In 1813, following his disastrous invasion of Russia, Napoleon faced a desperate battle to save his empire. His enemies were gaining in strength, as Prussia and Sweden joined the Sixth Coalition ...

It was constructed in 1898 on a piece of land transferred to the property of the Russian Empire free of charge ... in battle and those killed in the war in Switzerland. We honor those slain ...

The Napoleonic Empire ... war and the 'system' that emerged after 1815; the impact of the Napoleonic era on the modernisation of society, the economy, law and the state; early manifestations of ...