Patriotic War of 1812

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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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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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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