The Battle of Mir took place on 9 and 10 July 1812 during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Three Polish Lancers divisions battled against Russian cavalry,[3] ending in the first major Russian …

One of the largest of the cavalry reinforcements for the main Russian forces was the cossack opolchenie, or mass levy, which arrived at the Tarutino encampment at the end of September …

Feb 20, 2023 · The Russian army had about 40,000 Cossacks in its ranks at the beginning of the Patriotic War in 1812. They were mostly the Don Cossacks under Ataman Matvei Platov, …

In 1812 cossack troops (except for the guards cossacks) were, as a rule, armed with sabers of non-regulation patterns (1). Along with light-cavalry sabers of the 1809 pattern, they used …

Sep 8, 2014 · In 1760, Cossacks came to Berlin in the ranks of the Russian army that defeated Prussia. They were put to policing the streets of Berlin, and fulfilled the task admirably. Their …

In 1812 at Famonskoie the Cossacks ambushed and captured a whole detachment of the Red Lancers. General Colbert mounted his horse and set off with 2 squadrons in pursuit, but the …

Cossack Corps. Totals. Composition and Strength of the Russian Armies at the Beginning of 1812: The First Army of the West. By Alexander Mikaberidze, Chairman of the Napoleonic …

The Grand Army’s advance guard under Marshal Joachim Murat was misled by a Cossack regiment, which had orders to retreat as soon as the enemy force tried to come closer, thereby …

On 31 August, two cossacks were captured by Murat's forces: Napoleon subsequently learned of Kutuzov's promotion and arrival as commander of the Russian forces. On 1 September , …

Movements of the French and Russian armies during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow, 18 October through 5 December 1812. The walls of the Smolensk Kremlin The Grande Armée …

The 'Regular Cossacks' provides information on establishment and military service of Leib Garde Cossack, Black Sea Leib-Garde Sotnia, Chuguev Cossack and Teptiar Cossacks. The 'Other …

In 1812, the Russians raised in excess of 300,000 provincial militia (Opolchenie) and volunteers in addition to the Cossacks and Irregular Cavalry (see Cossack Hurrah!! ( These acted as a …

The Malorossian Cossacks (Ukrainian: Малоросійські козаки; Russian: Малороссийские казаки—literally meaning "Little Russian Cossacks") were hostless Cossacks who lived …

Pereiaslav Agreement depicted on a 1954 Soviet stamp. Cossacks are standing left with traditional costume and a bandura. Vasiliy Buturlin stands at right making a declaration. Soviet …