| 单词 | Dnieper |
| 例句 | Anya could see out of the city, out to the Dnieper and the forest, both tinted orange in the setting sun’s light. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Anya could see the wild Dnieper River behind her, its waves thrashing against its shores as it hurtled past. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Alfhercht led them around, still hidden in the shelter of the trees, until the Dnieper thrashed ahead of them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z There are weaknesses in “On the Dnieper,” but I’m very glad to see it again. Dance Review: At Met, Ballet Theater?s Modified American Plan 2010-06-10T21:43:00Z “The Brahms-Haydn Variations,” “Company B” and “Fancy Free” continue in repertory through July 3 and “On the Dnieper” through July 1. Dance Review: At Met, Ballet Theater?s Modified American Plan 2010-06-10T21:43:00Z That evening, the Tharp and Taylor, along with “On the Dnieper,” by Alexei Ratmansky, were part of a program of works made for the company. Dance Review: At Met, Ballet Theater?s Modified American Plan 2010-06-10T21:43:00Z Located on the Dnieper River in north-central Ukraine, it is overflowing with exquisite churches, ancient architecture and plenty of history. Go west to Lviv, visitor to Ukraine 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z We lived in a 14-storey apartment block on the left bank of the majestic Dnieper river. My grandfather, who finally came back from the second world war in 1981 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z Recognizing that he could rise no higher in Kiev, this ambitious, natural-born commander sailed and portaged down the river Dnieper, then crossed the Black Sea to Miklagard, the Big City, as the Scandinavians called Constantinople. Review | If you love heroic fantasy a la George R.R. Martin, you’ll love ‘The Last Viking’ 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z Ivan is 12, parentless, alone in the war zone along the river Dnieper, drifting between partisan bands and regular Red Army units, offering himself as a scout. Andrei Tarkovsky: it's time to immerse yourself in the work of a true auteur 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Reuters noted that Russian state news agencies published alerts Monday saying Moscow was moving troops to “more favorable positions” east of the Dnieper, only to withdraw the information minutes later. Ukraine claims key advance against Russians 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z “Against all odds, Ukraine’s defense forces have gained a foothold on the left bank of the Dnieper,” Yermak told the Hudson Institute, a conservative Washington think tank, in a speech Monday. Ukraine says it now has a foothold on the eastern bank of Dnieper River near Kherson 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z In the area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Russians shelled Nikopol on the opposite bank of the Dnieper River, wounding a person and damaging infrastructure, power lines and fourteen houses. A Russian missile hits a Liberia-flagged ship in Odesa, Ukraine’s main Black Sea port 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z When the Kakhovka dam ruptured in southern Ukraine in June, it sent a torrent of water from the country’s largest reservoir into cities, towns and lowlands downstream on the Dnieper River. Hungary hosts international training for military divers who salvage unexploded munitions 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The Ukrainian recapture of Kherson instantly turned the city into the front line in the southern direction, facing daily Russian mostly artillery and drone attacks coming from across the Dnieper River. Russian shelling hits a landmark church in the Ukrainian city of Kherson 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Fighting intensified along the Dnieper River, which marks the line between Kyiv and Moscow’s battling armies. Desperate Ukrainians take long and uncertain journey to escape Russian occupation 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z The Ukrainian forces have long established positions in several areas on the eastern bank of the Dnieper and sought to expand them, using boats to ferry supplies. Ukraine says it now has a foothold on the eastern bank of Dnieper River near Kherson 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z A catastrophic dam collapse last month in the southern Kherson region has altered the geography along the Dnieper River, giving Ukrainians more freedom of movement there. Ukraine aims to wear down and outsmart a Russian army distracted by infighting 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Ukraine reclaimed the city of Kherson and other areas on the west bank of the Dnieper that bisects the province during its counteroffensive in the fall. Bridge sitting on key Russian supply route near Crimea struck by missiles 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The dam lies on the Dnieper River, which forms the front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces on the eastern and western banks, respectively. UN complains Russia won’t let aid workers into areas hit by dam collapse in southern Ukraine 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z In the region around the dam, the Dnieper River forms the front line between Russian and Ukrainian forces, with Russian ones in control of the dam itself. Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Crossing the Dnieper could allow Ukraine to outflank Russia without having to break through the heavily mined and fortified front line in the Zaporizhzhia region. Ukraine says it now has a foothold on the eastern bank of Dnieper River near Kherson 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z Massive flooding from the destruction of the dam on June 6 devastated towns along the lower Dnieper River in the Kherson region, a front line in the war. Both sides suffer heavy casualties as Ukraine strikes back against Russia, UK assessment says 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Massive flooding from the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam on June 6 has devastated towns along the lower Dnieper River in the Kherson region, a front line in the war. Rescuers are braving snipers and racing time to ferry Ukrainians out of Russian-occupied flood zones 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z Defense Ministry said Monday that Russia has recently redeployed several thousand troops from the banks of the Dnieper to buttress its positions in the Zaporizhzhia and Bakhmut sectors, which reportedly have seen heavy fighting. UN complains Russia won’t let aid workers into areas hit by dam collapse in southern Ukraine 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z “In this context, their actions were to disrupt some of our supply chains as well as complicate a crossing of the Dnieper for us.” Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z Analysts said that remnants of the 35th CAA were sent to help defend occupied territory in the Kherson region along the West Bank of the Dnieper River. Top Russian general killed in Ukraine missile strike 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The dam, further down the Dnieper River, helped keep water in a reservoir that cools the plant’s reactors. U.N. nuclear chief says large Ukraine atomic power plant held by Russia faces ‘dangerous situation’ 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z Recent fighting on the western edge of the 600-mile front line has been complicated by a dam breach that sent floodwaters into a part of the Dnieper River separating the two sides. Ukraine claims recapture of seven villages in early stages of counteroffensive 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The move “likely reflects Russia’s perception that a major Ukrainian attack across the Dnieper is now less likely” following the dam’s collapse, it said in a tweet. UN complains Russia won’t let aid workers into areas hit by dam collapse in southern Ukraine 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z Kakhovka is one of a series of Soviet-era dams along the Dnieper River that were built to withstand enormous force, amounting to thousands of pounds of explosives. Russia had means, motive and opportunity to destroy Ukraine dam, drone photos and information show 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z The plant is upriver of the Kakhovka dam, which collapsed last week, inundating communities on both sides of the Dnieper River, where Ukrainian forces hold the west bank and Russian troops hold the east. U.N. nuclear watchdog wants to check water levels near Zaporizhzhia plant 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Both sides are struggling to determine how the breach of a major dam on the Dnieper River separating Ukrainian and Russian forces in the Kherson region will affect the fighting. Both sides seek high ground in PR wars as Ukraine offensive kicks off 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Then the Dnieper became part of the front line after Russia’s invasion last year. Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Ukraine holds the Dnieper’s western bank, while Russian troops control the low-lying eastern side, which is more vulnerable to flooding. UN aid chief says Ukraine faces `hugely worse’ humanitarian situation after the dam rupture 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Before the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River broke, farm fields appear green and crossed by peaceful streets and farm roads and dotted with trees. Before-and-after satellite images show profound toll of Ukraine dam collapse 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The total number brought to safety remains a fraction of the roughly 41,000 people on both sides of the Dnieper estimated by Ukraine to be at risk from the flooding. Zelenskyy visits Kherson as flood rescues enter third day 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s vast agricultural heartland, which is partially fed by the Dnieper River, is crucial to worldwide supplies of grain, sunflower oil and other foodstuffs. Ukrainian dam breach: What’s happening and what’s at stake 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The six dams along the Dnieper were designed to operate in tandem, adjusting to each other as water levels rose and fell from one season to the next. Ukraine’s dam collapse is both a fast-moving disaster and a slow-moving ecological catastrophe 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z The Dnieper River forms part of the front line in the war, and many people had already fled the area because of the fighting. AP Exclusive: Drone footage of collapsed dam shows ruined structure, devastation and no sign of life 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Officials say at least 4,000 people have been evacuated from both the Russian and Ukrainian-controlled sides of the Dnieper River, which has become part of the front line between the fighting forces. Zelenskyy visits area flooded by destroyed dam as five reported dead in Russian-occupied city 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The Dnieper marks a dividing line between Russian and Ukrainian forces in parts of the region, and officials and residents said that Russian shelling across the river had impeded humanitarian efforts. Zelenskyy visits Kherson as flood rescues enter third day 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The collapse of the Kakhovka hydroelectric dam and emptying of its reservoir on the Dnieper River added to the misery the region has suffered for more than a year from artillery and missile attacks. Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which sits on the Dnieper River in an area Moscow has controlled for more than a year. Major dam collapses in southern Ukraine, flooding villages as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z An Associated Press team flew a drone over the devastation on Wednesday, a day after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River. AP Exclusive: Drone footage of collapsed dam shows ruined structure, devastation and no sign of life 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z The plant operators may need to try to pump water from the Dnieper River. Kakhovka dam breach raises risk for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Ukraine holds the western bank of the Dnieper, while Russia controls the eastern side, which is lower and more vulnerable to flooding. Ukraine rushes drinking water to flooded areas as officials wrestle with impact of major dam breach 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z “When you look at the situation along the Dnieper River — on the one hand, the flooding is going to damage the defenses that the Russian military built alongside the riverbank,” he told PBS. Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s Interior Ministry urged residents of 10 villages on the Dnieper’s western bank and parts of the city of Kherson to gather essential documents and pets, turn off appliances, and leave. Major dam collapses in southern Ukraine, flooding villages as Moscow and Kyiv trade blame 2023-06-05T04:00:00Z Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy charged that “Russian occupiers” controlling the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper River had deliberately destroyed both, unleashing the “largest man-made environmental disaster in Europe in decades.” Ukraine and Russia trade blame for massive dam collapse 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Since last fall, the lower portion of the Dnieper has made up an important part of the frontline that stretches more than 620 miles between Russian and Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian dam breach: What is happening and what’s at stake 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The destruction of Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, which sits on the Dnieper River in an area that Moscow controls, raised anxiety about a potential disruption to global supplies. Wheat prices rise following collapse of major dam in southern Ukraine 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Addressing blame, the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank, said Russia has “a greater and clearer interest in flooding the lower Dnieper despite the damage to their own prepared defensive positions.” Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z A mother with two kids who pass by the Dnieper River; believing it to be the sea, the kids ask their mother if she will take them there after the war. At Cannes, Polish filmmaker’s ‘In the Rearview’ spotlights Ukrainians escaping war 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Other Ukrainian officials alleged Russia blew up the dam to hinder Kyiv’s counteroffensive, even though observers note that crossing the broad Dnieper would be extremely challenging. Ukraine and Russia trade blame for massive dam collapse 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z The crossing repeatedly came under rocket fire as Ukrainian forces led a successful counteroffensive in November that drove Russian forces back across the Dnieper. Ukrainian dam breach: What is happening and what’s at stake 2023-06-06T04:00:00Z Some 80 rivers flow through and under Kyiv, and the tunnels that the tour visited bring together some of them, eventually channeling their waters into the Dnieper. For Kyiv's residents, tunnels are both shelter and source of adventure 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z Ukraine holds the Dnieper’s western bank, while Russia controls the low-lying eastern side, which is more vulnerable to flooding. Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, Ukrainian officials reported that heavy Russian artillery fire hit cities on the western bank of the Dnieper River just across from the plant. China, Ukraine leaders speak for first time since war began 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z While neither confirming nor denying the ISW report, she said only that details of military operations in the Dnieper delta couldn’t be disclosed for operational and security reasons. Report: Ukrainian forces across key river, raising hopes 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Since then, the Russian forces have reinforced their positions on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in anticipation of a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Putin visits two occupied regions in Ukraine, pushing illegal annexation 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z The Dnieper River now marks the front line in the region, which is still partially occupied. Ukraine president visits front-line areas as new phase nears 2023-03-23T04:00:00Z The Russian invaders had occupied Kherson for months, and since retreating in November have been bombarding it mercilessly from the east side of the Dnieper River. Russia fires barrage of hypersonic missiles, piercing Ukrainian air defenses 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z The city of Nikopol across the Dnieper from the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant also was struck by the Russian shelling, which damaged residential buildings, power lines and a gas pipeline. UN chief points to ‘ massive’ rights violations in Ukraine 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z Speaking on Ukrainian television, Humeniuk added that it was “very difficult work” when “it’s necessary to overcome an obstacle such as the Dnieper, when the front line passes through a wide and powerful river.” Report: Ukrainian forces across key river, raising hopes 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z For example, the Dnieper River is a significant barrier to both sides. Follow the 600-mile front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces Ukrainian officials said a 79-year-old woman was killed and at least seven people were injured in a strike in Pavlohrad, a city that lies between the Dnieper River and the eastern region of Donetsk. Lukashenko, before meeting Putin, says Belarus to join war only if attacked 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The serpentine Dnieper River cuts through the southerly Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, which Putin claims to have annexed, forming a natural barrier that in many places is also now a front line. Ukraine readies along all fronts for Russia’s next big attack 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z He added that the war could go on for three years if Moscow decides to capture broader territories east of the Dnieper River. Wagner owner says war in Ukraine could drag on for years 2023-02-11T05:00:00Z In the south, the Dnieper has for months marked the contact line in the Kherson region, where its namesake capital is regularly pummeled by shelling from Russian forces stationed across the river. Report: Ukrainian forces across key river, raising hopes 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Further south, the Nova Kakhovka dam provided one of the only remaining crossings over the Dnieper River. Follow the 600-mile front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces Kyiv has long accused Moscow of using the plant, which Russian forces seized early in the war, as a base for launching attacks on Ukrainian-held territory across the Dnieper river. Dozens of soldiers freed in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Ukrainian troops reclaimed the territory west of the Dnieper River in November after a major counteroffensive led to a Russian troop withdrawal, hailed as one of the greatest Ukrainian victories of the 11-month war. Russians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship remain 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Further south, Russian troops resumed shelling the town of Nikopol, across the river Dnieper from the Russia-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, damaging apartment buildings, gas pipelines, power lines and a bakery, officials said. Ukrainian presidency: 10 killed in latest Russian shelling 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Further south, Russian troops resumed shelling the town of Nikopol, across the Dnieper from the Russia-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, damaging apartment buildings, gas pipelines, power lines and a bakery, officials said. Ukrainian presidency: 10 killed in latest Russian shelling 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z This front line stretches from the grassy steppes of the northeast, along the Dnieper River all the way to the Black Sea. Follow the 