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| Battle on the Ice Battle of Lake Peipus/Chud | |||||||||
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| Part of the Northern Crusades and the Livonian campaign against Rus' | |||||||||
 Depiction of the battle in the late 16th century illuminated manuscript Life of Alexander Nevsky | |||||||||
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Hermann of Dorpat Andreas von Velven |
Alexander Nevsky Andrey Yaroslavich | ||||||||
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1,800:
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6,000–7,000: | ||||||||
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Livonian Rhymed Chronicle: 20 knights killed 6 knights captured Novgorod First Chronicle: 400 Germans killed 50 Germans imprisoned "Countless" Estonians killed[2] | No exact figures | ||||||||
The Battle on the Ice,[a] also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus (‹See Tfd›German: Schlacht auf dem Peipussee) or Battle of Lake Chud (‹See Tfd›Russian: битва на Чудском озере, romanized: bitva na Chudskom ozere), took place on 5 April 1242. It was fought on or near the frozen Lake Peipus between the united forces of the Republic of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, and the forces of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat, led by Bishop Hermann of Dorpat.
The outcome of the battle has been interpreted as significant for the balance of power between Western Catholicism and Eastern Orthodox Christianity. In the end, the battle represented a significant defeat for the Catholic forces during the Northern Crusades, bringing an end to their campaigns against the Orthodox Novgorod Republic and other Rus' territories for the next century.[3]
- ^ a b Nicolle 1996, p. 41.
- ^ Michell & Forbes 1914, p. 87.
- ^ The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. 2003. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-85229-961-6.
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