Fire of Moscow (1812)

Fire of Moscow
	Fire of Moscow by Alexander Smirnov, 1813
Date	14–18 September 1812
Location	Moscow, Russian Empire
Outcome	Russian evacuation destruction of 6496 out of 9151 residential buildings;; destruction of 6584 wooden and 2567 stone houses;; destruction of 122 out of 329 churches.;

During the French occupation of Moscow, a fire persisted from 14 to 18 September 1812 and all but destroyed the city. The Russian troops and most of the remaining civilians had abandoned the city on 14 September 1812 just ahead of French Emperor Napoleon's troops entering the city after the Battle of Borodino.^[2]^[3]^[4] The Moscow military governor, Count Fyodor Rostopchin, has often been considered responsible for organising the destruction of the sacred former capital to weaken the French army in the scorched city even more.^[5]^[6]^[7]

^ (in Russian) Kataev, I.M. (1912) "The Fire of Moscow in 1812 "(Moscow, 1911)
^ Haythornthwaite 2012, pp. 40–72, The Battle of Borodino.
^ Riehn 1990, p. 285.
^ Mikaberidze 2014, pp. 96–111, Chapter 6: The Great Conflagration.
^ Mikaberidze 2014, pp. 68–95, Chapter 5: 'And Moscow, Mighty City, Blaze!'.
^ Mikaberidze 2014, pp. 145–165, Chapter 8: 'By Accident or Malice?' Who Burned Moscow.
^ Zemtsov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (2012). "French Jesuit Abbot A. Surugue and the 1812 Fire of Moscow Historic Myth". Izvestiya Uralskogo Federalnogo Universiteta – Seriya 2 – Gumanitarnye Nauki. 14 (2). Yekaterinburg, Russia: Ural Federal University: 118–133. ISSN 2227-2283.

[1] (in Russian) Kataev, I.M. (1912) "The Fire of Moscow in 1812 "(Moscow, 1911)

[FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaite201240–72[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidUaW6CwAAQBAJpgPA40_The_Battle_of_Borodino]-2] Haythornthwaite 2012, pp. 40–72, The Battle of Borodino.

[FOOTNOTERiehn1990285-3] Riehn 1990, p. 285.

[FOOTNOTEMikaberidze201496–111[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidLGNtBQAAQBAJpgPT96_Chapter_6:_The_Great_Conflagration]-4] Mikaberidze 2014, pp. 96–111, Chapter 6: The Great Conflagration.

[FOOTNOTEMikaberidze201468–95[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidLGNtBQAAQBAJpgPT68_Chapter_5:_'And_Moscow,_Mighty_City,_Blaze!']-5] Mikaberidze 2014, pp. 68–95, Chapter 5: 'And Moscow, Mighty City, Blaze!'.

[FOOTNOTEMikaberidze2014145–165[httpsbooksgooglecombooksidLGNtBQAAQBAJpgPT145_Chapter_8:_'By_Accident_or_Malice?'_Who_Burned_Moscow]-6] Mikaberidze 2014, pp. 145–165, Chapter 8: 'By Accident or Malice?' Who Burned Moscow.

[7] Zemtsov, Vladimir Nikolaevich (2012). "French Jesuit Abbot A. Surugue and the 1812 Fire of Moscow Historic Myth". Izvestiya Uralskogo Federalnogo Universiteta – Seriya 2 – Gumanitarnye Nauki. 14 (2). Yekaterinburg, Russia: Ural Federal University: 118–133. ISSN 2227-2283.

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