Why didn't Napoleon emancipate the Russian serfs during his 1812 campaign?
Because he never established any real political control of the country.
He could issue some useless proclamation I guess. It would have been as effective as the Emancipation Proclamation if the South won the war.
>>1094081
He was stupid to go further. Should have listened to poles that told him to camp in either Ukraine or close to Baltic where he could get supplies.
Russians love to be enslaved. It's in their blood.
>>1094115
>Russians love to be enslaved. It's in their blood.
That's what Napoleon and Hitler thought.
>>1094766
And they were right.
>>1094834
If you think like them you will end badly.
>>1094850
>swap serfdom for communism
>swap communism for corrupt oligarchy
>swap oligarchy for even more corrupt dictatorship
Tell me more how free the Russians are.
