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Borodino is a village
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A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Thoug






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Borodino is a village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast

Moscow Oblast , or Podmoskovye is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It is the list of subdivisions of Russia by population Russian federal subject after the city of Moscow....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
, 12 km southwards of Mozhaysk
Mozhaysk

Mozhaysk is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to the west from the Russian capital, on the historic road leading to Smolensk and then to Poland....
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The village is famous as the location of the Battle of Borodino
Battle of Borodino

The Battle of Borodino , fought on September 7, 1812, was the largest and bloodiest single-day action of the Napoleonic Wars, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties....
, which occurred in what is now known as the "Borodino Battlefield" (??????????? ????). The State Borodino War and History Museum and Reserve is situated within the Borodino Battlefield. The reserved area is 109,7 kmē., the protection zone is 645 kmē.