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	At the Narew river (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The hierarchy of river importance is determined by the fact that through the Narew River a larger quantity of water is conveyed to the Vistula River.
		The Narew River is an ecological pivot of the Green Lungs of Poland.
		Nowogrod Mazowiecki is situated at the junction of the Narew and Vistula Rivers.
	ettc.uwb.edu.pl /strony/bialystok/pluca/narew.html (1092 words)

	Battle Of Warsaw
		The warm afternoon of September 23rd was filled with the sound of rifle shots echoing from the direction of a wooden bridge spanning the Niemen River in the village of Druskienniki.
		The terrain of the battle was dominated by the twisting Niemen River and its tributaries.
		The 205 Regiment was marching from the north and the 21 Mountain ID crossed the Niemen River and threatened the town from the south.
	www.hetmanusa.org /niemnem2.htm (4826 words)

	Russian Topography
		The Neva River is 47 miles (74 km) long, flowing west from Lake Ladoga to the Gulf of Finland at the city of Leningrad.
		The Pripyat Marshes are a forested, swampy area of 38,000sq miles (98,400sq km) extending along the Pripyat River and its tributaries from Brest in the west to Mogilev in the northeast and Kiev in the southeast.
		Streams and even major rivers froze solid for months at a time to such an extent that vehicles were able to cross and in one case a rail line was laid across the Dnepr River to help supply the German 6th Army engaged in fighting east of the river.
	www.theeasternfront.co.uk /russiantopography.htm (2804 words)

	Russian Great War History - 1915
		German offensive along the Niemen river front that began on 6 February collapses and begins a general retreat.
		Austrians are reinforced and attempt to cross the river Pruth in Bukovina.
		Russians severely defeat Austrians between the Bug and Vistula rivers, and Austrian offensive between Veprj and Bug rivers is repulsed.
	www.russianwarrior.com /1914_History_1915.htm (4087 words)

	Recollections of Marshal Macdonald
		We marched to the Niemen, where we took up our position, and on June 24 the entire army crossed it during the night, without the slightest opposition.
		A reconnaissance made beyond the Dwina, between the two places, caused an alarm upon the right of the river, and determined the Russian generals to set fire to the suburbs of Riga, which might have aided our approach to the citadel, and to evacuate the tete-de-pont of Dunaburg, which I occupied.
		I knew that the enemy, by forced marches, were crossing the Niemen above my position, and that their principal body were following the course of the Pregel in my rear.
	www.wtj.com /archives/macdonald/macdon19.htm (2428 words)

	Battle of the Niemen River at AllExperts
		The Battle of the Niemen River was the second-greatest battle of the Polish-Soviet War.
		It took place near the middle Niemen River between the cities of SuwaÅki, Grodno and BiaÅystok.
		Both the Polish Army and the opposing Red Army suffered heavy casualties in the course of war, and especially during the Russian summer offensive of 1920.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/ba/battle_of_the_niemen_river.htm (624 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Niemen
		Niemen, river, c.580 mi (930 km) long, rising in central Belarus, SW of Minsk.
		Buh or Zakhidnyy Buh, river, c.480 mi (770 km) long, rising in the Volhynian-Podolian hills, W Ukraine.
		It flows N along the Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Belarusian borders past Brest and then NW through Poland to join the Vistula River (with the Narew) near Warsaw.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Niemen (245 words)

	Vistula
		By this daring feat by a handful of horsemen the strong line of entrenchments prepared by the Germans on the River Warta was turned, and the path to Berlin opened, between Thorn and Posen.
		In larger and larger numbers the Germans attacked, and, as their columns deployed, the guns of Ivangorod, the artillery hidden on the islands and opposite shores of the river, caught them in both flanks.
		For seven hours this slaughter went on, the German guns being placed at a disadvantage, as the ground by the river was too marshy for them to be brought near enough to the Russian lines.
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Russian_Battery/Vistula_01.htm (2227 words)

	Adam Mickiewicz: NIEMEN, RIVER OF MY YOUTH
		Niemen, river of my youth, where are the waters
		Niemen, river of my youth, where are those springs
		He composed the Niemen sonnet in 1926 while sentenced to exile in Russia.
	info-poland.buffalo.edu /classroom/mickiewicz/poem.html (192 words)

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		Conquest of Riga and Fighting Between the Duna River and Velikiye Luki.
		Defensive fighting at the Volkhov River and between Volkhovstroi and Lake Ladoga.
		Defensive and Retreating Battles during the Russian Summer Offensive in the Baltic Countries thereby: Fighting for Modona and to the Duna River.
	www.feldgrau.com /AOK16.htm (272 words)

