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Members of historical clubs dressed in the uniform of French soldiers carry coffin with remains of French General Charles-Etienne Gudin de la Sablonniere participant in the French Revolutionary wars and Napoleonic wars during ceremony of repatriation of his remains to France in Moscow airport Vnukovo-3, Russia, 13 July 2021. One of Napoleon Bonaparte's favourite military commanders died in the Battle of Smolensk during the Russian campaign of 1812. The search for his remains was one of the main goals of the joint archaeological expedition, which the historians of the two countries, led by Pierre Malinowski, President of the Foundation for the Development of Russian- French Historical Initiatives, began in the summer of 2019. A significant find was made during excavations at the Royal Bastion in the Lopatinsky Garden of Smolensk. (Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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