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Battle of Borodino

Battle of Borodino was a battle fought on 7 September 1812 at Borodino, in what is now Russia. It was part of the French invasion of Russia. The recorded result: See Aftermath.

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Battle of Borodino
Auguste-Joseph Desarnot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought7 September 1812
WhereBorodino, Russia55.517N, 35.817E
OutcomeSee Aftermath
Part ofFrench invasion of Russia1812

Where it sits in the French invasion of Russia

Battle of Smolensk, 1812Battles of Vilnius (1812), 1812Siege of Riga, 1812Battle of Powiewiórka, 1812Battle of Mir, 1812Battle of Ekau, 1812Battle of Saltanovka, 1812Battle of Ostrovno, 1812Battle of Vitebsk, 1812Battle of Kobrin, 1812Battle of Klyastitsy, 1812First Battle of Polotsk, 1812Battle of Valutino, 1812Battle of Borodino, 1812Battle of Mesoten, 1812Battle of Tarutino, 1812Second Battle of Polotsk, 1812Battle of Maloyaroslavets, 1812Battle of Lyakhovo, 1812Battle of Czasniki, 1812Battle of Wolkowisk, 1812Battle of Vyazma, 1812Capture of Vitebsk, 1812Battle of Smoliani, 1812Battle of Krasnoi, 1812Battle of Berezina, 181218121812Battle of Borodino, 1812
26 placed engagements of the French invasion of Russia in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date7 September 1812
PlaceBorodino, Russia
55.517N, 35.817E
KindBattle, Revolutionary and Napoleonic
Territorial changeFrench occupation of Moscow
Battle of BorodinoBattle of BorodinoBattle at Borodino FieldBattle of MozhayskSiege of Borovsk Monastery of St. PaphnutiusBattle of KlushinoSiege of VolokolamskBattle at Borodino FieldSiege of Borovsk Monastery of St. PaphnutiusBattle of KlushinoSiege of VolokolamskKalugaPodolskNoginskSerpukhovSolnechnogorskVyazmaSafonovoSergiyev Posad100 km55.517N, 35.817E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Borodino
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Borodino today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2024-05-18. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024.

The recorded site stands at about 205 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 173 to 276 m, 102 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 55% tree cover, 32% grassland, 12% cropland.

tree cover: 55%grassland: 32%cropland: 12%tree cover 55%grassland 32%cropland 12%
west to east, 10.0 km184 to 237 mnorth to south, 10.0 km180 to 257 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: FR ARMYDefender: RUSS ARMY
Strength120,000120,000
Casualties28,000 (23.3%)40,000 (33.3%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1076
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day
Front width6 km7.6 km
Attacker advanced2 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 134), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Borodino is one of 3,507 engagements of the 19th century in the atlas and one of 350 in present-day Russia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q184320, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Borodino, revision 1379952654, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.