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Battle of the Berezina (1812)
On the Age of Revolutions map as “The Berezina”
26–29 Nov 1812 — Dutch pontooneers worked chest-deep in ice to bridge the Berezina, allowing the remnant of the army to escape. Tens of thousands never crossed. In French, “bérézina” still means catastrophe.
When 26–29 Nov 1812 Type Battle site Chapter Napoleon’s invasion of Russia (chapter 8 of Age of Revolutions)Atlas The Age of Revolutions, 1775–1848 BATTLE SITE · THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS, 1775–1848 These maps are reconstructed from published sources · Cliopatria v 0.2.1 · Government of Slovenia: The Illyrian Provinces 1809–1813 · Natural Earth physical geography · Maps of History: Revolutions reconstruction decisions · Fondation Napoléon: From the Niemen to Moscow · Treaty between Prussia and France, Tilsit,9 July 1807 · Fondation Napoléon: The Duchy of Warsaw
Source details Cliopatria contributors / Seshat Global History Databank. Selected, combined, reprojected and corrected by Maps of History as described per layer.. CC BY4.0 Government of Slovenia, Sinfo 5/2009: listed provinces and territorial changes.. Historical evidence citation; no scan geometry copied Made with Natural Earth; present coastlines support physical clipping, not historical political boundaries.. Public domain Maps of History: regional revolt/campaign footprints are inferred teaching regions, not surveyed fronts or homogeneous control.. Original educational reconstruction using cited datasets and historical evidence Fondation Napoléon; named campaign locations and timeline.. Historical evidence citation; no map copied Treaty of Tilsit articles II, VII–XV: restored Prussian territories, cessions and Duchy of Warsaw.. Historical treaty evidence; no modern map copied Fondation Napoléon;1807 foundation and 1809 territorial enlargement.. Historical evidence citation; no map copied Annual source outlines can combine imperial claims with areas of control. The labels identify the historical role selected, while dates finer than the source interval are made explicit in these details.
Source political names are checked against military-control extents. Record 10792 is treated as continental Prussia, and temporary French campaign extensions are distinguished from treaty-state territory.
Displayed map state e 12 at 1812.7; chapter framing 1812.7. Where finer geometry is unavailable, monthly states use annual source references.
proxy: 1811 French outline for 1812 before the Russian campaign · proxy: 1812–1813 enlarged source for 1810–1812 · reconstruction: 1812.7 · vector: 1721–1813 · vector: 1769–1841 · vector: 1792–1829 · vector: 1796–1829 · vector: 1796–1835 · vector: 1800–1813 · vector: 1800–1814 · vector: 1800–1819 · vector: 1800–1821 · vector: 1803–1889 · vector: 1805–1813 · vector: 1805–1819 · vector: 1806–1813 · vector: 1807–1813 · vector: 1809–1813 · vector: 1809–1821 · vector: 1811–1813 · vector: 1811–1819 · vector: 1811–1821 · vector: 1811–1827 · vector: 1811–1829 · vector: 1811–1848 · vector: 1811–1869 · vector: 1812–1813 · vector: 1812–1814 · vector: 1812–1823 · vector: 1812–1827
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