Battle of the Moskva

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The Battle of the Moskva, better known as the Battle of Borodino, was a major 1812 clash between Napoleon’s Grande Armée and Russian forces near Moscow, often regarded as one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Battle of the Moskva canonical 2
Borodino 2
Battle of Borodino 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Napoleonic Wars battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Borodino ⓘ
belligerent First French Empire ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
campaign 1812 Russian campaign ⓘ
category 1812 in the Russian Empire ⓘ
Battles involving France ⓘ
Battles involving Russia ⓘ
combatant Grande Armée ⓘ
Imperial Russian Army ⓘ
commander Mikhail Kutuzov ⓘ
Napoleon I of France ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte

Pyotr Bagration ⓘ
commemoratedBy Borodino Panorama Museum in Moscow ⓘ
Borodino battlefield memorials ⓘ
conflictIn Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
countryAtTime Russian Empire ⓘ
date 1812-09-07 ⓘ
followedBy Battle of Maloyaroslavets ⓘ
French occupation of Moscow ⓘ
fortificationsUsed Bagration flèches ⓘ
Raevsky Redoubt ⓘ
FrenchCasualtiesApprox about 30000–35000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
FrenchStrengthApprox around 130000–135000 troops engaged ⓘ
front Western theatre of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Battle on the Moskva River ⓘ
Borodino (battle) ⓘ
hasTheatre Borodino battlefield ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
isInChronology major engagement before the French entry into Moscow ⓘ
location near Borodino, west of Moscow, Russian Empire ⓘ
namedAfter Moskva River ⓘ
near Moscow ⓘ
notableFor one of the bloodiest single-day battles of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
very high casualties on both sides ⓘ
partOf French invasion of Russia ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Smolensk (1812) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Smolensk
primaryTheatreCommanderFrench Napoleon I ⓘ
linked to: Napoleon Bonaparte
primaryTheatreCommanderRussian Field Marshal Mikhail Kutuzov ⓘ
relatedWork Leo Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace (depicts the battle) ⓘ
linked to: War and Peace
result strategic French victory ⓘ
tactically inconclusive ⓘ
RussianCasualtiesApprox about 38000–45000 killed, wounded, or missing ⓘ
RussianStrengthApprox around 120000–130000 troops engaged ⓘ
strategicConsequence failed to destroy the Russian army ⓘ
opened the road to Moscow for Napoleon ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Russians withdrew from the field ⓘ
year 1812 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Borodino → alsoKnownAs → Battle of the Moskva ⓘ
Coalition Wars → notableBattle → Battle of Borodino ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Moskva
Pyotr Bagration → burialPlace → Borodino ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Moskva
Mikhail Lermontov → notableWork → Borodino ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Moskva
Battle of the Moskva → hasAlternativeName → Battle on the Moskva River ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Moskva
Battle of the Moskva → hasAlternativeName → Borodino (battle) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Moskva
Prince of the Moskowa → namedAfter → Battle of the Moskva ⓘ