At the beginning of the summer of 1812, the French emperor Napoleon with a huge army, in the Neman River area, passed the borders of Russia - the war began between two crowns. Let's try to figure out why these military actions called the Patriotic War.
Why is the war of 1812 called domestic - definition
According to morphology, the "domestic" - the name of the adjective, which was formed from a related single noun - the fatherland, consonant - the deception and commensurate with the status of the homeland.
Why is the war of 1812 called domestic - prehistory
Start of war
The basis for Napoleon's aggression was non-fulfillment by Alexander I Agreement on the Blocade of England. To reduce the power of the Russian state and thereby destroying the economy of Britain, Bonaparte decided to break the war to our country. The "Great Army" (the number - 650 thousand soldiers) in the summer of 1812 inflicted a powerful blow to Russia. For such a sudden invasion, the state could not answer immediately, so the troops moved away from the border to prepare for the offensive.
Defensive stage
- Russian troops were divided into three fronts: the 1st Army Barclay de Toll was located under wine (covered in St. Petersburg), the second - Prince Peter Bagration - near Volkovysk (defended the approaches to Moscow), the third - General Tormasov was serviced by Volyn ( Stood on the protection of Kiev).
- By order of command of the 1st and 2nd Army began to retreat, exhausting the enemy with small clashes. In early August, they agreed near Smolensk, where the famous battle occurred (August 16), in which Bonaparte never managed to enter the fortress and withdrew the troops from it.
- At the end of the summer, a new commander-in-chief of M. I. Kutuzov arrived in the bet - a talented strategist, a student of Alexander Suvorov. The commander planned a battle for Borodino (August 23), where the French lost the main drums. But despite this, the bright prince offered to preserve the army to leave Moscow, which was done.
Victory offensive
- At the beginning of winter, mobile detachments (for intelligence and sabotage) from Cossacks and Cavalry begin to be created by order of Kutuzov. At the same time, the peasants began to organize partisan detachments.
- All these forces, fulfilling the tasks assigned to them, by the middle of the autumn of 1812, the enemies of enemies were trained. Since that time, the war has moved into the stage of liberation, folk, that is - domestic.
- Napoleon, seeing the hopelessness of the situation, tried to sign the world with Russia, but to no avail. And the "Great Army" retreated: she left Moscow, but before Paris were still fighting under Maloyaroslavets, Smolensk and severe crossing over Berezin, as a result of which more than 20 thousand French warriors died. In early December, Bonaparte throws his host and departs to France. And the once invincible army retreats to the nonsense and leaves overpoint territory.
Why is the war of 1812 called domestic - extraordinary personalities
Russian people, as they could, helped closer victory: Someone sacrificed money to buy guns, edible supplies, medicines, and someone gave their lives.
- Speaking about this war, it is impossible not to remember the amazing courses-heroes, commander of the volatile divisions - Denis Davydov, Ivan Dorokhov, Alexander Figner, Gregory Victory. Under their start, the Cossacks and hussars were fought, who freed the prisoners were engaged in intelligence, participated in the battles.
- Fought the invaders and the peasants, sparkling in the Avengers Group. The most famous leaders of such teams: Gerasim Kurin, Vasilisa Skin, Ivan Andreev. They guarded the villages, made the boulders in the rear of the enemy, the forage raised, took the languages.
Conclusion: The war of 1812 was named Patriotic War, because all the people rose to the defense of fraud along with the armed forces.