to enter his stable. his head although his greatest concern is to keep his head out of harm's way if he lets me do that means he likes and trusts me. with two separate march. up to the continental journey consisted of nothing but intense training under the cossacks used to stay in summer camps to learn riding tricks and how to shoot. on horseback. if you don't. sit up straight carry yourself better. the chief. has spent a lifetime teaching me how to handle horses. he's one of the few to teach how to keep steady riding at full speed and. as well as how to do spectacular horseback stunts. my wife says to me why on earth do you need all

that talk and i explain it to a woman they don't understand it all men are warriors at heart some more than others some don't have much of it others have quite a lot but i think i have a good deal of. the regions of the homeland for the cossacks but true few and far between even here. today villages are becoming deserted with young villages moving to big cities whether or no horses life because of. the russian don't horse breed or in need of protection. there are only about two hundred sixty members of this breed left in the world they are on the verge of extinction. is supposed to be good at handling a whip and assault. in the old days every cause that carried them. thank the french audience at the final performance in fontainebleau enjoyed the

cossacks outstanding ability to juggle with swords today this looks like a circus act but two centuries ago who couldn't pull off such feats were regarded as a failure even cars like women demonstrated outstanding skills. these horsemen from the kremlin riding school it's the world's only school to teach these traditional equestrian skills. after a detailed analysis of his defeat napoleon noted that the cossacks are in short russia success he said contacts with the best like troops of the day and if you'd had them in his army he could have marched across the whole world is. that old as you are good morning cossacks gratings. it was pavel marshall acuff for came up with the idea of the march from moscow to paris. the businessman and stud farm owner spends all of his earnings on horses his main ambition is to revive the

dawn breed. they are a beautiful. pavel owns a large stable and past as well he's also building a cossack settlements for tourists to go horse riding. despicable because this lovely little mare is only two years old she need to wait another three years before she can fold her more of a girl won't you my beauty. oh look they've been you all over poor thing. believes these horses are russia's best asset and something to be proud of. it hurts when people say bad things about cossacks they may call drug lords fools layabouts all sorts there really is. and what's worse some people even write off our most recent victories in world war two my grandfather commanded a division during that war so i know the hardships people went through.

this doesn't buy for the much was must go up the hill you notice twenty twelve it was here in eighteen twelve on the second of september the napoleon waited in vain to be given the keys to the capital they never came. soon afterwards was plundered and razed to the ground. two years later russian troops led by the chieftain plata approached. napoleon dreaded the backlash defeated the russians will do to paris for the french and down to moscow. feet. this ground one hundred twenty kilometers from moscow is almost as familiar to the french as it is to the russians the battlefield of. the cossacks raced across the

field where some one hundred thousand people died in a single day over forty thousand russians and nearly sixty thousand frenchmen. this is was an attack by the men of celebrated russian chieftain plus might have looked like. the russians launched an assault to gain the breathing space they needed to bring up there was. a man one to alice to regroup overwhelming the french on the left flank. the cossacks ahead and. to defend. his fifty. he fails to achieve clear superiority. the french are confident that.

russia was victorious. there were all sorts of situations at the end of the day. in the twentieth century. divides the car into two sections. of the russian offensive from two hundred years ago. the legend of a hasty french retreat has been passed down here from generation to generation. of children to fill in the french turn tail they hid napoleon's golden carriage people still look for it as you can see we too are trying to find it's ours we call it the belorussian treasure belongs to the. locals have left no stone unturned in search

of the prize even in swamps and peat bogs they have never found the golden carriage . in the local villages only a few elderly residents remain. i don't think more than a dozen young people live here. pensions only income twice a week they come to the bus stop to wait for a shop trailer this time the mobile shop is late and instead of the residents are greeted by cossacks approaching on the horizon. we say welcome with bunches of flowers. such handsome horses. hello there. comes close on the heels of the cossacks the old people form a queue to buy the basic necessities of life that gives your support the order to

secure the stopping here on their journey to paris will be the topic of many conversations for a long time to come nothing so exciting has ever happened here. such a long way to paris it might be difficult to travel on horseback there. on the fifteenth day of the journey the cossacks have made it to poland in two weeks they've covered the same distance as russian troops did during this two month long pursuit of napoleon. in december eight hundred twelve napoleon into the russia with a fifty thousand strong elite but he left with only fifteen hundred. frostbitten troops. was no foregone conclusion.

is more than a cossack he's also a historian and writer his latest book will tell the story of this journey is keeping a diary that. is a once in a lifetime chance couldn't turn it down. you know the love. you know your dog. will be enough the french won nearly every battle but as the russian army increased in number it was quite apparent that the french would windley by the time the polian was retreating to poland has only had almost run out of artillery provisions and even forces. buzz off it's mine you got yours finish it you i like vassileva rennick i like saying of a sense of does not hail from the dawn area even though he's from bloody mia he still has cause like blood in his veins. aside from being

a music teacher he also leads a troop in his village and teaches writing skills to local children. his name is when he was an unruly stallion he wouldn't let anybody into his stable but now he is quite gentle such horses except only tender treatment the horse of the dawn breed is his master's horse once you've established a bond with him he'll be devoted to you for as long as he lives he'll fight for you . likes it germany's just as legendary in europe as but i do know is in russia. historians describe a battle of nations austrian prussian and swedish troops joining the russians in their fight against napoleon. around

a hundred thousand died in the battle which forced napoleon to flee back to france with what remained of his army. we cover some forty kilometers a day early in retreat it is about the same pace again even momentum with time. was simply lagging behind only plots of his men had skirmishes in the poland's regard. although the forests here look much as they do back home the cossacks already feel homesick they've covered more than two thousand kilometers in over a month. this journey is making me homesick. i miss my kids my wife my parents. yes.

