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Narva, Battles of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
NARVA, BATTLES OF The first battle of Narva on November 30, 1700, was Peter the Great's first major defeat...army into Swedish territory to try to capture the port town of Narva in northeastern Estonia, and on September 16 laid siege to the...
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Narva
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Narva , city (1994 pop. 79,094), NE Estonia, on the left bank of the Narva River. A leading textile center, it also has machinery...of electric power. Founded by the Danes in 1223, Narva passed to the Livonian Knights in 1346 and was a...
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Estonia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...from east to west. Sea Inlets and Straits Narva Bay, at the northeastern edge of the country...with Lake Peipus to the south through the Narva River. P ä rnu Bay, on the southwest...Lake Peipus is drained on the north by the Narva River, which flows into the Gulf of Finland...
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Livonian War (1558–1583)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...concerns; Muscovy therefore enjoyed early success. By 1560 Narva and Dorpat and most of the Livonian interior as far as Courland...siege in 1581. By the end of 1581 the Muscovite garrisons at Narva, Ivangorod, Yama (Kingisepp), and Kopor'e had fallen...
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Charles XII
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...already withdrawn. Consequently Charles deceided to relieve Narva, which was under attack by the troops of the Czar. Peter enjoyed...chastened was Peter, who had been rebuilding his forces since Narva. He also had been whittling at Swedish possessions in Finland...
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Peter I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...King Augustus II of Poland. After some early defeats, notably at Narva in 1700, and the loss of its allies, Russia eventually gained the upper hand over the Swedes. After Narva, King Charles XII abandoned his Russian campaign to pursue Augustus...
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Peter I (Russia) (1672–1725; Ruled 1682–1725)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...constituted an immense drain on resources and cost tens of thousands of lives. After succumbing to Sweden's superior forces at Narva, in contemporary Estonia, in 1700, Peter's forces slowly gained an upper hand, most spectacularly in the south at Poltava...
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Estonian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Multicultural America
...Russian immigration intensified during the Soviet period (1940-1991) and is concentrated in the east, especially around Narva. Lutherans constitute the largest religious group, although there are other Protestant denominations (principally Baptist...
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Bloody Sunday
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...national anthem just as church bells were announcing the end of services. The crowd moved along the main thoroughfare toward the Narva Triumphal Arch, where the road across the river was blocked by troops. The commander tried to disperse the crowd with cavalry...
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Military, Imperial Era
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...adversaries. After mixed success against the Tatars and Turks at Azov in 1695 – 1696, and after a severe reverse at Narva (1700) against the Swedes at the outset of the Great Northern War, Peter's army notched important victories at Dorpat...
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