Blue green silk scarf "Horns"

Year 1812. Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte already subdued almost the whole continental Europe and extended power even to Africa. The great commander dreamed of giving his son a globe on a thread, but on the way to world domination there still were strong powers claiming dominion, first of all - the Russian Empire.

France challenged Russia, but the Russian commanders were slow to take the fight. The French army was dragged farther and farther into the country, exhausting it with small fights and partisan skirmishes. Finally, the two great powers, like two waves, collided in the heat of battle on the Borodino field. This battle went down in history as one of the bloodiest in human history, although it lasted only one day.

The results of the battle are still controversial. By the end of the battle, the French troops had seized the center and the left flank of the Russian army, but after that retreated to their former positions. The Russian army after the battle had retreated again and opened access to the French to Moscow, but was not defeated and have not lost its morale. Thus, each side suffered huge losses, but considered itself the winner.

The enemy was taken with all the forces of the Russian land. The French army could not stand the vastness of Russia's expanses, the famine and severe frosts in the winter, the ruthlessness of the Russian partisans, and most importantly, the unity of the entire Russian people. It was completely demoralized and virtually destroyed as a result of the terrible game of "cat and mouse."