Czar Paul I’s Army II
“A Long Road Home”: Russian Prisoners in France, 1799-1801 Eman M. Vovsi There were several reasons – economic, practical and personal – why Russia participated in the Second Coalition. First, Bonaparte’s Egyptian expedition 1798-1801 threatened Russia’s exports at the Mediterranean to market in Europe and elsewhere. Second, Russia had been excluded from the Second Congress of Rastatt, opening in December…
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