Narva
a city in NE Estonia: Swedish defeat of Russians 1700.
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Although it took 21 years after Peter ran away at the battle of Narva, Russia finally got a Baltic coastline.
Russian History Is on Our Side: Putin Will Surely Screw Himself | P. J. O’Rourke | May 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYam was carried by assault and a force of 20,000 Swedes defeated outside Narva, which place was then invested.
The Rise of the Russian Empire | Hector H. MunroThus Narva became the first objective for the armies of Peter.
Boris the Bear-Hunter | Fred WhishawHis reverse at Narva aroused the Tsar to tremendous exertions.
Boris the Bear-Hunter | Fred WhishawKing Charles' service is a grand school for soldiers, and that victory of Narva is the most extraordinary one ever seen.
A Jacobite Exile | G. A. Henty
I think that even you, general, would rather have gone through the battle of Narva, than have spent that night among the wolves.
A Jacobite Exile | G. A. Henty
British Dictionary definitions for Narva
/ (Russian ˈnarvə) /
a port in Estonia on the Narva River near the Gulf of Finland: developed around a Danish fortress in the 13th century; textile centre. Pop: 66 712 (2007 est)
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