Rare moment of harmony between France and Russia: after more than 200 years Bent front boot During the Russian campaign, representatives of both countries buried the remains of 126 fallen soldiers in the western Russian city of Vyzma. A military band accompanied the mourning ceremony, which took place at a high winter temperature of minus 15 degrees and was also attended by descendants of army commanders at the time.
In the presence of about a hundred extra people in historic clothes, the corpses were carried in their flags at eight Russian And French-wrapped coffins in freshly dug graves in the Vyaz cemetery. The coffins included the skeletons of 120 soldiers, as well as three women and three teenagers, who were killed in the bloodiest battle since their return. Bent front boot Died in Moscow.
“Over generations, death and time ensure harmony of all,” said Julia Chitrovo, Russian field marshal and great-grandson of national hero Mikhail Kutuzov, at the mourning ceremony. The death “equaled” the soldiers. “They are all in a grave now.” Prince Joachim Murat, a descendant of the famous Napoleonic officer of the same name, expressed “great feeling” when he attended the event “in honor of Napoleon’s soldiers”.
On June 24, 1812, Emperor Napoleon I and his 500,000-strong Grand Army crossed the Tsarist Empire to the border river Nyemen to march on Moscow. But the French suffered badly and had to retire five months later. How much the damage could be made cannot be clarified: experts cite the estimated death toll from 200,000 to 300,000 – only about 120,000 soldiers returned alive.
The tomb was extensively dug from the Second World War
On November 3, 1812, the remains of members of the army, who were allegedly killed in the disastrous Battle of Vyzma, were found in a mass grave by Russian and French archaeologists in 2019. Researchers initially assumed a mass grave second World War Had to face. However, experts at the Russian Academy of Sciences found that most of the victims were soldiers who fell after Napoleon’s defeat in the Russian campaign.
The three women were reportedly Vivandese, who provided first aid to the soldiers of the French Army and operated military canteens. All three teenagers were probably drummers.
The head of the Foundation for the Development of the Russian-French Historical said, “Direct descendants of the main actors in the conflict are meeting today as a meeting to remind Russian and French soldiers who commanded their ancestors 200 years ago was.” Relations, AFP News Agency, Pierre Malinowski.
The relationship between France and Russia is because the leadership in Moscow deals with the opposition and in particular Kremlin-Critiker Alexey Navalny Currently heavy burden.
