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What event inspired the composing of the 1812 Overture by the composer Peter Tchaikovsky?
In 1812 Napoleon's armies were penetrating deep into Russia with his army of 600,000, that he got using the "levee en masse". Basically a draft for all able bodied men to join the army. The Russians...