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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''' (né '''Napoleone di Buonaparte'''; 15 May 1769 in [[Ajaccio]], [[Province of Corsica (1768–1790)\|Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]] – 5 May 1821 in [[Longwood, Saint Helena\|Longwood]], [[Saint Helena]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British Empire]]), also known as '''Napoleon I''' or simply '''Napoleon''', was a French military general~~, leader,~~ and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], ~~raising~~ up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "[[First Consul]] of the [[French Republic (1792–1804)\|French Republic]]"~~. He finally proclaimed himself [[Emperor of the French]] in 1804, establishing the [[French Empire (1804–1815)\|French Empire]]. [[Napoleonic Wars\|Napoleon successfully invaded~~ and ~~conquered]] many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system~~ to ~~its knees and exporting~~ the ~~[[bourgeois~~ revolution~~]] everywhere he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www~~.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''' (né '''Napoleone di Buonaparte'''; 15 May 1769 in [[Ajaccio]], [[Province of Corsica (1768–1790)\|Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]] – 5 May 1821 in [[Longwood, Saint Helena\|Longwood]], [[Saint Helena]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British Empire]]), also known as '''Napoleon I''' or simply '''Napoleon''', was a French military general and [[monarch\|emperor]] of France. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], rising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799 establishing himself as a dictator under the title "[[First Consul]] of the [[French Republic (1792–1804)\|French Republic]]" and ultimately putting an end to the revolution that preceded him.

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, ~~although the former~~ did write ~~about~~ his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonise [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		Napoleon proclaimed himself [[Emperor of the French]] in 1804, establishing the [[French Empire (1804–1815)\|French Empire]]. He [[Napoleonic Wars\|invaded and conquered]] many [[Feudalism\|feudal]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the old order to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] across Europe in the process.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

			The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, but Marx did write against his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonise [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]]<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref> and brought back slavery in the colonies.<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Slavery and Remembrance\|title=French Revolution\|url=https://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0065}}</ref>

	The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

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	{{Infobox person\|name=Napoleon Bonaparte\|native_name=Napoléon Bonaparte (French)<br>Napulione Buonaparte (Corsican)\|honorific prefix=Emperor of the French\|birth_name=Napoleone Buonaparte\|birth_date=15 August 1769\|birth_place=[[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France]]\|death_date=5 May 1821\|death_place=[[Longwood, Saint Helena]], [[British Empire]]\|death_cause=Stomach cancer\|known=*[[French Consulate\|Provisional Consul of France]] (1799)		{{Infobox person\|name=Napoleon Bonaparte\|native_name=Napoléon Bonaparte (French)<br>Napulione Buonaparte (Corsican)\|honorific prefix=Emperor of the French\|birth_name=Napoleone Buonaparte\|birth_date=15 August 1769\|birth_place=[[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France]]\|death_date=5 May 1821 (age 51)\|death_place=[[Longwood, Saint Helena]], [[British Empire]]\|death_cause=Stomach cancer\|known=*[[French Consulate\|Provisional Consul of France]] (1799)
	*[[French Consulate\|First Consul of France]] (1799-1804)		*[[French Consulate\|First Consul of France]] (1799-1804)
	*President of the [[Italian Republic (Napoleonic)\|Italian Republic]] (1802-1805)		*President of the [[Italian Republic (Napoleonic)\|Italian Republic]] (1802-1805)

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, ~~[[Dictatorship\|dictator]]~~, and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] ~~every where~~ he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''' (né '''Napoleone di Buonaparte'''; 15 May 1769 in [[Ajaccio]], [[Province of Corsica (1768–1790)\|Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]] – 5 May 1821 in [[Longwood, Saint Helena\|Longwood]], [[Saint Helena]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British Empire]]), also known as '''Napoleon I''' or simply '''Napoleon''', was a French military general, leader, and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "[[First Consul]] of the [[French Republic (1792–1804)\|French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself [[Emperor of the French]] in 1804, establishing the [[French Empire (1804–1815)\|French Empire]]. [[Napoleonic Wars\|Napoleon successfully invaded and conquered]] many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] everywhere he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to ~~recolonize~~ [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonise [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

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	The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

