PICTURE GALLERY "RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1812"

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In Gorodnia. To break out or to retreat? (The picture by Vereschagin) In the small village of Gorodnia, not far from Maloyaroslavets after the battle of October,12 the fate of the Great Army was decided. This picture by Vereschagin shows that dramatic moment... The Emperor conquered a half of the word is sitting on a hard bench in a poor peasant hut. This furniture is so unsuitable to the grandeur of the Great Emperor! He is sitting and thinking: "To break out or to retreat?"