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	Battle of the Vorskla River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Vorskla River was one of the greatest and bloodiest in the medieval history of Eastern Europe.
		It was fought on August 12, 1399 between the Tatar hordes of Edigu and Temur Kutlugh and armies of Grand Duke Vytautas of Lithuania.
		His army met the Tatars at the Vorskla River, a tributary to the Dnieper.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Vorskla (320 words)

	Poltava, Battle of
		Semiencircled by the Russians, Charles chose not to retreat to Volhynia (as his generals counseled) but to advance to the
		River and thence on to Moscow via Kharkiv and Kursk.
		Poltava was opened at the battle site in 1950.
	www.encyclopediaofukraine.com /pages/P/O/PoltavaBattleof.htm (638 words)

	Battle of Kulikovo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Kulikovo ( ÐÑÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð²ÑÐºÐ°Ñ Ð±Ð¸ÑÐ²Ð° in Russian language), also called Battle on the Snipes' Field, was fought between the Tartars and Mongols (the Golden Horde), against the Russians.
		The battle took place on September 8, 1380 at the Kulikovo field near the Don River (now Tula Oblast) and resulted in a Russian victory.
		The battle's site is commemorated with a memorial church, built to a design by Aleksey Shchusev.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Kulikovo (362 words)

	Battle of Poltava - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Poltava (or Pultowa) was a battle between the armies of Peter I of Russia and Charles XII of Sweden on 28 June (new style 8 July) 1709, the most famous of the battles of the Great Northern War.
		Lewenhaupt followed south and was attacked while crossing a river near a small village that gave name to the Battle of Lesnaya.
		Charles's first action was to lay siege to the fort of Poltava on the Vorskla River in Ukraine.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Poltava (993 words)

	Category:Mongol Battles [Definition] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Battle of Ain Jalut The Battle of Ain Jalut (or Ayn Jalut, the "Spring of Goliath") took place on September 3, 1260 between the Mameluks and the Mongols in Palestine.
		This battle is considered by many historians to be of great macrohistorical importance, as it marked the highwater of Mongol conquests, and the first time they had been decisively defeated.
		Battle of Kulikovo The Battle of Kulikovo (Куликовская битва in Russian language), also called Battle on the Snipes' Field, was fought between the Tartars and Mongols (the Golden Horde), against the Russians.
	www.wikimirror.com /Category:Mongol_battles (223 words)

	Prokhorovka Oleinikov page 2
		Vorskla, Solotinka, Psel from the west and Seversky Donets and Lipovy Donets rivers from the east form a natural passage.
		Psel river is the single water barrier which limits the enemy's operations, forces the enemy to cross it and constricts the attacking frontline.
		Lipovy Donets and Seversky Donets rivers may be a barrier only for an offensive from the west to the east and vice versa.
	rkkaww2.armchairgeneral.com /battles/Kursk/prokhorovka_oleinikov_2.htm (3079 words)

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		Nevertheless, the battle was so costly to the order in men and material that subsequent grand masters were never again able to regain the power or prestige their predecessors had enjoyed.
		Therefore, although the battle of Tannenberg may not be the decisive moment in the history of medieval Prussia, it was the start of a rapid and progressively steeper decline.
		It was brief and tended to glorify the Polish contribution to the victory at the expense of the Lithuanian.
	www.greenhillbooks.com /extracts/teutonic_extract.html (8744 words)

	Great Battles in the History of Belarusian Nation
		The battle which took place on July, 15, 1410, near Grunwald (Prussia at the time, now in Northern Poland) was hard and severe and the crusaders were utterly defeated by the united troops.
		The Battle of Vorsha was one of the targets in XVI c Europe.
		Every year Belarusians mark anniversary of the Battle at Vorsha by the minstrel festival at the place of the battle near Krapiwna and Dnieper rivers.
	www.belarusguide.com /cities/castles/battles.html (645 words)

