Members of historic clubs wearing 1812-era uniforms take part in a staged battle re-enactment to mark the 200th anniversary of the battle of Borodino, in Borodino, about 110 km (70 miles) west of ...

The history of this bread is a real detective story. Even the name of its real inventor remains a mystery: The recipe is simultaneously attributed to a disconsolate aristocratic widow, a famous ...

In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen. As it advanced, the Russian army retreated, and by September Napoleon's army had marched 470 miles into the depths of Russia ...

William Brumfield At the beginning of the 20th century, the Russian chemist and photographer Sergei Prokudin-Gorsky developed a complex process for vivid, detailed color photography. His vision of ...

During the bloodiest day's fighting of the Napoleonic Wars, Saxon cavalry lead the way into the great Russian redoubt at Borodino. #epichistorytv #napoleonicwars #shorts Pope Francis in critical ...

Two hundred years ago this week, Napoleon Bonaparte fought a battle in Russia that may have begun his undoing. He led his Grand Army against the Imperial Russian Army near a village called Borodino, ...

Borodino, NY -- What better way to raise money for a grassroots community project than with a tour of some of the nicest gardens in the Spafford area. The SAGE Garden Club, of Spafford, has organized ...

Before he stood in the courtyard of the Kremlin, watching Moscow and his hopes go up in flames, Napoleon Bonaparte had lost three-quarters of his Army in the weary march from the Russian border and in ...

BORODINO, Russia — Dozens of war buffs in fur hats, capes and tights rode prancing horses, practicing for the battle reenactment. Workers frantically laid tiles, paved roads and touched up monuments ...

Borodino, NY -- A Borodino volunteer firefighter died Saturday evening after complaining of trouble breathing while responding to a barn collapse in the town of Spafford. Gerard Marcheterre, 50, was ...

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Standing on a low knoll looking out over the birch woods and grassland of the great Russian plain, on a warm sunny day in May, I was trying to imagine myself as Napoleon Bonaparte. The knoll, topped ...