600-mile front line between Ukrainian and Russian forces In the south, Russian army troops had retreated in mid-November across the Dnieper River from Kherson, the first city they had conquered after the February invasion. Inside the urgent push to arm Ukraine for a spring offensive 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Russian forces withdrew from the western side of the Dnieper River, which bisects the province, but remain in control of the eastern side. Russians gone from Ukraine village, fear and hardship remain 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Overlooking the right bank of the Dnieper River, the cathedral and monastery complex has been a pilgrimage site for centuries. Ukrainians celebrate Orthodox Christmas in reclaimed church 2023-01-07T05:00:00Z Russian troops retreated in November from the southern city of Kherson to more defensible positions on the other side of the Dnieper River that Ukraine has had difficulty penetrating. U.S. pledges $3 billion in arms to help Ukraine ‘retake territory’ 2023-01-06T05:00:00Z Ukrainian forces reclaimed the city in November after Russia’s forces withdrew across the Dnieper River, which bisects the Kherson region. Ukraine, hit by fresh Russian missiles, faces grim New Year 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z An industrial facility and a playground in neighborhoods located across the Dnieper River also were damaged, city officials said. Ukraine targeted in another Russian missile barrage 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Some residents of Kherson, a city on the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine, are facing similar hardship. Sarajevo’s agony echoes as Ukraine braces for a dark winter 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z Nikopol is located across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which is under control of the Russian forces. Russia shoots down Ukrainian drone near its Engels airbase 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z Last month, Ukraine recaptured a large amount of territory in the south, including the regional capital of Kherson, pushing Russian forces across the Dnieper River. In Ukraine, defenses carved into the earth 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z Zaporizhizia province and areas across the Dnieper River from the nuclear power plant have been under regular shelling since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. IAEA discusses Ukraine nuclear plant protections with Russia 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z More recently Russia has pulled back from parts of Kherson province west of the Dnieper River, where the boy died. Death of Boy, 8, Stokes Anger over Explosives Left Behind by Russia 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Troops and tanks started to pour into Kherson at the end of February, crossing the Dnieper River to capture the first major Ukrainian city in the war. 'I'm not going without you.' Ukrainian lovers defy the rules of war 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z The departing Russians left behind all sorts of ugly surprises, and their artillery continues to batter the city from new, dug-in positions across the Dnieper River. Free for a month, Kherson still toils to clear Russian traps 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z New structures have been spotted more than 50 miles from the Dnieper River, which now serves as a natural barrier between the two sides. In Ukraine, defenses carved into the earth 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z In Kyiv, a missile had damaged four lines, cutting power for nearly all the capital’s population on the east bank of the Dnieper River. After missile strikes, Ukrainians persist without electricity, water, heat 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z High Commissioner for Human Rights documented 441 killings of civilians in areas along the Russian attack route toward the capital, Kyiv, on both the west and east banks of the Dnieper River. U.N. catalogs possible war crimes by Russian army 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z That may be awhile; the Russians, who withdrew from Kherson last month, have started to bomb the city from across the Dnieper River. 'I'm not going without you.' Ukrainian lovers defy the rules of war 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z Last month, Russian troops withdrew from a large part of the Kherson region, including the regional capital, and Ukrainian forces reclaimed the area on the west bank of the Dnieper River. Putin calls nuclear weapons a tool of deterrence in Ukraine 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z Ukraine has already made an amphibious landing on a strategically vital peninsula at the mouth of the Dnieper River. In Ukraine, defenses carved into the earth 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z The towns lie across the Dnieper river from the nuclear plant, which was seized by Russian forces in the early stages of the war. Ukraine: Drone strikes hit Russia as Zelenskyy travels east 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Many of those who crossed were elderly or retired residents of dachas — or cottages — in the picturesque islands and communities on the east bank of the Dnieper River. She fled Russian occupation by boat. Minutes later, she was shot. 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Even after the announcement that one-way westward crossing would be permitted, the Dnieper River was practically free of boats on Sunday. Ukraine allows perilous Dnieper River crossings to flee Russian occupation 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z And because the goal was to fall back to a more defensible position, protected by the Dnieper River, further Ukrainian advances on this front are unlikely anytime soon. Opinion | Biden can help Zelensky, and Ukraine, by pushing for peace 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But the Russians dug in on the other side of the Dnieper, with Kherson within reach of their artillery. AP PHOTOS: Residents face new reality in retaken Kherson 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z But Russia was forced to surrender Kherson city and other territory west of the Dnieper River, even after Russian officials repeatedly hinted they would defend the “new territories” with nuclear weapons. Scholz phones Putin after diplomatic overture by Biden and Macron 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Svitlov had just navigated down a narrow waterway and turned right onto the Dnieper River when the gunfire began, he later told his son-in-law. She fled Russian occupation by boat. Minutes later, she was shot. 