borodino

Noun
  1. Napoleon defeated the Russians in 1812 in a pitched battle at a village in western Russia west of Moscow, but irreparably weakened his army (synset 101274627)
    domain region: russia, russian soviet federated socialist republic, soviet russia - formerly the largest Soviet Socialist Republic in the USSR occupying eastern Europe and northern Asia
    is an instance of: pitched battle - a fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place
    is a part of: napoleonic wars - a series of wars fought between France (led by Napoleon Bonaparte) and alliances involving England and Prussia and Russia and Austria at different times; 1799-1815

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