When Russia resumed trading with England, Napoleon prepared to invade Russia. Napoleon amassed an army of 600,000, the largest army Europe had ever seen. After a failed invasion of Moscow, the French ...

A new scientific study sheds new light on Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812: Not only cold, hunger and fatigue, ...

The remains of French and Russian soldiers who died during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812 were Saturday laid to rest with military honours in a rare moment of unity between the two countries.

Pictures by Natalia Kolesnikova and Dimitar Dilkoff. Video by Reza Nourmamode In the early 19th century, the French-speaking Russian nobility admired French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, seen then as an ...

Dominic Lieven's account of the defeat of Napoleon in Russia is meant to correct the popular myths in order to recover a a truth that has for many decades remained obscured by myth, neglect and lack ...

Archaeologists in Russia recently discovered a one-legged skeleton buried beneath a dance floor that may solve a 207-year-old mystery about the final resting place of Napoleon’s favorite general. The ...

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The remains of French and Russian soldiers who died during Napoleon's catastrophic retreat from Moscow in 1812 will be laid to rest Saturday in a rare moment of unity between the two countries. A ...