Napoleon's invasion is better known in Russia as the Patriotic War, not to be confused with the Great Patriotic War which refers to Hitler's, rather than Napoleon's, invasion of Russia. The Patriotic War is also occasionally referred to as the "War of 1812," which is not to be confused with the conflict of the same name between the United Kingdom and the United States.
French invasion of Russia (also known as the Russian Campaign) in 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. The campaign reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a small fraction of their initial strength. Its sustained role in Russian culture may be seen in Tolstoy's War and Peace and the Soviet identification with it during the German invasion of 1941 to 1944.
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