Book by A.V. Shishova will tell readers about the exploits of the Cossacks in the Patriotic War of 1812. The actions of the Cossacks were highly appreciated by their contemporaries. Emperor Napoleon, who contemptuously called the Cossacks “pathetic Arabs of the North,” had the opportunity to verify the courage and valor of the Cossack units. The loud and glorious deeds of the Cossacks near Mir, Krasny and on the Borodino field are inscribed in golden letters in the history of the War of 1812.