SOUVENIR SHEET OF RUSSIA 1992 - The 750th Anniversary of the Battle on the Ice. (Battle of Lake Peipus)
The Battle on the Ice (alternatively known as the Battle of Lake Peipus) , took place on April 5, 1242. It was fought largely on the frozen lake 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 battle represented a significant defeat for the Catholic forces during the Northern Crusades and brought an end to their campaigns against the Orthodox Novgorod Republic and other Slavic territories for the next century. The event portrayed in Sergei Eisenstein's historical drama film, Alexander Nevsky (1938), later created a popular but often inaccurate image of the battle.
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