Napoleon’s army was torn and bloody; the Tsar’s army was in ruins. Alexander puzzled over what to do next. SOKHOLOV: When Alexander the First was thinking about what to do after the battle of ...

SOKHOLOV: He advised Alexander to wait. But Alexander found this unacceptable. He was a young Russian tsar. He had more men than Napoleon, and he couldn’t accept the idea that Napoleon had not ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the ...

Syed Firdaus Ashraf marches through time to trace the bitter history between Russia and its West European neighbours.

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Napoleon was furious. Tsar Alexander I realized that scorched earth had been an effective strategy in whittling down the French army, but the army still needed to present a victory to the Russian ...

This mounted portrait appeared in The Illustrated London News shortly after Czar Alexander II assumed the throne of Russia. John Tenniel. Cartoon. Punch. March 11, 1855 After Czar Nicholas I died on ...

President Trump has prompted his foes to go berserk by citing a quote attributed to French dictator Napoleon. REUTERS The quote — which has been attributed to notorious French dictator Napoleon ...