	Battle of the Vorskla River - Result for Battle of the Vorskla River - Meaning of Battle of the Vorskla River - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Battle of the Vorskla River - Result for Battle of the Vorskla River - Meaning of Battle of the Vorskla River - Definition of Battle of the Vorskla River - Dictionary of Meaning - www.mauspfeil.net
		It was fought on August 12, 1399 between the Tatar hordes of Edigu and Temur Kutlugh and armies of Grand Duke Vytautas of Grand Duchy of Lithuania Lithuania.
		As the Tatar power was on the wane, Dmitriy soundly defeated the Horde Battle of Kulikovo at the Snipes' Field (1380), only to be besieged in Moscow several years later by Khan Tokhtamysh.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Battle_of%20the%20Vorskla%20River.html (407 words)

	Battle of Poltava
		Lewenhaupt followed south and was attacked while crossing a river near a small village that gave name to the Battle of Lesnaya, but were amazed to find the new Russian army gave them a serious fight.
		Their first stop was to lay siege to the fort of Poltava on the Vorskla River in Ukraine.
		At first the battle started off in traditional fashion, with the better trained Swedes pressing in on their left flank and center.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/battle_of_poltava (879 words)

	On The Field Of Pultava - Russian Travel
		The remnant of the army made good their retreat to the Dniepr, at the mouth of the Vorskla, but were compelled to surrender three days after the battle.
		Leave was granted to the Swedes to inter their slain, on the spot where we mused upon all that had passed; and it is highly to the honor of the Russians that to this hour they show every respect to the memory of their brave foes.
		The fate of Charles himself in this battle has been made the frequent theme both of the historian and the poet.* Too brave to flee from the danger into which he had brought them, he did not leave his gallant army till the very last necessity.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles14/travel-344.shtml (930 words)

	Tokhtamysh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ruler of the Blue Horde, Mamai, was killed shortly after the Battle of Kulikovo.
		Tamerlane then helped Tokhtamysh to unite his White Horde with Blue Horde and to gain the throne of the combined state.
		In the great Battle of the Vorskla River (1399) the combined forces of Tokhtamysh and Vytautas were annihilated by two Tamerlane's generals, khan Temur Qutlugh and emir (murza, visir) Edigu.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tokhtamysh (207 words)

	The Field of the Poltava Battle - Welcome to Ukrstore (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Battle of Poltava is an unfading example of the feat of arms, courage and valour of the people for their independence.
		The immortal deed of the heroes in the battle of Poltava is eternelized in numerous monuments.
		In Poltava it is a majestic Monument of Glory set up in honour of the 100-th anniversary of the Battle of Poltava, the Monument on the spot where Peter I had a rest after the Battle which was set up to the 140-th anniversary of that famous battle.
	www.personal.anatoliy.e-gloryon.com /6153361133 (866 words)

	The Guild - Historical Battles
		Also, it was 10000+ battle on both sides so it would fit perfectly in the RTW engine (some of the bigger 30000+ battles don't really work properly when scaled down).
		They outnumbered the French, yet the French actually won the battle, as the Italians could not get their troops over the river in time (you must note that the river was the key strategic point in the battle).
		One of the important battles in development of warfare, since for the first time the teutonic infantry remained on the battlefield while the knights fled.
	forums.totalwar.org /vb/showthread.php?t=40541 (2322 words)

	Poke's Fifteen Decisive Battles
		The Vorskla falls into the Borysthenes about fifteen leagues below Pultowa, and the Czar arranged his forces in two lines, stretching from one river towards the other, so that if the Swedes attacked him and were repulsed, they would be driven backward into the acute angle formed by the two streams at their junction.
		Driven downward to where the rivers join, the fugitive Swedes surrendered to their victorious pursuers or perished in the waters of the Borysthenes.
		All on the left or eastern bank of that river was given up to England, except the city of New Orleans, which was reserved to France; as was also the liberty of the fisheries on a part of the coasts of Newfoundland and the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
	www.standin.se /fifteen12a.htm (4674 words)

