varvara nevskaya vadim prusov ivan zamorin lead riyadh, saudi arabia what this day is remembered for in history we will tell right now hello on october 18, 1812, the battle of tarutino took place, which became the first unconditional victory of the russian army in the war against napoleon , kutuzov commanded the russian troops with french murat, despite the fact that both the battle and the pepper in time his both sides had many mistakes absurdities and accidents. the results turned out to be in favor, the russian army failed to defeat the 20,000 vanguard of the napoleonic forces, but forced the enemy to retreat, and most importantly, to capture 38 enemy guns at once, so many guns had not been taken in any battle before, success in this battle strengthened the spirit of the russian army and allowed it to go on the counteroffensive . many historians believe that it was the battle under tarutina that prompted napoleon to withdraw from moscow, because the french retreat towards kaluga began literally the next day. on october 18, 1907, the second hague conference completed its work, just