The term derives from the name of a river that the French army crossed in November 1812, in retreat from Moscow after Napoleon’s ill-fated invasion of Russia. The French crossed the Berezina ...

The Berezina is a river in Belorussia, a tributary of the Dnieper, crossed in November 1812 by the Grande Armée of Napoleon Bonaparte during the chaotic retreat of his disastrous Russian Campaign.

Though it sounds like some kind of cake, Bérézina is actually a Russian river. Back in 1812, then-French Emperor Napoleon was adamant to take Russia and directed his men towards Moscow.

MINSK, 13 June (BelTA) - The Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, together with the diving center, resumed underwater archaeological research on the Berezina River ...

A thousand Swiss troops were among those who died defending the French emperor’s army as it crossed the river. The disaster at Berezina – a tributary of the Dneiper in today’s Belarus ...

Since then the term "Berezina" has become synonymous with catastrophe in French. "This river and its landscape, which can be reconstructed, are quite suitable," Zakharova said.

Imperial Guardsman Bourgogne survived the crossing of the Berezina River, where the French suffered heavy losses. His bald description still shocks. Good-bye to All That: An Autobiography by ...

Napoleon had aimed to retreat into Poland by crossing the Berezina River, which was expected to be frozen at the time. However, the river had not frozen over and the nearest bridge had been ...