Many of our readers have expressed a strong interest in visiting historical sites and museums. Borodino certainly is one of the most evocative and best preserved of the Napoleonic battlefields. The third largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars (only Leipzig and Wagram involved more combatants), Borodino was further immortalized in Count Leo Tolstoy's classic novel War and Peace, and in the film version by Sergei Bondarchuk, which contains perhaps the most spectacular battle scenes ever filmed (involving more than 100,000 extras). Few who have been fortunate enough to visit the sight of Napoleon's battle before Moscow (including its impressive museum shown here) fail to be awed by the experience. For those not planning a trip to Borodino anytime soon, we offer this, the first in a series of mini- guides to Napoleonic and French Revolutionary sites. More Battle of Borodino Borodino: Introduction Borodino: Situation in 1812 Borodino: Invasion Borodino: Battlefield Park Borodino: Opposing Plans Borodino: 1: Shevardino Redoubt Borodino: 2: Borodino Village Borodino: 3: Bagration Fleches Borodino: 4: Utitza Village Borodino: 5: Semenovskaya Borodino: 6: Great Redoubt (Raevsky Redoubt) Borodino: Epilogue for a Draw Borodino: Travel Tips Borodino: The First Historians Borodino: Strengths at Borodino Borodino: Estimating Battle Losses Borodino: Museum Borodino: Order of Battle (Text: fast) Borodino: Russian Order of Battle (Graphics: extremely slow: 587K) Borodino: French Order of Battle (Graphics: extremely slow: 639K) Back to Table of Contents -- Napoleon #14 Back to Napoleon List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Napoleon LLC. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. The full text and graphics from other military history magazines and gaming magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com Order Napoleon magazine direct