Before you is an unique book: authentic history of war 1812 year! The largest in Russia specialist on the epoch of Napoleon, known scientist-historian, Evgeny Понасенков, studied ten of thousands of the documents kept in the archives of Russia and Europe, and also diaries and memoirs of participants of events - and managed to create fundamentally new description of that grandiose campaign. Blameless exactness of scientific exposition combines with a bright and elegant manner serves of material. The most detailed description of life of all layers of Russian society is first given, the economic, diplomatic and cultural aspects of произошедшего are investigational. you hear about veritable plans and acts of Napoleon and Alexander I, about happening in parallel with encroachment to civil war in Russia, about backstage "fights" and love affairs of the world of professional scientists and state propaganda.Graduating student historical faculty of МГУ, author of many advanced studies, Evgeny Понасенков, today is legally considered intellectual гуру of new generation. Creation of the largest in Russia personal collection of books and articles of art of epoch of Napoleon belongs to his merits.