	The Knyszynska primeval forest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Some rivers, including the largest, the Swislocz River, flow into the Niemen River.
		Mary's portrait in the Baroque church has been famous for its is in Rozanystok, one should visit Kamienna Stara with its wooden church and the Sidra River valley.
		The river flows through the post-glacial hills and therefore some sections of it resemble a mountain torrent.
	ettc.uwb.edu.pl /strony/bialystok/pluca/knysz.html (889 words)

	Polish-Soviet War information - Search.com
		In the course of 1920, almost 800,000 Red Army personnel were sent to fight in the Polish war, of whom 402,000 went to the Western front and 355,000 to the armies of the South-West front in Galicia.
		Polish forces crossed the Niemen River and outflanked the Bolshevik forces, which were forced to retreat again.
		Battle of the Niemen River, the second greatest battle of the war.
	webshots.search.com /reference/Polish-Soviet_War (6899 words)

	Reintroduction of the European Lynx (Lynx lynx) in Poland
		The only surviving native population of the Central European beaver (Castor fiber vistulanus Matschie, 1907) was near to the Niemen River basin, close to the Polish-Lithuanian border.
		Beavers from the densely populated region of the Czarna Hanza river basin in northeastern Poland, and also from two captive breeding centres, were released in various areas within Poland.
		Kampinos National Park is equivalent to an ecological island: to the north it borders the Vistula river, to the south the Berlin-Moscow highway, to the east lies Warsaw, the capital of Poland with its three million inhabitants, and to the west it borders an agricultural zone.
	lynx.uio.no /jon/lynx/alertpo.htm (1929 words)

	Invasion of Russia
		When the Russian armies were seen, nearly one hundred and twenty thousand men, marching across the right bank of the Dnieper River, Napoleon hoped their intent was to deploy their forces beneath the city's walls to wage the battle so long awaited.
		Napoleon and the Imperial Guard, who had already passed through in safety, were able to doubleback and fight their way through the roadblock to free the trapped troops, but the encounter cost the Grand Army 6,000 dead and wounded and about 20,000 prisoners.
		Now an unseasonable thaw had turned the ice into drifting mush, and the Grand Army was marooned on the east bank of the Berezina, looking across an icy torrent 300 yards wide, its bridge burned in three different places, irreparable in the face of heavy Russian fire from Tchitchagov's army on the far bank.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/1812/russia.html (3433 words)

	Niemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The Niemen River is 582 miles long and drains about 38,000 square miles.
		During the 1812 war, the Grand Army of France, 450,000 men, crossed this river and moved to Vilna.
		To cross the river, Napoleon ordered three pontoon bridges to be thrown across.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/InfoDesignF98/jsk/napo/battle/niemen.htm (156 words)

	Napoleonic Literature
		Crossing the Niemen on 24 June 1812 with an army of 442,000 men, Napoleon entered Moscow on 14 September with a mere 100,000.
		Of these 30,000 managed to rejoin the main column shortly before the crossing of the Berezina River during the retreat, and another 6,000 shortly before it reached the comparative safety of the Niemen River.
		Marshal Ney was the last to cross the Niemen and was himself the army's rear guard.
	www.napoleonic-literature.com /1812/1812-t.htm (573 words)

	Charles Minard's Map of Napolean's Russian Campaign of 1812 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		"Beginning at the left on the Polish-Russian border near the Niemen River, the thick band shows the size of the army (422,000 men) as it invaded Russian in June 1812.
		As the graphic shows, the crossing of the Berezina River was a disaster, and the army finally struggled back into Poland with only 10,000 men remaining.
		Also shown are the movements of auxiliary troops, as they sought to protect the rear and the flank of the advancing army.
	itech1.coe.uga.edu /studio/seminars/visualization/minard.html (290 words)

	Stolbtsy Belarus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		is located in Eastern Europe 45 miles Southwest of Minsk on the Neman River at 53.29 North latitude and 26.44 East longitude.
		Jewish merchants of Stolbtsy are referred to in legal archives of Minsk (1678) and in the supreme tribunal of Lithuania (1704) as traders in salt and salted fish.
		During the 18th Century Jews there engaged in the export of agricultural products, such as flax, and lumber, which were floated down the Niemen River to Koenigsberg in East Prussia.
	tunicks.com /Stolbtsy.html (598 words)

	Amazon.com: On the Banks of the Niemen: DVD: On the Banks of the Niemen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A sprawling historical epic in the tradition of Barry Lyndon and The Leopard, ON THE BANKS OF THE NIEMAN has also been called "the Gone with the Wind of Polish cinema." Romance and class struggles clash against a background of the 1863 uprising against Russian occupation.
		Throughout the film there are short glimpses of the events leading up to the battle in the forest 20 years prior that is so meaningful to the families that live on the Niemen.
		However, something binds the two families besdies the love of Justyna and Jan. In the uprising, Jan's father and Benidict's brother both died fighting for the same cause and both now lie in the same grave, that holds the 40 men that attempted to rebel against the Russians that overran and controlled their lands.
	www.amazon.com /Banks-Niemen/dp/B0002M5T3O (975 words)

