1812 French declaration of war on Russia information
Beginning of Napoleon's invasion of Russia
French declaration of war on Russia
The declaration of war
Created
22 June 1812
Date effective
22 June 1812
Location
Archive of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire, Moscow
Commissioned by
Napoleon
Author(s)
Jacques Lauriston
Signatories
Jacques Lauriston
Media type
Manuscript
Subject
France–Russia relations and the declaration of war
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French invasion of Russia
Grodno
Mir
Ekau
Saltanovka
Riga
Ostrovno
Kobrin
1st Vitebsk
Klyastitsy
Inkovo
Swolna
Gorodechno
1st Krasnoi
Smolensk
1st Polotsk
Valutino
Dahlenkirchen
Shevardino
Borodino
Mozhaysk
Zvenigorod
Moscow
Mesoten
Ustyluh
Tarutino
2nd Polotsk
Maloyaroslavets
Chashniki
Vyazma
2nd Vitebsk
Liaskowa
Nowo Schwerschen
Smoliani
Wolkowisk
Kaidanowo
2nd Krasnoi
Borisov
Loschniza
Berezina
Pleshchenitsy
The First French Empire declared war on Russian Empire on 22 June [O.S. 10 June] 1812, starting Napoleon's invasion two days later. The declaration of war was presented in a diplomatic note by French ambassador Jacques Lauriston to Russian Foreign Minister Alexander Saltykov in Saint Petersburg. The note, preceded by two years of deteriorating French–Russian relations, stated that the request for passports by Russian ambassador Alexander Kurakin meant a severance of diplomatic relations and that Napoleon "from now on considers himself at war with Russia".
Mainstream Russian historiography often maintains that the French invasion of Russia was undeclared.
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