a lot is connected with pyotr ivanovich bogration in volkovysk, but if we consider the culinary history of the city, then in 1812 a real culinary revolution took place. i was very lucky to meet yegor in volkovysk. yegor is a treasure trove of information about this period. yegor, what was the main problem of napoleon's army? of the main problems, perhaps even the most basic one, is logistics. even if people did not understand what this word represented, it was extremely difficult to travel along the rutted, flabby russian roads. move. imagine, there was no field kitchen at that time. people with mess tins literally from... the food deliveries were constantly delayed, soon the french soldiers were simply given grain, from which they made flour mash in water or boiled porridge, the most enterprising of them prepared yeast-free dough, wrapped it around a stick or a half-musket shovel and fried it over a fire, this is the kind of bread in the french style, it doesn't matter on our... lands or anywhere in france , the french cook it very well, for sure in the french brought something to bela