	The Campaign Prior to Borodino
		On 23 June he appeared at that river to oversee the invasion of Russia.
		For his part, Eugène had simply been delayed at the Niemen River due the tangle of his supply train.
		It also became evident Jèrome was not advancing quickly enough to maintain good contact with Bagration The first weeks of the campaign were thus most unsatisfying for Napoleon in that the Russians refused to stand and fight.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/riley/787/Napoleon/1812/Prior.html (554 words)

	Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront: Alytus Bridgehead
		The two road bridges and one railroad bridge in the vicinity of Alytus (approximately 60 km from the frontier) became the first day's objective for the 7th Panzer Division.
		Tanks that dropped out temporarily because of technical problems were unable to keep up with their units, and tanks moving too slowly were overtaken by faster vehicles.
		However, various units quickly pushed across to the east side of the River against light Soviet opposition and established two separate bridgeheads.
	www.fireandfury.com /extra/scenalytus.shtml (1126 words)

	Franco-Russian Diplomacy, 1810-1812
		On June 24, 1812, while Napoleon was standing on the shores of Niemen River and watching his Grande Armée crossing the Russian border, Tsar Alexander I was enjoying a ball arranged at the General Benningsen's estate, near Vilna.
		In 1806-1807 the Russian armies dispatched by the Tsar to save Prussia from final defeat fought Napoleon in the bloody battles of Pultusk, Eylau and, finally, on 14 June 1807, Friedland, after which Alexander I agreed to peace and concluded an alliance with Napoleon.
		The two emperors met personally at the town of Tilsit, on an elaborate raft moored in the middle of the Niemen River.
	www.napoleon-series.org /research/government/diplomatic/c_rufrdip.html (2272 words)

	Roland de la Poype (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was during the second major campaign on the Russian Front (May-December 1944) that the unit became known as the Normandie-Niemen Regiment.
		The name change resulted from Stalin conferring a battle honor on the group for their role in the Russian victory at Alitous on the Niemen River in July 1944.
		During their nearly 3 years of existence, the regiment grew to four squadrons and achieved 273 aerial victories.
	www.au.af.mil /au/goe/eaglebios/84bios/poype84.htm (404 words)

	On The Banks of the Niemen
		Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for On The Banks of the Niemen to receive a rating.
		A masterpiece of Polish cinema, this portrayal of class struggles in the 19th Century is based on the novel "The River Niemen" by author Eliza Orzeszkowa.
		With the 1863 uprising against the Russian occupation providing a stunning backdrop for the tale, an epic romance unfurls between the principle characters.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/on_the_banks_of_the_niemen (342 words)

	Berezino and Miezonka - history, geography, maps and people
		) - 49 km on N-W-N of Lida - south of the Merkys river.
		I don't know surely if Michno was stripped of the assets by his sister in 1547.
		In the small noble locality Druczany was the poor nobility, too and they spoke Belorussian to themselves every day.
	www.geocities.com /bogdanbogdan2003d (4189 words)

	VH1.com : Movies : On the Banks of the River Niemen : Main
		Based on the novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa, On the Banks of the Niemen sets a love story again...
		Based on the novel by Eliza Orzeszkowa, On the Banks of the Niemen sets a love story against the backdrop of the 1863 Polish uprising of Lithuania.
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	www.vh1.com /movies/movie/98290/moviemain.jhtml (81 words)

	the Gate of Podlasie - History of the Region (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Though temporarily, the Lithuanians even conquered a part of the Mazovia land - the Vizna land.
		From the north it stretched along the rivers of Elk, Biebrza, Narew and Slina, then towards the Bug River near the mouth of the Nurc River, next downstream of the Bug and then south along the Liwiec River.
		The Lithuanians, however, settled the areas situated south-west from the Merecz and Olita, along the Niemen and
	www.wrotapodlasia.pl /en/region/history (2614 words)

	Crossing the Nieman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Sketch of Napoleon surveying the army crossing the Niemen
		Napoleon and the Grand Army cross the Niemen River
		After many machinations and preparations, Napoleon invaded Russia.
	www.ddg.com /LIS/InfoDesignF98/rdoyle/start.html (89 words)

	Dead men's bones tell of Bonaparte's big blunder - smh.com.au
		Dead men's bones tell of Bonaparte's big blunder
		In what must rank as one of the greatest military miscalculations of all time, on June 24, 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte crossed the River Niemen separating the French-controlled Duchy of Warsaw from Russian-controlled Lithuania.
		Tchaikovsky would later dedicate his famous overture to the year.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/09/04/1031037093511.html (341 words)

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