Borodino (village), Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast
Village in Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other places with the same name, see Borodino.
Borodino (Russian: Бородино, IPA: [bərədʲɪˈno]) is a village in Mozhaysky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) west of Mozhaysk.
The village is famous as the location of the Battle of Borodino that took place on 7 September 1812[1] as part of the Napoleonic Wars during the French invasion of Russia. The Borodino Battlefield (Бородинское поле) is now part of the State Borodino War and History Museum and Reserve. The reserved area is 109.7 square kilometers (42.4 sq mi); the area of the protected zone is 645 square kilometers (249 sq mi).