BAGRATIONOVSK

bəgrŭˌtyēôˈnəfsk, town, NW European Russia, formerly in East Prussia, on the Polish border. Its German name was Eylau or Preussisch Eylau. It is a rail terminus and has meat-processing and dairy industries. The town was founded in 1336. In Feb., 1807, it was the site of a bloody, indecisive battle between Napoleon I and the allied Russian and Prussian forces that checked Napoleon's movement toward the Russian frontier. The town is named in honor of Gen. P. I. Bagration, who distinguished himself during the battle.

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The Black Room at Longwood: Napoleon's Exile on Saint-Helena
Book by Jean-Paul Kauffmann, Patricia Clancy; Four Walls Eight Windows, 1999
Subjects: France--Kings And Rulers--Dwellings, Kauffmann, Jean-Paul--Journeys--Saint Helena, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Exile--Saint Helena, Saint Helena--Description And Travel, Saint Helena--History
...had been silent for a while, then proclaimed: "All of Bagrationovsk is a cemetery. History is buried there: the dead, the...disappeared." I had forgotten that Eylau is now called Bagrationovsk. But what did he mean by "not disappeared"? I could...
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The French Wars 1792-1815
Book by Charles J. Esdaile; Routledge, 2001
Subjects: First Coalition, War Of The, 1792-1797, France--History, Military--1789-1815, Napoleon--I--Emperor Of The French--1769-1821--Military Leadership, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Second Coalition, War Of The, 1798-1801
...East Prussia. Initially, the Russians fell back without a fight, but on 7 February Napoleon caught up with them at Eylau Bagrationovsk , the result being perhaps the most dreadful battle of the entire French Wars. Ensconced in a strong defensive position...


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newspaper articles on: Bagrationovsk  - 1 result

 
 
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Unpaid and near Collapse, Red Army Sours on Yeltsin
Newspaper article by Martin Sieff; The Washington Times, September 25, 1996
Subjects: Yeltsin, Boris
...husbands wages. * At the Baltic fleet base of Nevinsk, soldiers wives attempted to block the road from Kaliningrad to Bagrationovsk in protest of the poor living conditions. * At a Pacific fleet base near Vladivostok, soldiers wives in the 26th submarine...


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encyclopedia articles on: Bagrationovsk  - 4 results

 
 
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Bagrationovsk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BAGRATIONOVSK b gru tyeo n fsk, town, NW European Russia, formerly in East Prussia, on the Polish border. Its German name was Eylau or Preussisch...
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Napoleon I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...British orders in council . On land, warfare with Russia continued. The indecisive battle at Eylau (Feb. 8, 1807; now Bagrationovsk ) was made good by Napoleon at Friedland (June 14), and Russia submitted. By the treaties of Tilsit (July, 1807...
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Eylau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
EYLAU see Bagrationovsk , Russia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Preussisch Eylau
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PREUSSISCH EYLAU see Bagrationovsk , Russia. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.


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