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fronts is the final leg of the journey the last stop for a final push towards napoleon's residence at fontainebleau. they've already covered almost three thousand kilometers away from. these riders who followed the route that the russians took as they drove napoleon out of russia and then pursued him across the whole of europe. the emperor's pointing at us rio the hero's. attention. two hundred years later russian cossacks

lay flowers at the monument to the great napoleon bonaparte. before his invasion of russia napoleon had made the call sites out to be monsters to scare parisians propaganda of the day painted them as bearded giants raping robbing and even eating people he went so far as to claim that a peruvian woman with her little daughter had fall on her knees before a plot of the chieftain begging him not to eat it. two hundred years ago russian could hardly imagine the warm welcome that greets them now. in eight hundred twelve it was immediately evident that the cossacks behave decently despite their tough and uncouth reputation xander the first was noble in victory he clamped down on my role as and

rapists even released prisoners of war. today frenchmen march side by side. counterpart is nicola a french businessman is. even russia. is diplomatic in his assessment of the. you're going to see anyone who finds themselves a team two cultures has to be. both sides of their goals the french wanted to reach moscow when they did the russians wanted to hold the french advance and prevent their are. going to get rid of. the. palaces where. to reside. in eight hundred fourteen the russians occupied paris. where he was waiting to learn his fate.

the cossacks were very disciplined. behaved very decently in france. and they the camp was even hanged for robbing a peasant woman of which. it was. neither he nor his descendants would occupy the throne again he had given up his intention to fight until victory and never. quite historically accurate. into the grounds. here in the fair there's a grand staircase and it was here the farewell to his guards. and his ambitions to create a greater france he travelled into exile under russian escort.

you off. returns to france just a hundred years later when many emigrated seeking refuge from the bolshevik revolution. this woman says her grandfather came to france with a white army. and this child in the picture is her father was taken in one thousand eight hundred his name was nikolai which. it's great to meet such people so far away from your homeland you. the day after the occupation of the cossacks head to the famous russian cemetery at. lowick and they're off their horses there from a horseback procession yes i heard about them they're fine bunch they're here to celebrate the battle of. many famous russian immigrants are buried here they include literary nobel prize winner. and the celebrated ballet dancer.

this commemorates the cossacks and army officers who left russia after the nine hundred seventeen revolution. the. to. be. close to one million russians fled to france though many lived to ripe old ages their thoughts remained with their lost homeland. they were still the depressing thoughts is that true russians are buried here at the russia that came after them was not their russia. or their russia is gone forever. when russia's white came to france the country was

still in ruins reeling from the devastation wrought by world war one in which over a million frenchmen died. i read a story in a mixed pantry of magazine about a migrant talking about a year he said would make the rounds of local farms he was employed as a farm hand that was just a cover. like saying that his real job was reviving the local population of one summer with. with the journey reaching its aims to take a sightseeing tour of paris as it turns out the traditional habits of population revival still very much alive. and attention yeah this is the so-called sex quarter there are six cafes and sex shops everywhere and this is the famous erotic museum. hey guys let's get off here. two hundred years ago when

the russians took paris not a single painting went missing from the roof though it's true that some cause x. tore up the floors from french homes to burn on campfire us. they also caught all the famous culp in the fontainebleau columns. the modern cossacks led by alexander have decided to march along and dress uniform. oh god my eyes look at. the eight hundred twelve cossacks had little time to eat and often use the russian word to tell waiters of the famous mother cafe to be quick. to corrupt version of the word subsequently took linked in french culture as the archetype will be stroke afaik. there's a feeling inside me of days. of good a sense that i've been here before. maybe it's genetic memory or something.

waiting for a lunch of oysters and the anxious about the unfamiliar dishes making. even more homesick. but let's go home as soon as i can and when i get back i'll eat russian food just potatoes without all these fancy vegetables or did like me always to is but this cuisine isn't for me. tellers the high point of the prison going to be heavily built when they first came to the city because i've only seen it on t. even before and now here i am in paris it's fantastic a dream come true here. and right next to the eiffel tower because i met a few russian speaking french months one point five five or ten. because x. adopted many french practices off their return to russia in eight hundred fourteen

women spoke to tight fitting blouses to triumph were built in the coastal town of no bitch a cask that stole shaped streets were laid out in the paris model one of the how minutes was even clear promise. no yes no. the. real. cost x. will be cossacks on the eiffel tower all anywhere else once kosek start to sing as just no stopping the. earth itself a local show that i got out at us are things that you know. i think you know your shit out. of. the journey has come to an end alexei never said seth brings his horse for the last time before setting off home. let me have your leg but you need to brush you easy now bubble. good boy.

the noble beasts will return in holes boxes. will travel with the on those by coach he's in high spirits because he won't be home sick for much longer but his joy is monitored by the prospect of pouncing with his beloved holes in his arm i'm so attached to him i can't bear the thought that will have to eventually part with him he's very tender and and beady. i call him my little lamb sometimes. he'll be missing me too i don't know whether he'll be able to get used to a new master. and finally because next perform with their horses for the very last time before

going to. displace the bloody conflict the napoleonic wars brought france and russia closer together the soviet union had a special relationship with france despite being a member of nato the. today hundreds of thousands of cars that descendents still live in france and many frenchmen stayed on russia. the cossacks bid farewell to fontainebleau but they will return for another friendly invasion the. the .

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