Patriotic War of 1812

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Napoleonic Wars campaign invasion of Russia war

The Patriotic War of 1812 was Napoleon’s failed invasion of Russia, marked by massive battles, scorched-earth tactics, and the eventual catastrophic retreat of the French Grande Armée.

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Label	Occurrences
Patriotic War of 1812 canonical	13

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Napoleonic Wars campaign ⓘ invasion of Russia ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	French invasion of Russia ⓘ French invasion of Russia ⓘ surface form: Russian campaign of 1812 Отечественная война 1812 года ⓘ
battle	crossing of the Berezina River ⓘ surface form: Battle of Berezina Battle of Borodino ⓘ Battle of Krasnoi ⓘ Battle of Maloyaroslavets ⓘ Battle of Shevardino Redoubt ⓘ Battle of Smolensk ⓘ surface form: Battle of Smolensk (1812) Battle of Tarutino ⓘ Battle of Vitebsk ⓘ Battle of Vyazma ⓘ
belligerent	Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ surface form: Austrian Empire Confederation of the Rhine ⓘ Duchy of Warsaw ⓘ First French Empire ⓘ surface form: French Empire Kingdom of Italy ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic) Prussia ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
cause	Napoleon’s attempt to force Russia to comply with the Continental System ⓘ breakdown of Franco-Russian alliance after Treaty of Tilsit ⓘ
commander	Joachim Murat ⓘ Louis-Nicolas Davout ⓘ Mikhail Barclay de Tolly ⓘ surface form: Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly Michel Ney ⓘ Mikhail Kutuzov ⓘ Pyotr Bagration ⓘ
commemoratedBy	Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve ⓘ surface form: Borodino Panorama Museum monuments and memorials across Russia ⓘ
consequence	encouragement of anti-French coalitions in Europe ⓘ prelude to the War of the Sixth Coalition ⓘ weakening of Napoleon’s military power ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
endDate	1812-12-14 ⓘ
estimatedCasualties	heavy Russian military and civilian losses ⓘ hundreds of thousands of French and allied troops lost ⓘ
estimatedStrength	Grande Armée ⓘ surface form: Grande Armée initially over 400000 soldiers
hasParticipant	Grande Armée ⓘ Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
influencedAuthor	Leo Tolstoy ⓘ
influencedWork	War and Peace ⓘ
languageOfName	Russian ⓘ
location	Central Europe ⓘ Eastern Europe ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ
mainTheater	Belarus region ⓘ Moscow Oblast ⓘ surface form: Moscow region European Russia ⓘ surface form: Western Russia
notableEvent	Burning of Moscow ⓘ surface form: French occupation of Moscow burning of Moscow in 1812 ⓘ retreat of the Grande Armée from Moscow ⓘ
opponentCommander	Alexander I of Russia ⓘ Napoleon Bonaparte ⓘ surface form: Napoleon I of France
partOf	Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
result	catastrophic defeat of the Grande Armée ⓘ decisive Russian victory ⓘ major turning point in the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ withdrawal of French forces from Russian territory ⓘ
startDate	1812-06-24 ⓘ
strategyUsed	Fabian strategy by Russian commanders ⓘ scorched-earth policy by Russian forces ⓘ

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

Imperial Russian Army → engagedIn → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

French invasion of Russia → alsoKnownAs → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Mikhail Kutuzov → participantIn → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Pyotr Bagration → participatedIn → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Mikhail Barclay de Tolly → participantIn → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Borodino Battlefield Museum-Reserve → commemorates → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Triumphal Arch of the General Staff Building → commemorates → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Prince of Smolensk → linkedCampaign → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Pavel Pestel → participantIn → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov → notableEvent → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

subject surface form: Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov

1812 Overture, Op. 49 → commemoratesEvent → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Pyotr Chaadayev → participantIn → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ

Narva Triumphal Arch → commemorates → Patriotic War of 1812 ⓘ