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  2. Military Gallery of the Winter Palace - Wikipedia

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    The gallery is a setting for 332 portraits of generals who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812. The portraits were painted by George Dawe and his Russian assistants Alexander Polyakov (1801–1835), a serf, and Wilhelm August Golicke.

  3. Leaders of the Vietnam War - Wikipedia

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    Tôn Đức Thắng was the second and final President of North Vietnam and the first President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Phạm Văn Đồng was the Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1955 to 1976. Lê Đức Thọ was a Vietnamese politician who, as North Vietnam's representative, negotiated the Paris Peace Accords.

  4. List of Russian commanders in the Patriotic War of 1812

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    Position in 1812 Major battles Military Gallery; Karl Gustav von Baggovut: 1761-1812: Lieutenant General (1807) Chief of 2nd infantry corps of the 1st Army of the West: Eulay, Pultusk, Heilsberg, Fridland, Finnish War, Borodino, Tarutino: Yes Prince Pyotr Bagration: 1765-1812: General of infantry (1809) Commander-in-chief of the 1st Army ...

  5. French invasion of Russia - Wikipedia

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    The "Patriotic War of 1812" is also occasionally referred to as simply the "War of 1812", a term which should not be confused with the conflict between Great Britain and the United States, also known as the War of 1812. In Russian literature written before the Russian revolution, the war was occasionally described as "the invasion of twelve ...

  6. List of wars involving Russia - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of wars and armed conflicts involving Russia and its predecessors in chronological order, from the 9th to the 21st century.. The Russian military and troops of its predecessor states in Russia took part in a large number of wars and armed clashes in various parts of the world: starting from the princely squads, opposing the raids of nomads, and fighting for the expansion of the ...

  7. War of 1812 - Wikipedia

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    The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States declared war on Britain on 18 June 1812. Although peace terms were agreed upon in the December 1814 Treaty of Ghent , the war did not officially end until the peace treaty was ratified by the ...

  8. Visiting Vietnam, Putin seeks new 'security architecture' for ...

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    HANOI (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to build a "reliable security architecture" in the Asia-Pacific region during a state visit to Vietnam on Thursday, part of a trip ...

  9. Russia–Vietnam relations - Wikipedia

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    Later, in 1964, Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin visited Hanoi to try to dissuade Lê Duẩn against escalating the Vietnam War against South Vietnam and the United States. [3] Nevertheless, the USSR was traditionally one of Vietnam's strongest allies and offered crucial military aid to North Vietnam during the war.