Why did Napoleon capture Moscow instead of Russian capital Saint-Petersburg?

Why did Napoleon capture Moscow instead of Russian capital Saint-Petersburg?

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because moscow is the real capital

Didn't open the point for a fast travel

He was probably using old maps where Moscow was still a capital.

He was part estonian

Moscow baguettes were better

He missclicked

But it wasn't at the time.

Proof?

He thought that Moscow was still the capital.
Y'know.
'Cause estonians are slow xdddd ))))) B=====DD

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He sent two Corps to capture St. Petersburg but they fucked up

He was chasing the Russian Army in the South and happened to pass through Moscow, so he just sat there for a bit with what he thought was a strategic and political victory before realizing that he was fucking himself over by being idle

Because it's a better place for tourism.

Napoleon decided that Moscow has more strategic value than Petersburg. It's probably true.

where was the tzar when napoleon captured moscow?

In Petersburg, because Petersburg was a capital back then.

intredazting, then he should have marched there instead of waiting in moscow for a peace treaty

"le petersburg may be the head or russia but moscow is its heart"
napoleon

Thing is that when Napoleon took Moscow, he had no more power to conquer anything more, his supply lines were fucked and he was foced to very fast, bloody and painful retreat soon.

>very fast

but afaik he wasted a lot of time in moscow and then the winter came in full force

No, French began to retreat in October. Maybe it was more cold than now back then, but it's still not winter.
So French forces spent only one month in Moscow.

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>"le petersburg may be the head or russia but moscow is its heart"
I guess he wasn't such great strategist as people talk about.