Originally Posted by rotorgun
Because it was about different things. The tension was rising from 1807 - the defeat was seen as humilating by many in Russia.
Next you have the war in 1809 where Russian 'allies' beheaved very strange ( because secretly there was an agreement with the Austrians), the Polish question, the Turkish affair. The war would be started in 1811, but the Russians were not able to re-deploy - they meant to attack which is rarely mentioned in books about the war for some reason.
Russia was an expansionist empire like the UK, Prussia, Austria of France so it is ointless to blame anyone.![]()
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