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Some 30 rivers and streams discharge into Lake Peipus, the two largest of which are the Velikaya and Emajõgi. The lake drains into the Gulf of Finland via the Narva River. On 5 April 1242, the frozen lake was the site of the Battle on the Ice (also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus) between the armies of the Novgorod Republic and the Teutonic ...
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 ...
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.
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]
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 ...
It is the largest tributary of Lake Peipus and belongs to the drainage basin of the Narva. It is 430 kilometres (270 mi) long, and the area of its basin 25,200 square kilometres (9,700 sq mi). The name of the river literally means "Grand" or "Great" in Russian. The towns of Opochka, Ostrov and Pskov are located on the banks of the Velikaya.
Lake Peipus dialect (Russian: Причудский говор) is a Russian language variety spoken on both sides of Lake Peipus in Pskov Oblast, Russia and some counties of Estonia where Russian is a frequently-spoken or dominant language. It originated as a mix of Pskov and Gdov dialects of the Central Russian cluster.