August 12,2012. Moscow,Russia. Cossacks set off on ride from Moscow to Paris.A team of 23 horsemen Cossacks are to ride once more on Paris in a show of Russian patriotism two centuries after their forebears chased Napoleon`s Grand Army back to the French capital.With this historic ride Russia begins bicentenary celebrations of its historic victory over France following the Battle of Borodino outside Moscow in September 1812. Pictured: Cossacks start the cavalry march from Russia to Paris at Moscow`s Poklonnaya Gora.