including decorated veterans of the Napoleonic Wars, who returned home after the conflict hoping Russia would embark on a course of modernising reform. Instead, Emperor Alexander turned his back ...

while Napoleon advanced further and further into Russia, searching in vain for the decisive blow that would force Emperor Alexander to negotiate peace.

His enemies were gaining in strength, as Prussia and Sweden joined the Sixth Coalition against him, while Russian armies advanced across Poland and into Germany. The French Emperor worked miracles ...

this atmospheric and informative DVD follows the Emperor from his early days, through the glorious victory at Austerlitz, to the disasters of the Russian campaign and his final defeat at Waterloo.

carved from stone in the Schollenen Gorge - a monument to Russian soldiers who perished in the wars against Napoleon Bonaparte in 1799. Cadets from the Moscow Military Music College performed the ...

Many museums have designated 2021 the “Year of Napoleon”; but the emperor’s reputation ... by invading first Spain and then Russia. The Napoleonic Wars cost between three and 6.5 million ...

Douglas Whyte has confirmed it’s all systems go for Russian Emperor, with the three-time Group One winner “in great order” ahead of his H.H. The Amir Trophy (2,400m) defence on February 17.