Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
The invasion of the Russian Empire led by Napoleon I of France in 1812 was a critical turning point in the Napoleonic wars. The campaign reduced the French and allied invasion forces to less than two percent of their initial strength. Its sustained role in Russian culture may be seen in Tolstoy's War and Peace and the Soviet identification between it and the German invasion of 1941-1945.
List of Russian commanders
- Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov - Commander-in-chief
- Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly - Minister of War
- Peter Khristianovich Wittgenstein - Commander of the Right Wing
- Petr Ivanovich Bagration - Commander of the Left Wing
- Nikolay Nikolayevich Raevsky - major Russian commander
- Dmitry Sergeyevich Dokhturov - major Russian commander
- Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich - major Russian commander
- Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy - major Russian commander
- Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov - Russian general
- Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov - Russian general
- Matvey Ivanovich Platov - Ataman of the Don Cossacks
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Nomenclature |
| ► | The Invasion |
| ► | Historical Assessment |
| ► | List of Russian commanders |
| ► | References |
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