
210 years ago, on July 4, 1807, General Giuseppe Garibaldi, commander and folk hero of Italy, played a decisive role in its unification, was born. In 1860, at the head of the thousands of his supporters, he made a victorious campaign in the kingdom of both Sicily, which ensured the accession of South Italy to the Kingdom of the Sardinian. In the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-1871, Garibaldi commanded the Voguz army-the only of the French armies that was not defeated by the Prussians.