Osterman-Tolstoy at Fili.

[le_russe_satan]

This painting by Kivshenko represents the military council held at the village of Fili right after the Battle of Borodino. It was there that the decision to abandon Moscow to the French was made. Kutuzov had summoned his principal generals to it and though most of them opposed the abandonment of Moscow, and in fact proposed to attack Napoleon's

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[latin_cat]

Who is the fat guy sitting in the chair?

[le_russe_satan]

O_o Kutuzov...

[latin_cat]

Ah, yes. Sorry, I read that wrong as Kutusov being the guy standing at the other end of the table.

Any idea on the kid watching from the rafters?

[le_russe_satan]

It's probably the kid of the house owner, I forget the guy's name now.