The Cossacks ride again in friendship, from Russia to France

Peter Dow · Aug 13, 2012

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The Cossacks ride again in friendship to Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Germany and France (YouTube)

SKY News said:

Trek to mark victory over Napoleon
Updated: 12:53, Monday August 13, 2012

Russian Cossacks on horseback have kicked off a two-month-long friendly march on Paris to mark the bicentenary of a key battle Russia fought against Napoleon that led to an eventual French defeat.

The commemorative horse trek spanning some 2500 kilometres and estimated to cost $US2.5 million ($A2.4 million) is supported by the Russian government and comes amid a drive to boost Russia's global standing.

Twenty-three Cossacks will retrace the Russian army's march on Paris between 1812 and 1814, passing through Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Germany and France, part of state-orchestrated festivities to mark the 1812-1813 war.

This September, the country marks the 200th anniversary of the pivotal Battle of Borodino outside Moscow that Russian forces fought against Napoleon in 1812.

Although the epic battle was lost by Russia, it greatly weakened Napoleon's army, leading to France's eventual defeat.

The Cossacks stressed that this time they were coming in peace.

"We would like to enter Paris without horses," Alexander Kolyakin, the Cossack chief, told reporters on Sunday.

"We are not going to bayonet anyone," he quipped, adding they would like to "wash their feet in the Seine".

Starting from the Poklonnaya Gora Memorial Park in western Moscow on Sunday, the expedition is expected to end in late October at Fontainebleau, where the defeated French emperor famously abdicated in 1814.

Horse breeder Pavel Moshchalkov, one of the organisers of the expedition, hopes it will help raise awareness about the dwindling numbers of rare Don horses participating in the trek.

"The Don breed is dying out," he said.

The organisers are hoping to stage a charity auction at Fontainebleau to help save the famously hardy riding horse.
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This video is dedicated to the Red Army who fought so bravely to free Europe and the world from the evil of fascism.

Thank you very much from Comrade Peter Dow

Казаки снова ездить в дружбе Беларуси, Польши, Литвы, Германии и Франции

Это видео посвящено Красной Армии, сражался так храбро освободить Европу и мир от зла фашизма.

Большое спасибо от товарища Peter Dow

Peter Dow · Aug 13, 2012

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sharik · Aug 25, 2012

and Quiet Flows the Dohn (1957)
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and Quiet Flows the Dohn (2006)
[video=youtube;rFOQy2hztWI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFOQy2hztWI[/video]

the book: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/And_Quiet_Flows_the_Don

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