Borodino (Russian: Бородино, IPA: [bərədʲɪˈno]) is a village in Mozhaysky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) west of Mozhaysk.
The village is famous as the location of the Battle of Borodino that took place on 7 September 1812[1] as part of the Napoleonic Wars during the French invasion of Russia.
The well-preserved earthworks of a fort dating from about 200 BC, located near the village of Gorki [ru], represent the earliest known military-historical construction in the Borodino area.
Borodino's lands were attached to the Moscow principality at the beginning of the 14th century and were at the boundary with Lithuanian territory along the old Smolensk road.
The peasants farming the land cultivated winter rye, spring barley, oats, summer wheat, flax, hemp, and buckwheat.