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Drone video of Lake Peipus and the town of Mustvee in July 2022. Lake Peipus [1] [a] is the largest trans-boundary lake in Europe, lying on the international border between Estonia and Russia. [2] The lake is the fifth-largest in Europe after Lake Ladoga and Lake Onega (in Russia), Lake Vänern (in Sweden), and Lake Saimaa (in Finland). [3]
Piirissaar (earlier Borka, Russian: Межа, romanized: Mezha or Желачек, romanized: Zhelachek) is an Estonian island located in Lake Peipus. It belongs to Tartu County as the Tartu Parish. Piirissaar is the second largest island in Lake Peipus with a size of 7.8 km 2. It is located c. 15 km from the mouth of the Emajõgi river ...
Kalevipoeg decides to fortify towns for protection, he goes to Lake Peipus to fetch wood. He meets the Air-maiden in a well. Canto XI - The loss of the sword Kalevipoeg walks across Lake Peipus but a sorcerer spies him and decides to drown him. His efforts fail. Kalevipoeg carrying wood planks over Lake Peipus. Oskar Kallis, 1914.
The arrival of the I.Battalion, 1st Estonian Regiment at Tartu coincided with the prepared landing operation by the left flank of the Leningrad Front to the west coast of Lake Peipus, 120 km (75 mi) south of Narva. [3] The Soviet 90th Rifle Division seized Piirissaar Island in the middle of the lake on 12 February. [12]
The largest of them, Lake Peipus (3,555 km 2 or 1,373 sq mi), forms much of the border between Estonia and Russia. [2] Located in central Estonia, Võrtsjärv is the second-largest lake (270 km 2 or 104 sq mi). [2] The Narva and Emajõgi are among the most important of the country's many rivers. [2]
The Battle on the Ice, [c] also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus [d] or Battle of Lake Chud, [e] took place on 5 April 1242. It was fought on the frozen Lake Peipus when the united forces of the Republic of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, emerged victorious against the forces of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat, led by Bishop Hermann of Dorpat.
Breaking through the Narva Isthmus situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Peipus was of major strategic importance to the Soviet Armed Forces. The success of the Estonian Operation would have provided an unobstructed advance along the coast to Tallinn, forcing Army Group North to withdraw from Estonia for fear of becoming encircled.
Peipsiveere Nature Reserve (Estonian: Peipsiveere looduskaitseala) is a nature reserve in Tartu County, Estonia, located around the estuary of the Emajõgi River, on the southwestern coast of Lake Peipus. Peipsiveere Nature Reserve was established by a decree of 20 December 2013 by combining Piirissaare, Emajõe and Emajõe-Suursoo protected ...