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    The Battle on the Ice, also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus or Battle of Lake Chud, took place on 5 April 1242. It was fought on the frozen Lake Peipus...
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  • The Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern was a 6th-century battle recorded in the Norse sagas and referred to in the Old English epic Beowulf. It has been...
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    February – Defender of the Fatherland Day, state holiday; 18 April – victory over the Teutonic Knights in the Battle on the Ice, 1242; 9 May – Victory...
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    Alexander Nevsky (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    as well as German crusaders in the 1242 Battle on the Ice. He preserved Eastern Orthodoxy, agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. Metropolitan...
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  • Quebec (ice hockey), a sports rivalry between the Montreal Canadiens and Quebec Nordiques Surrender of Quebec in 1629 during the Anglo-French War Battle of...
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    Onela in the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern, but with Danish help. However, Scandinavian sources mostly deal with his interaction with the legendary...
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    Lake Peipus (category Coordinates on Wikidata)
    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 Order. The origin...
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  • Dragons early on and "will open with the two big battles that [the fifth book] was building up to, the battle in the ice and the battle [...] of Slaver's...
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  • Battles and other military operations that took place on lake or sea ice include: about 530 – Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern, recorded in Norse sagas...
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    do so he rallies the common people of the Novgorod area. In the decisive Battle of the Ice, on the surface of frozen Lake Chudskoe, the Teutonic forces...
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    Alexander Nevsky in the Battle on the Ice. Fortresses as Paide in land ceded by Denmark in the Treaty of Stensby allowed the order to contain the threat of Russian...
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    in the Battle of the Neva in 1240. The Baltic German campaigns ended in failure after the Battle on the Ice in 1242. After the foundation of the castle...
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    The Battle of Saule (Lithuanian: Saulės mūšis / Šiaulių mūšis; German: Schlacht von Schaulen; Latvian: Saules kauja) was fought on 22 September 1236, between...
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    advance guard at Mooste bridge south of Tartu. April 5 – Battle of Lake Peipus (or Battle on the Ice): Russian forces led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion...
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  • Dancing on Ice is a British television series currently presented by Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby. Former hosts include Phillip Schofield, who...
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    years later Alexander stalled an invasion of the Livonian Knights during the Battle on the Ice. Despite the victories there were no Novgorodian advances...
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    Eisenstein, which depicts the Battle on the Ice, was re-released in 1941 following the German invasion. Joseph Stalin used the film to mobilize feelings...
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    on the Ice was fought on 16 February 1270 between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Livonian Order on the frozen Baltic Sea between Muhu and the mainland...
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  • symphony is featured later on during Midwinter's speech to his soldiers in Finland and during the final battle on the ice. Author and critic Anne Billson...
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  • Norwegian king named Áli, and they fought in the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern. Aðils was married to Yrsa, the mother of Hrólfr (Hroðulf) and so sent an...
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  • The following is a list of the characters in the Ice Age films, mentioned by a name either presented in the films or in any other official material. Each...
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    where it is called the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern. For example, Snorri Sturluson wrote: Onela rode Raven, as they rode to the ice, but a second one...
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    Lake Peipus 1242 – Battle on the Ice, pp. 51–53. ISBN 1-85532-553-5. David Nicolle (2005). Osprey: Lake Peipus 1242 – Battle on the Ice, p. 53. ISBN 1-85532-553-5...
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    instruments. The film is divided into 9 'scenes' by intertitles stating the location of the action, or, in the case of the 'Battle on the Ice', the date—'5...
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    Vänern, the myth was probably originally about Vänern, not Mälaren. The Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern was a 6th-century battle recorded in the Norse...
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    The Battle of Quebec (French: Bataille du Québec) is a former National Hockey League (NHL) rivalry between the Montreal Canadiens and Quebec Nordiques...
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  • standards at the time. In 1242, Prince Alexander Nevski in Novgorod could muster no more than 1,000 Druzhina and 2,000 militia for the Battle on the Ice. After...
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    Lake Peipus 1242 – Battle on the Ice, pp. 51–53. ISBN 1-85532-553-5. David Nicolle (2005). Osprey: Lake Peipus 1242 – Battle on the Ice, p. 53. ISBN 1-85532-553-5...
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    occurred in the Himalayas. In 1242, the Teutonic Order lost the Battle on the Ice on Lake Peipus to Novgorod. In 1520, the decisive Battle of Bogesund...
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    some of the Hrólf Kraki material, Bödvar Bjarki aids Adils in defeating Adils' uncle Áli, in the Battle on the Ice of Lake Vänern. In Beowulf, the hero Beowulf...
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