Cossacks march to Paris to celebrate Russia battle victory

12/08/12 17:25 CET

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Twenty-three Cossacks have set out on a two-month journey from Moscow to Paris to commemorate the bicentenary of the Battle of Borodino – a decisive Russian victory against Napoleon in 1812.

The trip of some 2,500 kilometres will also go through Belarus, Poland, Lithuania and Germany.

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