			== See also ==
			* [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte]]
			* [[Bonapartism]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, [[Dictatorship\|dictator]], and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, [[Dictatorship\|dictator]], and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonize [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonize [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, [[Dictatorship\|dictator]], and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonize [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonize [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>
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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Napoleon ~~III~~]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonize [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	~~According to [[France24]], the~~ [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>[https://www.~~youtube~~.com/~~watch?v~~=~~zqllxbPWKNI The Napoleonic Wars~~ - ~~OverSimplified (Part 1)]~~</ref><ref>[https://www.~~youtube~~.com/~~watch?v~~=~~mY3SEMTROas The Napoleonic Wars~~ - ~~OverSimplified (Part 2)]~~</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Napoleon III]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Napoleon III]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref>

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqllxbPWKNI The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 1)]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY3SEMTROas The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 2)]</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqllxbPWKNI The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 1)]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY3SEMTROas The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 2)]</ref>

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqllxbPWKNI The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 1)]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY3SEMTROas The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 2)]</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqllxbPWKNI The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 1)]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY3SEMTROas The Napoleonic Wars - OverSimplified (Part 2)]</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought [[feudalism]] to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Napoleon III]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Napoleon III]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref>

	According to [[France24]], the [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		According to [[France24]], the [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''' (né '''Napoleone di Buonaparte'''; 15 May 1769 in [[Ajaccio]], [[Province of Corsica (1768–1790)\|Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]] – 5 May 1821 in [[Longwood, Saint Helena\|Longwood]], [[Saint Helena]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British Empire]]), also known as '''Napoleon I''' or simply '''Napoleon''', was a French military general~~, leader,~~ and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], ~~raising~~ up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "[[First Consul]] of the [[French Republic (1792–1804)\|French Republic]]"~~. He finally proclaimed himself [[Emperor of the French]] in 1804, establishing the [[French Empire (1804–1815)\|French Empire]]. [[Napoleonic Wars\|Napoleon successfully invaded~~ and ~~conquered]] many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system~~ to ~~its knees and exporting~~ the ~~[[bourgeois~~ revolution~~]] everywhere he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www~~.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''' (né '''Napoleone di Buonaparte'''; 15 May 1769 in [[Ajaccio]], [[Province of Corsica (1768–1790)\|Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]] – 5 May 1821 in [[Longwood, Saint Helena\|Longwood]], [[Saint Helena]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British Empire]]), also known as '''Napoleon I''' or simply '''Napoleon''', was a French military general and [[monarch\|emperor]] of France. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], rising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799 establishing himself as a dictator under the title "[[First Consul]] of the [[French Republic (1792–1804)\|French Republic]]" and ultimately putting an end to the revolution that preceded him.

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, ~~although the former~~ did write ~~about~~ his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonise [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		Napoleon proclaimed himself [[Emperor of the French]] in 1804, establishing the [[French Empire (1804–1815)\|French Empire]]. He [[Napoleonic Wars\|invaded and conquered]] many [[Feudalism\|feudal]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the old order to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] across Europe in the process.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

			The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, but Marx did write against his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonise [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]]<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref> and brought back slavery in the colonies.<ref>{{Web citation\|newspaper=Slavery and Remembrance\|title=French Revolution\|url=https://slaveryandremembrance.org/articles/article/?id=A0065}}</ref>

	The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

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	{{Infobox person\|name=Napoleon Bonaparte\|native_name=Napoléon Bonaparte (French)<br>Napulione Buonaparte (Corsican)\|honorific prefix=Emperor of the French\|birth_name=Napoleone Buonaparte\|birth_date=15 August 1769\|birth_place=[[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France]]\|death_date=5 May 1821\|death_place=[[Longwood, Saint Helena]], [[British Empire]]\|death_cause=Stomach cancer\|known=*[[French Consulate\|Provisional Consul of France]] (1799)		{{Infobox person\|name=Napoleon Bonaparte\|native_name=Napoléon Bonaparte (French)<br>Napulione Buonaparte (Corsican)\|honorific prefix=Emperor of the French\|birth_name=Napoleone Buonaparte\|birth_date=15 August 1769\|birth_place=[[Ajaccio]], [[Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France]]\|death_date=5 May 1821 (age 51)\|death_place=[[Longwood, Saint Helena]], [[British Empire]]\|death_cause=Stomach cancer\|known=*[[French Consulate\|Provisional Consul of France]] (1799)
	*[[French Consulate\|First Consul of France]] (1799-1804)		*[[French Consulate\|First Consul of France]] (1799-1804)
	*President of the [[Italian Republic (Napoleonic)\|Italian Republic]] (1802-1805)		*President of the [[Italian Republic (Napoleonic)\|Italian Republic]] (1802-1805)

