Russian Battle of Borodino Pair

The Battle of Borodino was a major turning point in Napoleon’s invasion of Russia. Although the Imperial Russian Army suffered heavy losses, it managed to severely weaken French forces, leading to their humiliating retreat and the eventual fall of Napoleon himself. Both these coins are copper nickel proofs struck in 1987 on the 175th anniversary of the battle. One has the monument to the Russian commander Marshal Kutuzov and the other commemorates the soldiers who took part in the battle with an engraving taken from the monument itself. Borodino Proofs.