French and Russian soldiers from Napoleon’s disastrous 1812 Moscow retreat were laid to rest after being found in a mass grave.
Officials and descendants of 19th-century Russian and French military leaders gathered at the town of Vyazma to rebury the remains of 126 people killed in one of the bloodiest battles of Napoleon's Russian campaign.
"As generations pass, death and time reconcile everyone," Yulia Khitrovo, a descendant of Russian field marshal Mikhail Kutuzov considered a national hero for repelling Napoleon, said at the ceremony.
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