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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 seize the rich stores of food intended for the Russian troops.
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How many times did the Russians take Berlin? Sergey Schimansky/Sputnik Russian troops took Berlin three times in different historical periods. But it never cost them as much blood as in 1945.
1760 Alexander Kotzebue
Berlin residents saw Russian soldiers entering their city for the first time in history on Oct. 9, 1760, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Back then, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia, which found itself opposing the combined forces of Austria and Russia.
Vienna and St. Petersburg were extremely concerned about the aggressive policies of the Prussian king, Frederick II, who had transformed the once small principality into one of the most bellicose states on the European continent. War was only a matter of when.
How many times did the Russians take Berlin
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02 May 2021, 16:55 GMT+10
Russian troops took Berlin three times in different historical periods. But it never cost them as much blood as in 1945.
1760
Alexander Kotzebue
Berlin residents saw Russian soldiers entering their city for the first time in history on Oct. 9, 1760, during the Seven Years War (1756-1763). Back then, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia, which found itself opposing the combined forces of Austria and Russia.
Vienna and St. Petersburg were extremely concerned about the aggressive policies of the Prussian king, Frederick II, who had transformed the once small principality into one of the most bellicose states on the European continent. War was only a matter of when.