"Moscow scorched by fire": The capital in 1812

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Vas`kin, A.A

Moskva, Spalennaia Pozharom": Pervoprestol`naia v 1812 Godu

[ "Moscow scorched by fire": The capital in 1812]

Moscow: Sputnik+, 2012
320 p Images

Hardcover. 16 x 23 cm
ISBN: 9973597819007
Language: Russian

This book is about the life of Moscow during the 1812 Russian-Napoleonic war. It tells how the city prepared for the war, and how it was unexpectedly given up to Napoleon. The author describes the forced great fire in Moscow, life in occupation, looting and violence of the French army, ravaging Orthodox churches and estates. (0.685 kg.)

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» History: General Works and Philosophy of History » Imperial Russia: 17th to the 19th Centuries » 1812. Russian-Napoleonic Wars

» Humanities » Cities and Architecture, Urban Studies » Moscow and St. Petersburg

» History: General Works and Philosophy of History » Social History

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