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, have reportedly crossed the Dnieper River onto the eastern bank. Ukraine allows perilous Dnieper River crossings to flee Russian occupation 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z There are voices in Russia calling for taking everything east of the Dnieper. Opinion | Biden can help Zelensky, and Ukraine, by pushing for peace 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Some draw water from the Dnieper, risking Russian sniper bullets from the other bank. AP PHOTOS: Residents face new reality in retaken Kherson 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z In the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian forces fired “from evening till morning” at Ukrainian-held towns facing the Russian occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant across the Dnieper River, the regional governor said Thursday. Russian shelling cuts off power again in liberated Kherson 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z ISW said Russian forces were digging in further east of the city of Kherson, from which Ukrainian forces expelled them more than two weeks ago, and continued “routine artillery fire” across the Dnieper River. Pockets of shelling across Ukraine as wintry warfare looms 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Well, the living was easier in the capital this summer, when bathers flocked to beaches on the Dnieper River. Hardship and hope: Winter, missile storms show Kyiv’s mettle 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Within days of changing hands, it came under fierce fire from just across the Dnieper River, where Moscow’s troops sought to establish a new front line. Lviv was once a safe haven for Ukrainians fleeing the war. Now it's suffering too 2022-11-27T05:00:00Z Soldiers in the region had warned that Kherson would face intensified strikes as Russian troops dig in across the Dnieper River. Russia rains missiles on recaptured Ukrainian city 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z KHERSON, Ukraine — The Ukrainian sniper adjusted his scope and fired a.50-caliber bullet at a Russian soldier across the Dnieper River. After Russian retreat, Ukrainian military plans next move 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z Two weeks after retreating from the southern city of Kherson, Russia is pounding the town with artillery as it digs in across the Dnieper River. After Russian retreat, Ukrainian military plans next move 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z Overlooking the right bank of the Dnieper River, it has been a pilgrimage site for centuries. Ukraine searches monastic complex, prompts anger in Moscow 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z Russia has accused Ukrainian forces of shelling the plant from the other side of the Dnieper River. Shelling at nuclear plant raises alarm, as war intensifies in east Ukraine 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Russian-installed authorities in the Kherson region on Monday also reiterated their call to people to evacuate an area on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River, which Moscow now controls. Ukraine urges civilians to leave liberated areas for winter 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z In Nikopol, located across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, 40 Russian missiles damaged several high-rise buildings, private houses, outbuildings and a power line. Russian strikes force Ukraine to face hours-long power cuts 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Both sides have blown up bridges across the Dnieper. After Russian retreat, Ukrainian military plans next move 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The Russian military reported completing the withdrawal from Kherson and surrounding areas to the eastern bank of the Dnieper River on Nov. 11. Where’s Putin? Leader leaves bad news on Ukraine to others 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z They managed to avoid a slaughter as their troops were crossing the Dnieper River to the east bank. Opinion | Kherson’s fall is another triumph for Ukraine’s ‘thousand bee sting’ strategy 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z Russia has set up defense lines along the eastern bank of the Dnieper River, fearing that Ukrainian forces would push deeper into the region.. Ukraine urges civilians to leave liberated areas for winter 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Kherson, an important port city located where the Dnieper River meets the Black Sea, was the sole regional capital that Russian forces had managed to capture since the start of their invasion on Feb. 24. Visiting liberated Kherson, Zelensky sees ‘beginning of the end of the war’ 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Located where the Dnieper River meets the Black Sea, Kherson, with a prewar population of nearly 300,000, is by far the biggest city to be liberated. Witnesses recount detentions, torture, disappearances in occupied Kherson 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z They also wrecked key infrastructure before retreating across the wide Dnieper River to its east bank. Ukraine president accuses Russia of ‘atrocities’ in Kherson 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Now that the Russians have withdrawn from the western bank of the Dnieper River, Ukrainians have been liberating village after village on the way to Kherson. Opinion | How my aunt’s village is celebrating liberation from the Russians 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z It was a significant — but as it turned out only temporary — prize for Moscow, because of the city’s port and its strategic position on the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine. Kherson Diary: No power, no water but the joy just flows 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Russian forces also intentionally destroyed as much infrastructure as possible before fleeing Kherson and retreating across the Dnieper River, officials said. Russians ‘destroyed all critical infrastructure,’ left explosives across Kherson: Ukrainian official 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Moscow’s announcement that Russian forces were withdrawing across the Dnieper River, which divides both the Kherson region and Ukraine as a whole, followed a stepped-up Ukrainian counteroffensive in the country’s south. After Kherson success, Kyiv vows to keep pushing out Russia 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z When explosions sounded in the distance — likely outgoing rounds fired toward Russian positions on the other side of the Dnieper River — few in the crowd seemed to notice. Kherson residents celebrate liberation and describe trauma of occupation 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Moscow’s announcement that Russian forces planned to withdraw across the Dnieper River, which divides both the Kherson region and Ukraine, followed a stepped-up Ukrainian counteroffensive in the country’s south. Ukraine works to stabilize Kherson