	Vorskla River, Battle of the -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The river forms at the junction of the Otter Tail and Bois de Sioux rivers near the twin cities of...
		The fairy tale The King of the Golden River; or, The Black Brothers, a Legend of Stiria, by British writer John Ruskin, was penned as an answer to a dare.
		Two battles in the fall of 1777 that marked the turning point for the Continental Army in the American Revolution were the Battles of Saratoga.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9075746 (735 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The city is situated on the left high bank of the river the Vorskla.
		The Vorskla is one of the tributaries of the Dnieper.
		There are an opinion that the city received its name from small river the Ltava which was near the modern place of the city.
	atn.itl.net.ua /kharkov/other_towns/poltava_english.html (1110 words)

	Uke locations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It is a rail junction, a river port, and an air and highway transport hub.
		315,000), capital of Poltava region, E Ukraine, on the Kiev-Kharkiv highway and on the Vorskla River, a tributary of the Dnieper.
		It is a rail junction and a sea and river port, exporting grain, timber, and manganese ore and importing oil from the Caucasus.
	www.bohdanyurkiv.cityslide.com /page/page/186250.htm (4552 words)

	NIR Battleground Project
		The year was 1709, king Karl XII and his army had reached deep inside mother Russia, to the Vorskla river.
		The 14th of May a Russian cavalry unit crossed the river north of Poltava and made a camp at the village Petrovka.
		The Russians instead made a fortified camp by the river, in a shape of a square with 1 km long sides with its back to the river.
	www.nir-project.com /zpoltava.html (501 words)

	Poltava
		The old town of Poltava situated on the banks of the Vorskla River (a tributary of the Dnepr) is a provincial center in Ukraine.
		Poltava is the capital of Poltava region, E Ukraine, on the Kiev-Kharkiv highway and on the Vorskla River, a tributary of the Dnieper.
		Poltava was a flourishing commercial center in the 18th and 19th century, a principal focus of the Ukrainian literary and national movement, and, under Czar Nicholas I, a place of exile.
	weblovefinder.net /foreign-affair/city/poltava.htm (271 words)

	An Insider's View of Poltava
		The ancient town of Poltava, situated on the banks of the Vorskla River (a tributary of the Dnieper), is one of the regional centers in the Ukraine.
		However, in 1430, the name "Poltava" is used in histories, which mention the settlement as a part of a Lithuanian principality, and by 1641, Poltava graduated to being called a "town." Many of the town dwellers were farmers and cattlemen who took part in the liberation war of the Ukrainians (1648-1654).
		The president of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma came to inaugurate the new buildings--a polyclinic for children, an art gallery, a bridge across Vorskla, and a memorial in honor of killed militiamen which consists of a chapel and a bronze sculpture of archangel Gavriil, the protector of warriors.
	www.apogeephoto.com /mar2000/poltava.shtml (1535 words)

	Sweden, Russia and the Great Northern War
		Until spring, the Swedes sought quarters at various places across Lithuania, as far east at Minsk, Charles staying about twenty miles northwest of there until early June, when the pasture grass was again green and thick and the roads that had been mire were again dry.
		The Swedes surprised the Russians by crossing the river to marshland that separated the Russian line, and the Swedes were victorious.
		The Swedes were eager for battle and moved with élan against the Russian entrenchment.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h30-sw.htm (6125 words)

	WWII Battle of Kursk: Mine/Countermine operations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Although German planners before the battle and historians since have concentrated on the new Tigers, Panthers, and Ferdinands, it is important to note the small numbers of such tanks actually involved.
		In 1943 the T-34 was still a good battle tank and equal to the German Pz IV and superior to the Pz III, but it was outgunned by the Panther, the Tiger, and the Ferdinand.
		In fact it was equal to half the distance covered in the remaining week of the battle on the north face of the salient.
	www.geocities.com /armysappersforward/kursk.htm (16042 words)

