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Special Guest Stars

infini — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:07:15 -0800

In the bicentennial celebration of the historic Battle of Borodino on September 7th, 1812, that saw the Russian Army, despite heavy losses, withstand the attack of Napoleon's forces, Orion Art multimedia group held a massive festival at Spasskaya Tower in Red Square, Moscow... complete with guest appearance by the four horsemen of the Apocalypse.

By: GenjiandProust

GenjiandProust — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 11:39:53 -0800

Those guys in the uniforms do not look to scared. I am guess those where not the real four horsemen, or Russians are way harder to impress than I imagined.

By: Panjandrum

Panjandrum — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:14:05 -0800

I heard that, in an effort to remain true to history, the group planned a follow-up celebration a week later in which they would burn down the city. Couldn't get the permits though.

By: MustardTent

MustardTent — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 12:37:51 -0800

And yet when I brought this battle up to some Russian coworkers (they live in Russia -- not in Moscow though) all I got were blank stares.

By: mosk

mosk — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 13:51:46 -0800

Holy crap -- those photos in the last link are stunning. Or maybe I'm just in the mood for some nice eye candy, but that's some good stuff there.

By: infini

infini — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:06:11 -0800

The rest of the FPP was just padding, mosk.

By: alasdair

alasdair — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:24:02 -0800

There's a great description of the battle in WAR AND PEACE. Tolstoy basically says all the histories are wrong and it was just a huge mess. You can probably say that about any battle!

By: doctornemo

doctornemo — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:37:41 -0800

I love the bit about Napoleon's staffer maybe causing the battle to be lost, alasdair, because he got the Emp the wrong boots. Hence Nap. got a mean cold, which messed up his battle planning. Amazing photos, infini.