With over 600,000 troops, Napoleon crossed into Russia chasing a quick victory. What he found was empty cities, burning ...

The name “dragoon” is possibly derived from an early French carbine, which was decorated with a dragon's head. After the Napoleonic Wars, all Russian cavalry were designated as dragoons.

The remains of over 100 French and Russian soldiers who died on the battlefield nearly 200 years ago were given a ceremonial burial Saturday outside of Moscow. The bodies included 120 soldiers who … ...

In the early 19th century, the French-speaking Russian nobility admired French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, seen then as an unparalleled political and military strategist.

In Russia, 200-Year-Old Battle A Day To Remember The Battle of Borodino took place during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. It was the single bloodiest day of the Napoleonic Wars, and it's remembered ...

In what would be the beginning of the end of his empire, Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen.

In 1812 Napoleon invaded Russia with the largest army Europe had ever seen, composed of troops from France as well as Poland, Germany, Italy and several other allied states. The campaign that ...

Unless fortune intervened, however, Russia's leaders from mid-1810 had to confront the reality that Napoleon was preparing to invade their empire.

Considered one of the greatest victories achieved by Napoleon, the Grande Armée of France were to defeat a much larger Russian and Austrian army led by Tsar Alexander I and Holy Roman Emperor ...

Like Napoleon, Adolf Hitler last week left Russia. But Hitler left only to make a speech (see p. 28). From the still-frigid shores of Lake Ladoga to the thawing quagmires of the Ukraine, his armies ...

"France did not begin with Macron, and the remains of Napoleon, revered at the state level, rest in the center of Paris. France - and Russia - should understand," a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the helmets evolved dramatically—and in part as Napoleon saw himself as a new Emperor of Rome, he equipped his Cuirassiers and Dragoons with a helmet that resembled a ...