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  Ugaunians - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Ugaunians (Estonian: ugalased) is one of the Finnic tribes that were called Chudes in Old East Slavic language and that later formed the Estonian nation.
Ugaunians made peace with the Bishop of Riga, the leader of the Livonian crusade.
Ugaunians and German crusaders fortified Odenpeh and avenged Russians, raiding lands of Pskov and Novgorod.
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The '''Ugaunians''' (Estonian language Estonian: ''ugalased'') is one of the Finnic tribes that were called Chudes in Russian langauge Russian and that later formed the Estonian nation.
The power center of Ugaunians is believed to have been the Fort Bear's Head (''Caput Ursi'' in Latin, ''Medvezh'ya Golova'' in Russian, ''Oden Peh'' in old Estonian, present Linnamägi Hill in the city of Otepää).
After that Ugaunians went with crusaders, Livonians and Letts against Estonian pagan provinces Jerwia and Vironians Vironia.
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 Ugaunians - Enpsychlopedia
Another important Ugaunian stronghold was Tharbata(Tarbatu) by the river Emajõgi (literally, Mother River).
Many years ago Ugaunians upon the advice of the Livonians had robbed a caravan of German merchants by the Duna river.
While troops of 20000 of Russians and Oeselians attacked Fort Bear's Head, Ugaunians alongside with crusaders made raids against Novgorod, Vironians and Votians.
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 Ugaunia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ugaunia (Ugaunian: Ugandi, Oandi; Latin: Ugaunia; Latvian: Igaunija; Low German: Uggn) was an ancient Estonian independent eldership, which corresponded roughly to the present territory of Tartu County, Põlva County, Võru County and half of Valga County.
The power center of Ugaunia is believed to have been in the fortified stronghold of Odenpeh (Ugaunian for "bear's head"; Latin: "Caput Ursi", Russian: "Medvezh'ya Golova") in present-day Linnamägi Hill in the town of Otepää.
In Sackalian folklore, Ugaunians ("ugalased") are enemy warriors and robbers.
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 Battle of the Ice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In the spring of 1242, the Teutonic Knights defeated a reconnaissance detachment of Novgorodians about 20 km south of the fortress of Dorpat (Tartu).
Lead by Prince-Bishop Hermann of the Bishopric of Dorpat, the knights and their auxiliary troops of local Ugaunian Estonians then met with Alexander's forces by the narrow strait that connects the northern and southern parts of Lake Peipus (Lake Peipus proper with Lake Pskovskoe) on April 5, 1242.
Alexander, intending to fight in a place of his own choosing, retreated in efforts to draw the often over-confident Crusaders to the frozen lake.
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In 1030 he reconquered from the Poles Red Ruthenia, and concluded an alliance with king Casimir I of Poland, sealed by the latter's marriage to Yaroslav's sister Maria.
In another successful military raid the same year, he conquered the hypothetical Estonian fortress of Tarbatu, built his own fort in that place, which went by the name of Tartu (after St George, or Yury, Yaroslav's patron saint) and forced the surrounding province of Ugaunians to pay annual tribute (possibly until 1061).
In 1043 Yaroslav staged a raid against Constantinople led by his son Vladimir.
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