Cašniki
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Chashniki is a town in the Viciebsk Province, Belarus
, famous for the Battle of Czasniki that took place in the neighbourhood during the French Invasion of Russia
(1812).
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
, famous for the Battle of Czasniki that took place in the neighbourhood during the French Invasion of Russia
French invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia of 1812 was a turning point in the Napoleonic Wars. It reduced the French and allied invasion forces to a tiny fraction of their initial strength and triggered a major shift in European politics as it dramatically weakened French hegemony in Europe...
(1812).