there's no doubt the french emerged victorious they did override the battlefield and whoever sees the battlefield was the victor but even if it was a victory it was a costly one we. call it med blood to ensure that good morning well over. at least had suffered. the excitement in grand europe paris his still a long way in the future for now the course i could just beginning to get ready for the journey. and it all started here exactly one year ago. hats on. bacilli is making ready to ride his horse is called. come over here for a ride. just like

a member of the family they often joke at the horses are even more dead than their wives and children. need to talk to him all the time you see he's just like a toddler he sees the world the same way. from all over the area have come to take part in the journey none of them has their own horse they haven't even seen. until now. but still. only a short while ago. even to allow anyone to enter his stable. his head greatest concern is to keep his head out of homes away if you do that means he likes and trusts me. with separation. to the continental journey consisted of nothing but intense training. camps to learn riding tricks and how to shoot.

straight. the chief. has spent a lifetime teaching me how to handle horses. he's one of the few to teach how to keep steady in the saddle riding at full speed. as well as how to do spectacular horseback. 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 or old ways of life

because of. the russian don't horse breed or in need of protection. there are only about two hundred sixty of this breed left in the world they are on the verge of extinction. every cause is supposed to be good at handling a whip to sort. 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 cossack 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 had in short russia success he said contacts with the best like troops of the day and if he'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 national coffer 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 beautiful. pavel owns a large stable and past as well he's also building a cossack settlements for tourists to go horse riding. with all of this because this lovely little mare is only two years old she need to wait another three years before she can full of her more of a beauty. oh look they've been you all over poor thing.

believes these holes is a 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 sad 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. was. the starting point 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 moscow was plundered and razed to the ground. two years later russian

troops led by the coast like chieftain plus approached. napoleon dreaded the backlash the field the russians would do to paris the french have done to moscow. 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 race 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 plucked off might have looked like. the russians launched an assault to gain the breathing space they needed to bring up there was. men one to alice to regroup overwhelming the french

on the left flank. the cossacks ahead and. of his fifty. he fails to achieve clear superiority. the french are confident that . russia was victorious. there were all sorts of situation the end of the day. took place 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 before the french turn tail. carriage people still look for it as you can see we two 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 people. 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. welcome with bunches of flowers. such handsome horse. hello there. comes close on the heels of the cossacks the old people form a queue to buy the basic necessities of life but it's. just. 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 to see which 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. is a once in a lifetime chance i couldn't turn it down. you know the love. me enough the french one nearly every battle but as the russian army increased in

number it was quite apparent that the french would win doing by the time napoleon was retreating to poland he's only had almost run out of artillery provisions and even forces. buzz off it's mine you've 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 cossack troop in his village and teaches kosek 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 a german he's just as legendary in europe as but i do know is in russia. oh 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 napoleon'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. life. science technology innovation all billy's developments around russia we've got the future covered.

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groups watch for prices columbia going to pay for. the modest effect on our t.v. . sigrid laboratory tim curry was able to build a new most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn about anything tim's mission to teach creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. france 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 have followed the route

that the russians took as they drove napoleon out of russia and then pursued him across the whole of europe. the emperors pointing at us rio the heroes. attention. two hundred years later russian cossacks lay flowers at the monument to the great napoleon bonaparte. the boys invasion of russia napoleon had made the cossacks out to be monsters to scamper resumes 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 fallen on her knees before plot of the chieftain begging him not to eat and.

two hundred years ago russian cosmonauts could hardly imagine the warm welcome that creates them mail. us in eight hundred twelve it was immediately evident of the cossacks behave decently. despite the reputation. of the first victory. and rapists even released prisoners of. today. march side by side. a french businessman. is diplomatic in his assessment of the. you're going to see anyone who. has to be. both sides of their goals. when they did the russians wanted to help the french advance and prevent their are. going to get

rid of. the russians. and his fate. very decently in front. of. it was. neither he nor his descendants. his intention to fight until victory on the.

grounds. there's a grand staircase and. his ambition is to create a great. he travelled into exile under russian escort. who was. with michael on the memories of russia returns to france just a hundred years later when many emigrated seeking refuge from the bolshevik revolution. and i did this woman says her grandfather came to france with a white army he was a cossacks and this child in the picture is her father it was taken in one thousand nine hundred of his name was nikolai which you bring up that was like 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

century genevieve. loic and their off their horses on the they're from a horseback perception yes i heard about them they are 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 rudolf muriel . 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 last homeland.

there was still a depressing thought is that true russians are buried here at the russia that came after them was not there russia at all or their russia is gone forever the stone the awfulness of. 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 the next pantry of magazine about a migrant talking about a year he said the cost 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 stronger with the oil. with the journey reaching its

aims to take a sightseeing tour of paris as it turns out the traditional habits of population revival is still very much alive. and attention yeah this is the so-called sex water there are six cafes and sex shops everywhere and this is the famous. 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 can find us. they also caught all the famous culp in the fontainebleau columns. cossacks led by alexander decided to march along one must in dress uniform. no gold my eyes for. the eight hundred twelve cossacks had little time to eat and often use the russian word a beast to tell the famous mother cafe to be quick. a corrupt version of the word

subsequently took linked in french culture as the archetype will be stroke afaik. there's a there's a feeling inside me of deja vu i've got 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. i'd like to go home as soon as i can when i get back i'll be rushing through 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 until it hadn't been built when the census first came to the city because i've only seen it on t. the before and now here i am in paris it's fantastic a dream come true. and right next to the eiffel tower the cossacks met

a few russian speaking french months one full five minutes and. of course adopted many french practices off their return to russia in eight hundred fourteen women spill two point fitting blouses to triumph launches were built in the cossack town of no bitch a cask that stole shaped streets were laid out in the paris model one of the how mitts was even the powers. yes. of. course x. will be cossacks on the eiffel tower all anywhere else once kosek start to sing as just no stopping the. earth oh it's awful over your head

at that up things up looking like i think that you're shit out. the journey has come to an end alexei never said seth green is his horse for the last time before setting off home. let me have your leg but you need to brush you easy now bubble that good boy. the noble beasts will with holes boxes. will travel with those by coach he's in high spirits because he won't be homesick for much longer but his joy is monitored by the prospect of posing with his beloved holes in his arm will still 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.

the. more you'll be missing me too i don't know whether he'll be able to get used to a new master. and finally the cossacks perform with their horses for the very last time before going to. displace the bloody conflicts the napoleonic wars brought france and russia closer together the soviet union had a special relationship of 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.

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