Russian President Vladimir Putin had mocked French President Emmanuel Macron's speech where he called Russia a threat to Europe and France by making a comparison with Napoleon Bonaparte's failed ...

"What does this mean? What does Russia want from me? You know it’s easy to start a war but it’s very difficult to finish one." On June 24, 1812, ignoring the advice of his closest advisors ...

this painter put the great general’s girth on full display in this tense meeting of Russian generals in a peasant’s home in 1812. Kutuzov’s decision to abandon Moscow to the marauding Grande ...

Russian cartoons cast him as France's Emperor Napoleon riding towards defeat in Russia in 1812. "There are still ... of Russian culture in general," Putin added. An airfield near a Russian ...

underestimated the character of the Russian people and representatives of Russian culture in general." ...