Moscow 6 Borodino 5 Smolensk 4 Vitebsk 3 Vilna 2    The Council at Fili was a military council, which was convened on 13 September 1812 after the Battle...

to beat the Russian army and Kutuzov could not stop the French. At the Council at Fili Kutuzov made the critical decision not to defend the city but to...

retreated east, and camped near Fili on September 12. A military council led by General Kutuzov assembled in a wooden hut in Fili; despite objections from younger...

Russian army set camp at Fili; Russian vanguard lodged nearby in Dorogomilovo. On Sunday afternoon the Russian military council at Fili discussed the risks...

afternoon the Russian military council at Fili discussed the risks and agreed to abandon Moscow without fighting. This came at the price of losing Moscow...

history, such as the Battle of Borodino, the fire of Moscow, and the Council at Fili. In one of the pavilions of the media center, viewers are shown films...

victory and retreated into the south of Moscow near Tarutino after the council at Fili to wait for Napoleon's retreat. He increased the guerrilla warfare...

right flank at the Battle of Borodino (7 September 1812) with great valour and presence of mind, and during the celebrated council at Fili advised Kutuzov...

A council of war is a term in military science that describes a meeting held to decide on a course of action, usually in the midst of a battle. In normal...

the city, according to Leo Tolstoy. Rostopchin was invited to the council at Fili but excluded after a few hours and had the remaining population of...