Battle of Lake Peipus

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The Battle of Lake Peipus was a 1242 medieval clash in which Alexander Nevsky’s Novgorod forces decisively defeated the Teutonic Knights on the frozen lake, halting their eastward expansion.

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Battle of Lake Peipus canonical 4
Battle on Lake Peipus 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
medieval battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of the Ice ⓘ
Battle on the Ice ⓘ
associatedWith Alexander Nevsky's rise to prominence ⓘ
belligerent Danish vassals in Estonia ⓘ
Livonian Order ⓘ
Pskov ⓘ
Republic of Novgorod ⓘ
linked to: Novgorod Republic

Teutonic Order ⓘ
combatantSide Catholic crusader forces ⓘ
Orthodox Rus' forces ⓘ
commander Alexander Nevsky ⓘ
Hermann of Dorpat ⓘ
conflictIn Northern Crusades ⓘ
conflictType crusade-related conflict ⓘ
countryAtTime Republic of Novgorod ⓘ
linked to: Novgorod Republic

Terra Mariana ⓘ
date 1242-04-05 ⓘ
followedBy withdrawal of Teutonic forces from Novgorod territories ⓘ
hasMainCommanderForNovgorod Alexander Nevsky ⓘ
hasMainCommanderForTeutonicOrder Hermann of Dorpat ⓘ
historicalSignificance important episode in the struggle between Orthodox and Catholic spheres in Eastern Europe ⓘ
symbol of Russian resistance to Western crusaders ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnitType Novgorod infantry ⓘ
Rus' cavalry ⓘ
Teutonic Knights heavy cavalry ⓘ
location Lake Peipus ⓘ
border region between present-day Estonia and Russia ⓘ
frozen surface of Lake Peipus ⓘ
notableFeature fought on ice-covered lake ⓘ
heavy cavalry of Teutonic Knights disadvantaged by ice ⓘ
partOf Northern Crusades ⓘ
portrayedAs patriotic and religious victory in Russian historiography ⓘ
portrayedIn film "Alexander Nevsky" by Sergei Eisenstein ⓘ
precededBy Teutonic occupation of Pskov ⓘ
region Baltic region ⓘ
religiousContext conflict between Roman Catholic crusaders and Eastern Orthodox Rus' ⓘ
result consolidation of Novgorod control over northwestern Rus' ⓘ
decisive Novgorodian victory ⓘ
defeat of the Teutonic Knights ⓘ
halted eastward expansion of the Teutonic Order ⓘ
strategicObjective Teutonic attempt to expand influence eastward ⓘ
defense of Novgorod lands from crusader expansion ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Novgorod forces encircled and routed crusader troops ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ
year 1242 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle on the Ice → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Lake Peipus ⓘ
Northern Crusades → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Lake Peipus ⓘ
Battle of the Ice → hasAlternativeName → Battle on Lake Peipus ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Lake Peipus
Battle of the Ice → hasAlternativeName → Battle of Lake Peipus ⓘ
Alexander Nevsky (cantata) → historicalSetting → Battle of Lake Peipus ⓘ