Day on September 8 in the history

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Day of the Borodino battle of the Russian army under command Kutuzov M. I. with the French army (1812). Day of military glory Russian Federation, is celebrated according to the Federal law "About days of military glory and memorials Russian Federation" of March 13, 1995. The Borodino fight — the largest battle of Patriotic war of 1812 happened on September 7, 1812. The commander-in-chief of the Russian army Kutuzov Mikhail, having decided to block to Napoleon a way to Moscow, gave decisive battle to French at the village of Borodino located in 124 kilometers from Moscow. The Russian army totaled about 150 thousand in the structure...