What the records say
- When
- 12 Apr 1242
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 58.23° N, 27.50° E
- Description
- 1242 battle during Northern Crusades
Battle on the Ice
1242 battle of the Northern Crusades on the frozen Lake Peipus
The Battle on the Ice, also known as the Battle of Lake Peipus, took place on 5 April 1242. It was fought on the frozen Lake Peipus when the united forces of the Republic of Novgorod and Vladimir-Suzdal, led by Prince Alexander Nevsky, emerged victorious against the forces of the Livonian Order and Bishopric of Dorpat, led by Bishop Hermann of Dorpat.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Lake Peipus (or Battle on the Ice): Russian forces led by Alexander Nevsky, rebuff an invasion attempt by a Crusader army (some 2,600 men)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Alexander Newski (Newskij) besiegt auf dem zugefrorenen Peipussee den Deutschen Orden (Schlacht auf dem Peipussee) und verhindert die Katholisierung Russlands”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire du prince russe Alexandre Nevski sur les Chevaliers teutoniques, lors de la bataille du lac Peïpous, ou lac des Tchoudes, en Livonie”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “победа русского войска под предводительством князя Александра Невского над ливонскими рыцарями в Ледовом побоище на Чудском озере”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “encima del congelado lago Peipus (en la frontera entre Rusia y Estonia), 320 km al suroeste de San Petersburgo”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “亚历山大·涅夫斯基在距爱沙尼亚边境附近的楚德湖冰面上决定性地击败了条顿骑士团。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page