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The French have always been one of the most formidable opponents for the Russians. They even managed to seize Moscow once, where they nearly blew up...

Russia’s most brilliant victories over Napoleon Napoleon's Retreat from Russia. Adolph Northen Defeating the French emperor on the battlefield was no walk in the park, so to speak. But the Russian army did it on several occasions. Battle of Maloyaroslavets On Oct. 19, 1812, Napoleon’s  Grande Armée, having idled away more than a month in Moscow, left the burned and devastated city on its retreat back through the western provinces of the Russian Empire, where it could wait out the winter. The emperor decided to make a detour to Kaluga in the south, where he planned to se...