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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle
battle
historical event
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Moskva
associatedWork War and Peace
belligerent First French Empire
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
surface form: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
featuredUnitType artillery
cavalry
infantry
followedBy Battle of Maloyaroslavets
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
Russian
location Battle of Borodino self-linksurface differs
surface form: Borodino

near Moscow
memorial Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve
notableFor being one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars
high casualties on both sides
pivotal moment in the 1812 campaign
partOf French invasion of Russia
precededBy Battle of Smolensk
result strategic Russian success
tactical French victory
RussianCasualtiesApprox 40000
RussianStrengthApprox 120000
strategicConsequence Russian army withdrawal in good order
abandonment of Moscow by Russian authorities
occupation of a largely empty and burned Moscow by French forces
theatre French invasion of Russia
surface form: Russian campaign of 1812
timeSpan one day
year 1812

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Napoleon Bonaparte battle Battle of Borodino
Patriotic War of 1812 battle Battle of Borodino
French Imperial Guard engagedIn Battle of Borodino
War and Peace featuresHistoricalEvent Battle of Borodino
French invasion of Russia keyBattle Battle of Borodino
Battle of Borodino location Battle of Borodino self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Borodino
Alexander I of Russia notableBattle Battle of Borodino
Eugène de Beauharnais notableBattle Battle of Borodino
Imperial Russian Army notableBattle Battle of Borodino
Napoleonic Wars notableBattle Battle of Borodino
French invasion of Russia notableEvent Battle of Borodino
Mikhail Kutuzov notableEvent Battle of Borodino
Joachim Murat participantIn Battle of Borodino
Pyotr Bagration participatedIn Battle of Borodino
Pierre Bezukhov presentAt Battle of Borodino