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Borodino field is a place where Battle of Borodino took place in 1812. With remaining defensive fortifications and numerous obelisks it is an important monument of the heroic past of Russian people. It is locatetd in Mozhaisk, Moscow region, 120 km west of Moscow. A museum that has been built here is the first of its kind not only in Russia but all over the world, it was founded in 1839, 27 years after the memorable battle of the Russian army commanded by Kutuzov against Napoleon\'s troops. The battle of Borodino was one of the bloodiest battles of the nineteenth century. According to conservative estimates of aggregate losses, every hour 2,500 people were killed on the batlefield. 129 years later, in October 1941, on sacred ground of Borodino, Soviet soldiers repeated the feat of their ancestors, holding German Nazi attack in Mozhaisk direction. On the 150th anniversary eve of the Battle of Borodino, in 1961, the field of Borodino was declared a museum. Now, on its territory more than 200 monuments and memorable places are located in 110 square kilometers. In the Museum five permanent exhibitions are deployed, where are exhibited personal belongings of generals, weapons, military costumes, trophies and findings from the battlefield, portraits and battle art works. The villages in the Borodino field area retained their original names, that has become historic. Every year military-historical events take place on the Borodino field. In 2007, the Museum was awarded the UNESCO prize for the preservation and management of cultural landscapes.
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