Josphine Fodor married the actor Jean-Baptiste Tharaud-Mainvielle in 1812, left St. Petersburg during the Great Patriotic War, and moved to France.
Shortly afterwards, the couple left St. Petersburg, which was under attack during the French invasion of Russia and went to France via Finland. Not to be confused with the "Great Patriotic War", the Russian name for the Eastern European Front of World War II, or with the Anglo-American War of 1812. 
