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Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow
The Battle of Berezina (or Beresina) took place from 26 to 29 November 1812, between the French army of Napoleon, retreating after his invasion of Russia and crossing the Berezina (near Borisov, Belarus), and the Russian armies under Mikhail Kutuzov, Peter Wittgensteinand Admiral Pavel Chichagov. The battle ended with a mixed outcome. The French suffered very heavy losses but managed to cross the river and avoid being trapped. Since then “Bérézina” has been used in French as a synonym for “disaster.”
Image du camp de Tambov, exposée au mémorial de Schirmeck. Archives J.-M. Loos
During and after World War II, most of the Malgré-nous from Alsace-Moselle were jailed in “Camp #188” at Tambov. Between 4,000 and 10,000 Frenchmen people died in this camp.
![Portrait of Marc Chagall, par Yehuda (Yury) Pen
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Marc Chagall (7 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985), was a Belarusian-Russian-French artist associated with several major artistic styles and one of the most successful artists of the 20th century. He was an early modernist, and created works in virtually every artistic medium, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6h4lmju5z1r4iw2yo1_500.jpg)
Portrait of Marc Chagall, par Yehuda (Yury) Pen
Marc Chagall (7 July [O.S. 24 June] 1887 – 28 March 1985), was a Belarusian-Russian-French artist associated with several major artistic styles and one of the most successful artists of the 20th century. He was an early modernist, and created works in virtually every artistic medium, including painting, book illustrations, stained glass, stage sets, ceramic, tapestries and fine art prints.
Napoléon à la Bataille d’Eylau par Antoine-Jean Gros
The Battle of Eylau or Battle of Preussisch-Eylau, 7 and 8 February 1807, was a bloody and inconclusive battle between Napoléon’s Grande Armée and a Russian Empire army under Levin August, Count von Bennigsen near the town of Preußisch Eylau in East Prussia. Late in the battle, the Russians received a timely reinforcement from a Prussian division. The town is now called Bagrationovsk and it is a part of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. The engagement was fought during the War of the Fourth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars.
Napoleon’s armies previously smashed the army of the Austrian Empire in the Ulm Campaign and the combined Austrian and Russian armies at the Battle of Austerlitz on 2 December 1805. Austerlitz forced the Austrians to sue for peace and their Russian allies to withdraw from the conflict. On 14 October 1806, Napoleon crushed the armies of the Kingdom of Prussia at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt. After a rapid pursuit, the broken pieces of the Prussian army were destroyed at the Battles of Prenzlau and Lübeck and in a series of capitulations at Erfurt, Pasewalk, Stettin, Magdeburg, and Hamelin. Eylau was the first serious check to the Grande Armée and the myth of Napoleon’s invincibility was badly shaken.
Église orthodoxe de Nice
The St Nicholas Orthodox Cathedral, Nice (Cathédrale Orthodoxe Saint-Nicolas de Nice) is a Christian Orthodox cathedral, and a national monument of France, located in the city of Nice. Opened in 1912, thanks to the generosity of Russia’s Tsar Nicholas II, it is the largest Orthodox cathedral in Western Europe.