	TOUR INFORM Ukrainian tourist information system
		As it is situated on the Dnieper and not far from the sea it is both a river and a sea port.
		The small village of Plyasheva became the symbol of Cossack glory and tragedy as it was the place where in 1651 one of bloodiest battles between Ukrainian and Polish troops was held.
		Built as a fortress in the mid-14th c., it was famous for its brave warriors and was the place of numerous battles.
	www.travel-tour.com.ua /eng_ukraine_map.html (2345 words)

	Battle of Grunwald, about ; links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The cruel and bloody battle didn't bring victory to anybody - Vitaut's soldiers were defeated, but Timur's troops were also weakened so that he did not feel strong enough to continue his campaign against the West and returned to Asia.
		The battle which took place on July, 15, 1410, near Grunwald (now in northern Poland) was hard and severe and the crusaders were utterly defeated by the united troops.
		Whatever the stats of this battle is considered to be the largest and bloodiest of the medieval era in the whole of Europe.
	grunwald.iatp.by /eng1.htm (2790 words)

	The Way of the warrior -- Russian - Sy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Neva battle of 1240 saved Russia from a full-scale enemy invasion from the North.
		As a result of this battle, Alexander was given the name of âNevskyâ (which means of Neva).
		The monk by his prayers was with the army of Dimitrii Donskoi at the Battle of Kulikovo Pole ("Field"), -- he even blessed to go to the military effort his own monks, Aleksandr Peresvet and Andrei Oslyab.
	sy.cowiki.org /mw/index.php/The_Way_of_the_warrior_--_Russian (588 words)

	Swedish victory at Poltava
		The end result is that Carl XII has won yet another battle of epic proportions, but he still hasn't won the war.
		The fate of Finland is decided in the ensuing Battle of M?nts?l?, fought amid the snow-drifts in the bitter cold of the Northern winter.
		Nieroth's forces put up a fierce struggle, several Russian guns are captured in near-suicidal charges, but in the end, the outcome is what it is; the battle turns to a massacre as the Finnish infantry steadfastly refuses to surrender and fights to the death.
	www.geocities.com /drammos/Poltava.html (9032 words)

	Poltava 291 the Ukrainian journey presented by Luffa.nu
		One of the most important places to visit during this journey was the city of Poltava where the famous battle between Sweden and Russia took place in 1709.
		The battle ended Sweden's status as a major power and marked the beginning of Russian supremacy in eastern Europe.
		It was fought north and west of Poltava, west of the Vorskla River, in the Ukraine, between 80,000 Russian troops under Peter the Great and the general Prince Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov and 17,000 Swedes under Charles XII.
	www.luffa.nu /poltava291/battle.htm (330 words)

	David Gorodok - Section II - a
		In the winter of 1239-1240 when the frozen rivers supplied ready roads for the Asiatics, the Mongol Tatars devastated the entire region to the east of the Horin and the Pripyat, sacking even Kiev.
		His reference resulted from a decisive defeat in a battle on the Vorskla River in eastern Ukraine at the hands of Tamerlane in 1399.
		The river will be found on present-day maps as the Goryn River, which is the Russian name.
	davidhorodok.tripod.com /2a.html (4207 words)

	Adshead, Tamerlane
		The Qarauna and Barlas forces were defeated at the battle of the mire, fought during a thunderstorm when the ground was bad for big, shod, sedentary horses, but good for small, unshod, steppe ponies.
		It produced the victories of Kanduzcha inJune 1391 and of the Terek river in April 1395 and led to the destruction of the trading cities of the Horde, Astrakhan, Tana and Sarai.
		Though Vytautas lost the battle of the Vorskla river, he remained the strongest ruler in Russia till his death in 1430.
	www.h-net.org /~fisher/hst373/readings/tamerlane.html (8519 words)

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