Military history of our country must not be forgotten

Borodino

Aims of the Presentation

1. Educating interest in the history of the Motherland

2. Broadening and educating the mind3. Educating achievement drive4. Stimulating communicative skills and

creativity5. Improving all types of communicative

activity in English: speaking, writing, listening, reading

StepsStep 1:1. Choosing the topic of the project2. Exploring the subject3. Choosing methods and sources of information

Step 2:• Planning• Planning the time limits• Consultations with the teacher

Step 3:• Gathering information• Discussing information with the teacher• Choosing the most interesting facts• Analyzing the facts• Making the presentation

Facts• The Battle of Borodino on September 7, 1812, was the largest and

bloodiest single-day action of the French invasion of Russia and all Napoleonic Wars

• The French Grande Armée under Emperor Napoleon I

attacked the Imperial Russian Army of General Mikhail Kutuzov near the

village of Borodino, west of the town of Mozhaysk, and eventually captured

the main positions on the battlefield, but failed to destroy the Russian army

despite heavy losses.

• The Russian retreat opened the way for the French to occupy Moscow on

September 14

The Battle• The Russian commander, Mikhail Kutuzov, the Rayevski Redoubt in the

centre right of the line and three open arrow-shaped ' Bagration fletches' to the left - about 115,000 men and 630 cannon.

• Napoleon came to the battle with125,000 men and 587 cannon; but the Russian defenses were too strong when he ordered a frontal assault straight at the Russians.

• The French General Joachim Murat directed a joint cavalry and infantry attack that by early afternoon had broken through the Russian line and seized the Rayevski Redoubt. But the Russians committed their reserves and the battle continued.

• A Russian counter-attack was broken by artillery; at night, both sides broke away and the Russian forces retreated, at first only a few miles, but later that night they began to withdraw all the way past Moscow.

Conclusions• The Russians suffered about 45,000 casualties, including Knyaz Pyotr

Ivanovich Bagration

commander of the 2nd Russian army.

The French lost about 30,000 men.

• With the Russians retreating in two columns towards Semolino, Napoleon was free to advance and capture Moscow on September 14. Napoleon finally occupied Moscow.

• Although the Russian army was badly damaged, it survived to fight again and, in the end, drove Napoleon out of Russia.

• Napoleon returned to France with only 23,000 men. The French army never fully recovered from the losses suffered in Russia.

The State Borodino Museum• The entire battlefield -

more than 100 km-is now the State Borodino Military-Historical Museum-Preserve.

• It includes a museum and some monuments to generals and divisions

Bagration’s Grave

• The museum includes also memorials to Soviet soldiers who died in a second Borodino battle was in World War II

The State Borodino Museum

Kutuzov’s headquarters is

marked by an obelisk in

the village Gorki.

Panorama museum of Borodino in Moscow

Triumphal Arc, a

monument to the

heroes of Patriotic

War of of 1812. The

Arc was designed

by a famous

architect Osip

Bovet and built in

1827-1834

Questions1. When did the French and Russian army meet in a

bloody one-day battle near the village of Borodino?

2. What was the end of the Borodino battle?

3. What does the Borodino Military-Historical Museum- Preserve include?

4. How is Kutuzov’s headquarters marked?

Answers1. The French and Russian army met in a bloody one-day battle near

the village of Borodino on 26 August (7 September) 1812.

2. After the Battle of Borodino the Russian army retreated and was badly damaged, but it survived to fight again and, in the end, drove Napoleon out of Russia.

3. The State Borodino Military-Historical Museum includes a museum and monuments to generals and divisions, also memorials to Soviet soldiers who died in a second Borodino battle was in World War II.

4. Kutuzov’s headquarters is marked by an obelisk in the village Gorki.