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Lake Peipus 1242; battle of the ice. (reprint, 1997).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2006; 444 words
; 0275988414 Lake Peipus 1242; battle of the ice. (reprint, 1997) Nicolle, David. Praeger...00 Hardcover Praeger illustrated military history DK92 The battle of Lake Peipus took place in 1242 between the Teutonic Knights and the Russian city...
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Latvia
Map from: MapQuest.com; 9/16/1998; 258 words
; ...Riga Irbe Strait Jaunjelgava Jaunpiebalga Jekabpils Jelgava Jurmala Karsava Kolka Kraslava Kuldiga LITHUANIA Lake Peipus Lake Pskov Lake Usmas Liepaja Limbazi Lubanas Lake Ludza Livani Madona Malta Mazirbe Nereta Ogre Ogre R. Olaine Pavilosta Piltene...
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Estonia
Map from: MapQuest.com; 9/16/1998; 258 words
; ...Kihelkonna Kihnu Kilingi Nomme Kohila Kohtla-Jarve Koosa Kose Kunda Kuressaare Kaina Kardla Kopu LATVIA Lake Burtnieku Lake Peipus Lake Pskov Lihula Lohusuu Loksa Maardu Mehikoorma Muhu Mustjala Mustvee Moisakula Narva Narva Bay Navesti R. Otepaa...
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FILM: THE FIVE BEST REVIVALS
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 5/17/2003; 387 words
; ...autobiographical films. Alexander Nevsky (Sat 3pm Barbican) The Russian army vanquish the Teutonic Knights at the 1242 Battle of Lake Peipus. A masterful historical pageant by Eisenstein that was briefly shelved by Stalin, with celebrated music by Prokofiev...
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 "The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM)")
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FINE MUSIC WRITTEN FAST, NO STALIN.(Pasatiempo)(Video recording review)
Newspaper article from: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); 11/21/2008; 700+ words
; ...Knights of the Holy Roman Empire on Russia's frozen Lake Chudskoye (aka Lake Peipus) in 1242. Nevsky is justly famous for how perfectly...silicate used to create the illusion of the frozen lake's surface, makes the alchemy even more stunning...
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ENLARGEMENT: ESTONIA ON BRINK OF LAST LAP TO EU.
Newspaper article from: European Report; 9/10/2003; 700+ words
; ...although the smallest of the candidate countries in Central and Eastern Europe, contains the fourth largest lake in Europe, Lake Peipus, and its islands and islets on Estonia's Baltic coastline have been designated a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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LEISURE TIME: weekend QUIZ.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 1/21/2006; 551 words
; ...middle name of Enid Blyton? WHERE...in Africa is Lake Volta? WHEN...was Lord Louis Mountbatten killed...WHAT...two countries in Europe are straddled by Lake Peipus? WHERE...in Italy is the Campo dei Miracoli? WHEN...
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SYMPHONY: FUSING SIGHT AND SOUND ORCHESTRA PLAYS STARRING ROLE IN "ALEXANDER NEVSKY" DRAMA.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 10/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...about Nevsky, who in 1242, with the help of an army of peasants, defeated the invading Teutonic knights on frozen Lake Peipus. An army of the working class. A warrior prince - ``a man with a stronger arm, and a clearer mind'' - who rallies...
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SYMPHONY OFFERS TALE OF RUSSIAN HERO
Newspaper article from: The Columbian; 5/18/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...sent the Teutonic Knights to Russia to convert the populace. Nevsky met the Germans on the channel between the Peipus and Pskov lakes, a place thereafter known as the site of the "Battle on the Ice." Following a glorious victory there, Nevsky...
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"Silent as Waters We Live." Old Believers in Russia and Abroad: Cultural Encounter with the Finno-Ugrians.(Review)
Magazine article from: Folklore; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...enough. A romanticism of an obverse, Fennicising kind is found in the dubious remark that the Old Believers beside Lake Peipus are "descendants of an ancient Finno-Ugric fishing culture in northeastern Europe." One minor gripe is that a map...
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Lake Peipus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lake Peipus , Estonian Peipsi Järv, Rus...southern section is known as Lake Pskov. Lake Peipus, which is navigable, empties through the...Finland. On the frozen strait between Lake Peipus and Lake Pskov, Alexander Nevsky defeated...
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Lake Chudskoye
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Lake Chudskoye see Peipus, Lake .
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Estonia
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...thousand natural and artificial lakes. Estonia is located on the...links the Gulf of Finland with Lake Peipus to the south through the Narva...the Gulf of Riga. 6 INLAND LAKES The two largest lakes are Lake Peipus on the eastern border with...
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Alexander Nevsky
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...Neva in 1240. Wars against the Germans and Lithuanians culminated in a battle with the TEUTONIC KNIGHTS on the frozen Lake Peipus which he won decisively. After his death he was canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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Livonia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the Baltic Sea and its arms, the Gulf of Riga and the Gulf of Finland, in the west and the north and extends E to Lake Peipus (Chudskoye) and the Narva. Livonia, also known as Livland, was named after the Livs, a Finno-Ugric tribe that...
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