bagration ⓘ
surface form:
Prince Pyotr Bagration
|
| conflict | Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| countryAtTime | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryToday | Russia ⓘ |
| date | 1812-09-07 ⓘ |
| decisivePoint | failure of Napoleon to destroy Russian army ⓘ |
| depictedIn |
War and Peace
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surface form:
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
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| featuredUnitType |
artillery
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cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Battle of Maloyaroslavets
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Burning of Moscow ⓘ
surface form:
French occupation of Moscow
|
| FrenchCasualtiesApprox | 30000 ⓘ |
| FrenchStrengthApprox | 130000 ⓘ |
| front | Eastern Front of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ |
| hasSiteType | preserved battlefield ⓘ |
| languageOfName |
French
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Russian ⓘ |
| location |
Battle of Borodino
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Borodino
near Moscow ⓘ |
| memorial | Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars
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high casualties on both sides ⓘ pivotal moment in the 1812 campaign ⓘ |
| partOf | French invasion of Russia ⓘ |
| precededBy | Battle of Smolensk ⓘ |
| result |
strategic Russian success
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tactical French victory ⓘ |
| RussianCasualtiesApprox | 40000 ⓘ |
| RussianStrengthApprox | 120000 ⓘ |
| strategicConsequence |
Russian army withdrawal in good order
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abandonment of Moscow by Russian authorities ⓘ occupation of a largely empty and burned Moscow by French forces ⓘ |
| theatre |
French invasion of Russia
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surface form:
Russian campaign of 1812
|
| timeSpan | one day ⓘ |
| year | 1812 ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Borodino