Borodino

[ bawr-uh-dee-noh, bor-; Russian buh-ruh-dyi-naw ]

noun

1. a village in the W Russian Federation, 70 miles (113 km) W of Moscow: Napoleon's victory here made possible the capture of Moscow, 1812.

Borodino

/ ˌbɒrəˈdiːnəʊ; bərədiˈnɔ /

noun

1. a village in E central Russia, about 110 km (70 miles) west of Moscow: scene of a battle (1812) in which Napoleon defeated the Russians but irreparably weakened his army

Example Sentences

I was absorbed by the stories of Natasha Rostov, Prince Andrei, and Pierre Bezukhov, and found the extremely long descriptions of fighting, especially of the Battle of Borodino, pretty boring, to be frank.

From The New Yorker

But fiction depends on the “suspension of disbelief”, on establishing a plausible fake reality, as does Tolstoy’s War and Peace in the historical setting of Borodino.

From The Guardian

By midday, it was south of South Borodino Island, east of Okinawa, and moving northeast at 15 kph, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

From Reuters

Places that feature in the novel were chosen as settings for some chapters, including the Borodino battlefield, where in 1812 Napoleon's troops fought the Russians.

From BBC

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture An heir to Wellington’s Victory, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture marked the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, when Russia inflicted a severe blow to Napoleon’s invading armies.

From The Guardian