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- proper noun A large fresh water
lake , on the border betweenEstonia andRussia in Northern Europe. It is the fifth largest lake inEurope , and largest in Estonia.
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Alexander defeated the Teutonic Knights in a battle on Lake Peipus.
1242 2001
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Reinhardt, in the meantime, had captured Ostrov, but had not the strength to press on past Pskov and along the eastern shore of Lake Peipus.
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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Certain areas — notably around Lake Peipus, and between the Pripet Marshes and the upper Dniester; and the approaches to a number of key cities near the frontier zone — Pskov, Minsk, Korosten,
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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Alexander collected an army, drove the Germans out of Pskof and their new fort, and at last (p. 070) defeated them on the ice of Lake Peipus in 1242.
The Story of Russia R. Van Bergen
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The district of Ingermannland, that is, the territory between Lake Peipus, the Narova River, and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Ladoga itself, and the northern end of Lake Peipus, belonged to Sweden.
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It is this hero of the Neva and Lake Peipus, this vanquisher of the
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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In ancient times there was a beautifully wooded region in Alutaga (north of Lake Peipus), which was called the Wood of Tontla.
The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country 1878
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Four boys were playing one Sunday on the banks of Lake Peipus, when the water-spirit appeared to them in the form of an old man with long grey hair and beard, and gave each of them a present -- a boat, a hammer, a ploughshare, and a little book.
The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country 1878
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Although Esthonia is not so distinctly a lake-country as Finland, [47] which is often called "The Land of Ten Thousand Lakes," yet it is a low swampy country, with many small lakes besides the great Lake Peipus, on the south-east, and lake stories of various kinds are numerous in
The Hero of Esthonia and Other Studies in the Romantic Literature of That Country 1878
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