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, ~~[[Dictatorship\|dictator]]~~, and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] ~~every where~~ he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''' (né '''Napoleone di Buonaparte'''; 15 May 1769 in [[Ajaccio]], [[Province of Corsica (1768–1790)\|Corsica]], [[Kingdom of France (987–1792)\|France]] – 5 May 1821 in [[Longwood, Saint Helena\|Longwood]], [[Saint Helena]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland\|British Empire]]), also known as '''Napoleon I''' or simply '''Napoleon''', was a French military general, leader, and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "[[First Consul]] of the [[French Republic (1792–1804)\|French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself [[Emperor of the French]] in 1804, establishing the [[French Empire (1804–1815)\|French Empire]]. [[Napoleonic Wars\|Napoleon successfully invaded and conquered]] many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] everywhere he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to ~~recolonize~~ [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonise [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, [[Dictatorship\|dictator]], and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, [[Dictatorship\|dictator]], and [[monarch]]. He was born on the island of [[Corsica]], raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the [[Coup of 18 Brumaire]] in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonize [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte\|Louis Napoleon]]<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref> (who himself became Emperor of the French as well). Despite being a progressive force against feudalism, he attempted to recolonize [[Haiti]] after the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Vijay Prashad]]\|year=2008\|title=The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World\|chapter=Paris\|page=3\|pdf=https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipfs/bafykbzaceascnzh26r5d6uitjjs2z7rflhaxlt7rboz5whzdf76qg6xxvecqq?filename=%28A%20New%20Press%20People%27s%20history%29%20Vijay%20Prashad%20-%20The%20darker%20nations_%20a%20people%27s%20history%20of%20the%20third%20world-The%20New%20Press%20%282008%29.pdf\|publisher=The New Press\|isbn=9781595583420\|lg=https://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=9B40B96E830128A7FE0E0E887C06829F}}</ref>

	The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>		The [[Bolsheviks]] considered Napoleon to be a great revolutionary, stating that "During the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922–1991)\|Soviet period]], the Bolsheviks glorified Napoleon as a [[Revolution\|revolutionary]] akin to [[Vladimir Lenin\|Lenin]], and while that image of him changed after the [[Overthrow of the Soviet Union\|Soviet collapse]], his popularity in some circles remained."<ref>[https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210503-napoleon-in-russia-invader-turned-icon Napoleon in Russia: invader turned icon]</ref>

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	'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>[https://www.~~youtube~~.com/~~watch?v~~=~~zqllxbPWKNI The Napoleonic Wars~~ - ~~OverSimplified (Part 1)]~~</ref><ref>[https://www.~~youtube~~.com/~~watch?v~~=~~mY3SEMTROas The Napoleonic Wars~~ - ~~OverSimplified (Part 2)]~~</ref>		'''Napoleon Bonaparte''', also known as '''Napoleon I''', was a French military general, dictator, and monarch. He was born on the island of Corsica, raising up the ranks of the French Armed Forces. He participated in the [[French Revolution]], later leading the Coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799, establishing himself as a dictator under the title "First Consul of the [[French Republic]]". He finally proclaimed himself Emperor of the French in 1804, establishing the French Empire. He invaded and conquered many of the [[Feudalism\|feudalist]] powers in [[Europe]], nearly bringing the system to its knees and exporting the [[bourgeois revolution]] every where he went.<ref>{{News citation\|author=Jacques Godechot\|newspaper=Britannica\|title=Napoleon I - emperor of France\|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref><ref>{{News citation\|newspaper=Biography.com\|title=Napoleon Bonaparte\|date=2017-4-27\|url=https://www.biography.com/dictator/napoleon\|retrieved=2022-7-4}}</ref>

	The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Napoleon III]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref>		The [[Marxism\|Marxist]] understanding of Napoleon is divided as some see him as a [[Progressivism\|progressive]] who brought feudalism to its knees, whilst others say he betrayed the French Revolution by making himself a dictator and later monarch.<ref>[https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/05/07/napoleon-between-war-and-revolution/ Napoleon Between War and Revolution]</ref><ref>[https://www.marxist.com/rise-fall-napoleon-bonaparte1.htm The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte]</ref> On top of this, [[Karl Marx]] and [[Friedrich Engels]] never wrote on Napoleon, although the former did write about his nephew [[Napoleon III]].<ref>[https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1852/18th-brumaire/ The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte]</ref>