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Tarutino (russian: Тару́тино) is a
Tarutino (russian: Тару́тино) is a rural locality
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are describ ...
(a '' selo'') in Zhukovsky District
Zhukovsky District is the name of several administrative and municipal districts in Russia:
*Zhukovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, an administrative and municipal district of Bryansk Oblast
*Zhukovsky District, Kaluga Oblast, an administrative and ...
of Kaluga Oblast
Kaluga Oblast (russian: Калу́жская о́бласть, translit=Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kaluga. The 2021 Russian Census found a population of 1,069,904.
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, Russia
Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
, located on the Nara River from Maloyaroslavets
Maloyaroslavets (russian: Малояросла́вец) is a town and the administrative center of Maloyaroslavetsky District in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Luzha River (Oka's basin), northeast of Kaluga, the adminis ...
. It has an altitude of . It has a population of 733.
The 1812 Battle of Tarutino
The Battle of Tarutino (russian: Тарутинo) was a part of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In the battle Russian troops under the command of Bennigsen defeated French troops under the command of Joachim Murat.
The battle is sometimes ca ...
in Napoleon's invasion of Russia
The French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental block ...
took place eight kilometers from the village.
References
Rural localities in Kaluga Oblast Borovsky Uyezd {{KalugaOblast-geo-stub