Letter from MI Kutuzov, commander-in-chief of the Russian army, to Marshal Berthier, Chief of Staff of the French Army, about th...

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      Russia. The State Collegium of Foreign Affairs. Chancery  
Letter from MI Kutuzov, commander-in-chief of the Russian army, to Marshal Berthier, Chief of Staff of the French Army, about the national character of the Russian war: [8] - (Fund of the Chancellery of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Inventory No. 468). -
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Without a reg. and tit. "... with all the will it is difficult to stop the people, embittered by all that he sees, people who for 300 years did not know wars on their land that is ready to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the motherland and who does not make any difference between what is accepted and what is not accepted in the ordinary war.As for the armies under my command, I hope the prince that everyone recognizes in their manner of action the rules characterizing a brave, honest and generous people " .
1. Kutuzov, Mikhail Illarionovich (1745 - 1813) - Correspondence. 2. Berthier, Louis Alexander (1753-1815) - Correspondence. 3. Power (collection). 4. Patriotic War of 1812 (collection). 5. Patriotic War - 1812 - Documents and materials.
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Source of electronic copy: WUA RI
Original location: WUA RI F. Office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Op. 468. D. 1307a.
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