Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Patriotic War of 1812 (1912-1914)

Russia, Moscow province, Borodino village, August 25, 1912 (photographs by A.O. Drankov, N.F. Kozlovsky, A.O. Drankov company) - Peasants walk across the Borodino field to the celebrations.

Soldiers in the uniform of the war of 1812 and two officers in the uniform of the 1912 period are standing.

Soldiers with rifles walk, accompanied by local residents.

Clergymen in front of the entrance to the monastery, a religious procession is underway.

Consecration of a monument on the Borodino field.

Horse-drawn carriages with artillery gallop, stop, turn the guns, fire. - Russia, Krasnoe Selo, July 9-10, 1914 - Parade of horse artillery, cavalry.

On the "tsar's roller" are the President of France R. Poincaré with his wife, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna.

Emperor Nicholas II on horseback reviews a parade.

A line of soldiers stands near the tents, and Nicholas II and his retinue ride around them.

The line of soldiers stands and an orchestra plays. - Russia, Moscow province, Borodino village, August 25, 1912 (photographs by A.O. Drankov, N.F. Kozlovsky, A.O. Drankov's company) - Monument on the Borodino field.

Re-enactment: Russian generals in the uniform of the period of the war of 1812 walk around a line of kneeling peasants, receive a blessing from priests, get into an open horse-drawn carriage and ride away.

Russian officers, peasants, and cadets walk across the Borodino field from the monument.

Re-enactment: The Battle of Borodino in 1812 (but the soldiers are dressed in the uniform of 1912), [Field Marshal M.I. Kutuzov and his officers are inspecting a line of soldiers (the soldiers are wearing 1912 uniforms).

The artillerymen are firing their guns.