after Russian pullout 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Tens of thousands of people were evacuated, ferried across the Dnieper and bused deeper into territory that Russia still holds. Kherson Diary: No power, no water but the joy just flows 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z The first Ukrainian troops entered the city unopposed within hours of an announcement by Russia’s Ministry of Defense that its last forces had withdrawn and relocated to the east bank of the Dnieper River. Ukraine rejoices as Russia retreats from key southern city of Kherson 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z A Russian defense ministry spokesman said the redeployment of Russian troops to the left bank of the Dnieper River was completed at about 5 a.m. Ukrainian forces move in as Russia pulls out of occupied Kherson 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z Obozna thought her son — who she said had fought in the Azov Regiment in 2015, perhaps putting him on the radar of the Russians — was now being held in a town across the Dnieper River. Kherson residents celebrate liberation and describe trauma of occupation 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z Its loss was a major blow to Ukraine because of its location on the Dnieper River near the mouth of the Black Sea, and its role as a major industrial center. EXPLAINER: How important is a Russian retreat from Kherson? 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z He also predicted they would shell the city after relocating across the Dnieper River. Russia claims all troops gone from city in southern Ukraine 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z “We see all these signs — blown up bridges, leaving the villages, heading towards the Dnieper River,” Kostenko said. Russian retreat from Kherson city sets stage for more hard combat 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z The ministry said there was a “maneuver of units of the Russian group” to the opposite side of the Dnieper River from where Kherson lies, a day after ordering a withdrawal. Russia says retreat from key city begun but Ukraine cautious 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Putin was unwilling, it seemed, to fall back from the Dnieper River. Opinion | Why the Russian retreat from Kherson is so significant 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Russia’s forces, however, will be confined to the east bank of the Dnieper River, leaving them with no foothold in the west of the country. Russia orders exit from Kherson city, giving up key regional capital 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Ukrainian strikes also wrecked a main bridge across the Dnieper, cutting off a main avenue for potential retreat, and forcing Russia to instead use vulnerable pontoon bridges and ferries as supply links. Deceit or defeat? Russia announces retreat from key southern Ukrainian city of Kherson 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z But just as the Dnieper River presented an obstacle for the Russians to resupply troops, Ukraine is not expected to easily be able to press east and south to Crimea from there. Russian retreat from Kherson city sets stage for more hard combat 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Ukrainian forces had zeroed in on the strategic industrial city, which sits on the Dnieper River that divides the region and the country itself. Russia says it’s withdrawing from key city in Ukraine 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z More than 20 residential buildings, an industrial plant, a gas pipeline and a power line were reportedly damaged in Nikopol, which lies across the Dnieper River from the the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Villages and towns in Ukraine see heavy fighting, shelling 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z There are thousands of Russian forces along the Dnieper River, he said. Russia orders exit from Kherson city, giving up key regional capital 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Yet on Monday, the region’s Russian-installed administration announced it was halting “the movement of civilian vehicles across the Dnieper by water and pontoon ferry,” citing “increased military danger” and threats to civilians. Russian authorities: Power back on in occupied Kherson 2022-11-07T05:00:00Z The Post seems to consistently use the Russian name for the Dnipro River in Ukraine: Dnieper, as in the Oct. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: This Kanye headline was all wrong 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z More than 20 residential buildings, an industrial plant, a gas pipeline and a power line were reportedly damaged in Nikopol, which lies across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. Russia says it’s withdrawing from key city in Ukraine 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Russian military leaders have withdrawn to the eastern bank of the Dnieper River, outside Kherson, leaving rank-and-file troops to face Ukrainian assaults. G-7 agrees to fix, defend Ukraine’s infrastructure amid Russian attacks 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z Each side has accused the other of preparing to damage the Kakhovka dam, upstream on the Dnieper, which could flood much of the city and the surrounding country. Kherson Braces for Battle as Russian Administration Evacuates 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z Smoke was rising from the left bank of the Dnieper River, either from a missile strike or where it was shot down by Ukrainian forces. Russian strikes leave 80% of Kyiv consumers without water 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z A statement Friday says Russian troops again fired on several towns facing the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant across the Dnieper River. Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z The plant, located in a Russian-controlled region on the banks of the Dnieper River, is located near the front lines, and in recent months the facility has been struck repeatedly by artillery and mortar shells. U.N. looks to ‘cool’ fears of dirty bomb with visit to Ukraine 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z The aid comes as Ukrainian forces are fighting to surround the southern city of Kherson, attacking Russia’s foothold on the west bank of the Dnieper River, which divides the region and the country. US to send Ukraine additional $275 million in military aid 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z A single red line snakes down from Belarus, along the Western flank of the Dnieper River, through Chernobyl and towards Zhuliany airport, in Kyiv. General known for brutality led troops that killed civilians 2022-10-26T04:00:00Z Over the weekend, streetlights began blinking out at 8 p.m., and the city’s bridges over the Dnieper River now go dark at midnight. Dnipro residents fear dark, cold winter as Russia smashes infrastructure 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Ukrainian forces were surrounding Kherson from the west and attacking Russia’s foothold on the west bank of the Dnieper River, which divides the region and the country. Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine-War 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z In recent days, Moscow-installed officials have fled the city and urged civilians to evacuate over the Dnieper river into Russian controlled territory. Ukraine war: UN nuclear watchdog to inspect Ukrainian sites 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Ukraine’s relentless artillery strikes on Kherson have cut the main crossings across the Dnieper River, which bisects southern Ukraine, leaving Russian troops on the west bank short of supplies and vulnerable to encirclement. 9 months into war, Ukraine claims success in downing drones 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z Their relentless artillery strikes cut the main crossings across the Dnieper River, which bisects the southern region, leaving Russian troops on the west bank short of supplies and vulnerable to encirclement. Russia’s defense chief warns of ‘dirty bomb’ provocation 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z On Friday, Ukrainian forces bombarded Russian positions across the province, targeting pro-Kremlin forces’ resupply routes across the Dnieper River and preparing for a final push to reclaim the city. Military think tank: Russia withdraws officers from Kherson 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z The dam may provide Russia with one of the few remaining routes across the Dnipro River - also known as Dnieper - in the partially occupied Kherson region. Ukraine war: Russia air strikes target more power facilities 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z Kherson is the only major Ukrainian city that Russian forces have managed to capture during its invasion, and its only major foothold west of the River Dnieper. Ukraine war: UN nuclear watchdog to inspect Ukrainian sites 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z This disrupts supply links to Kherson and the group of Russian forces on the west bank of the Dnieper and makes them vulnerable to encirclement. EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Earlier Ukrainian strikes had made the Antonivskyi Bridge inoperable, prompting Russian authorities to set up ferry crossings and pontoon bridges to ferry supplies to Russian troops in Kherson, which sits on the Dnieper’s western bank. Ukrainian forces pile pressure on Russian-held Kherson 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z In his overnight address he said the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper river had been mined by Russian forces, according to Ukrainian information. Ukraine war: Zelensky accuses Russia of plot to blow up dam 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Ukrainian troops have been advancing slowly in the Kherson region in recent weeks, destroying bridges and cutting supply lines, increasing the pressure on Russian forces on the west bank of the Dnieper River. Putin decrees ‘martial law’ in illegally annexed territories of Ukraine 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z Russian TV footage showed a number of people gathering near the Dnieper. Ukraine war: Russia begins evacuation from Kherson in south 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z But as Ukrainian forces stubbornly pressed its offensive to the southwest alongside the Dnieper, Russian troops have found it increasingly difficult to stem their advance. EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Ukrainian troops attempted to advance south along the banks of the Dnieper River but did gain any ground, according to Stremousov. Ukraine: Russia hits power site by Kyiv, guards seized land 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z The dam also provides Russia with one of the few remaining routes across the Dnieper river in the partially occupied Kherson region. Ukraine war: Zelensky accuses Russia of plot to blow up dam 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z "Such strikes are causing serious damage," he said, urging residents across the whole region - and especially those on the west bank of the Dnieper river - to evacuate to Russia or Crimea. Russian-installed Kherson leader in evacuation plea amid Ukraine advance 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z In the south, Ukraine’s hard-fought slog has resulted in some gains along the Dnieper River toward the strategic city of Kherson. Biden scrambles to avert cracks in pro-Ukraine coalition 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z A retreat from Kherson and other areas on the Dnieper’s west bank would shatter Russian hopes to press an offensive west to Mykolaiv and Odesa to cut off Ukraine’s access to the Black Sea. EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z He said the shelling of the city of Nikopol, which is located across the Dnieper from the Russia-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, damaged a dozen residential buildings, several stores and a transportation facility. Ukraine: Russia hits power site by Kyiv, guards seized land 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z A huge orange fireball followed by a cloud of white and black smoke briefly enveloped but did not destroy the glass-bottomed walkway, which provides views of the city and the Dnieper River. After Putin’s ‘massive strike’ shatters calm, Kyiv voices defiance 2022-10-10T04:00:00Z Zaporizhzhia lies across a wide reservoir on the Dnieper river from the nuclear plant with the same name, one of the world’s largest. Crimea bridge blast damages key Russian supply route; 3 dead 2022-10-08T04:00:00Z The Ukrainian army has also unleashed a broad counteroffensive in the south, capturing a string of villages on the western bank of the Dnieper River and advancing toward the city of Kherson. EXPLAINER: Russia’s military woes mount amid Ukraine attacks 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Its loss was a major blow to Ukraine because of its location on the Dnieper River, near the mouth of the Black Sea, and its role as a major industrial center. EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z “Friends, I know that you expect me to comment on the situation, but I really don’t know what to tell you,” pro-Russian military reporter Roman Saponkov wrote on Telegram about losses along the Dnieper River. Putin cites success in annexed regions even as his exhausted troops retreat 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south, meanwhile, has quickened in recent days, with forces moving down the Dnieper River toward Kherson. Putin faces limits of his military power as Ukraine recaptures land 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Russian forces also shelled the areas on the western bank of the Dnieper facing the Russia-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and in the Donetsk region. Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z Regaining control of Kherson, a rich agricultural region whose capital boasts a key port where the Dnieper flows into the Black Sea, is critical for Ukraine. Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Kherson also sits at a point where Ukraine can cut off fresh water from the Dnieper to Crimea. EXPLAINER: What would retreat from Kherson mean for Russia? 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Russia still controls Kherson city, the regional capital, in the south, but its grip is looking increasingly shaky on the entire area north of the River Dnieper, known as Dnipro in Ukrainian. Ukraine regains Kherson villages from Russians 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z The southern city of Nikopol across the Dnieper River from the Russia-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant came under intense shelling that damaged more than 30 houses, a school and several stores. Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Ukrainian troops have broken through Russian positions on the Dnieper river north-east of Kherson, a strategic Russian-held city in southern Ukraine. Ukraine tank breakthrough in south towards Kherson 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Losing the west bank of the Dnieper River to Ukrainian control would be “an immediate danger” for remaining Russian units in the area, Rybar wrote to his nearly 1 million followers. Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Ukraine has pressed its counteroffensive in the Kherson region since the summer, relentlessly pummeling Russian supply lines and making inroads into Russian-held areas west of the Dnieper River. Officials: US to send Ukraine more advanced rocket systems 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z His friend hid him for three days before driving him and his wheelchair to Kherson's docks for a pre-dawn crossing of the Dnieper River. Ukrainian pensioner who lost legs defies Russian occupation 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z Cities across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have also been shelled. Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z A photo emerged at the weekend showing Ukrainian forces’ operation southwest of Novovorontsovka on the banks of the Dnieper River. Ukrainian troops continue offensive, claim new gains 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z It was a major strategic thrust that might yet push Russian troops back from the western bank of the Dnieper River. Opinion | How Ukraine’s offensive changes the equation for Putin and Zelensky 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The Ukrainian military’s focus will probably shift to Kherson, the occupied city in Ukraine’s south, where Russian forces are defending a vulnerable swath of territory on the eastern side of the Dnieper River. Rapid loss of territory in Ukraine reveals spent Russian military 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z They have also attacked bridges, ferries and pontoons, attempting to make Russian positions of the west side of the Dnieper River unsustainable, and thereby force a withdrawal. Ukraine war in maps: Tracking the Russian invasion after six months 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z The Russians continued shelling Nikopol across the Dnieper from the Zaporizhzhia power plant, damaging several buildings there and leaving Europe’s largest nuclear facility in a precarious position. Ukraine keeps initiative, claims it reached Russian border 2022-09-12T04:00:00Z In the Kherson region, troops sought to drive Russian forces from their foothold on the west bank of the Dnieper River, a potential vantage point for a push deeper into Ukraine by Moscow. Ukraine pushes major counteroffensive as war marks 200 days 2022-09-11T04:00:00Z Kherson, located at the confluence of the Dnieper River and the Black Sea, was one of the first cities to fall to Russian forces in early March. Decrying Ukraine war, Russian soldier seeks refuge in France 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z The city of Nikopol, located on the opposite bank of the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, was fired on with rockets and heavy artillery, regional governor Valentyn Reznichenko said. Shelling goes on near Ukraine nuclear plant, despite risks 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z If the Ukrainians manage to trap up to 25,000 Russian troops on the west bank of the Dnieper River around Kherson, it could shake Putin’s criminal regime to its foundations. Opinion | The fighting continues, but Ukraine has already won its war of independence 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z The plant lies on the southern bank of the River Dnieper, across the water from Ukrainian-held towns and military positions. Zaporizhzhia: UN nuclear agency calls for Ukraine plant safety zone 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Ukraine’s presidential office said that Russian forces shelled residential buildings in Nikopol, a city across the Dnieper river from the Zaporizhzhia plant. Fears grow for Ukraine nuke plant ahead of inspector report 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z Local Ukrainian authorities accused Moscow of pounding two cities that overlook the plant across the Dnieper river with rockets, also an accusation they have made repeatedly over the past weeks. Ukraine’s nuclear plant goes offline amid fighting 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z The regional capital, a gateway between the Dnieper River and the Black Sea, is a major economic hub. In fiercely contested Kherson, Ukraine pushes to retake occupied lands 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It said the Ukrainian troops arrived in seven speedboats, landing three kilometers northeast of the plant on the left bank of the Dnieper River and tried to seize it. U.N. nuclear agency team arrives at Ukraine power plant 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It said that the Ukrainian troops arrived in boats, landing three kilometers northeast of the plant on the left bank of the Dnieper River and tried to seize it. UN inspectors head to Ukraine nuclear plant despite fighting 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z It is the only city that Russian forces have captured west of the strategically important Dnieper River. Quentin Sommerville: Is this Ukraine's breakthrough moment? 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Ukrainian forces, the report said, have destroyed a number of ammunition depots in the region and all large bridges across the Dnieper that are vital to bring supplies to the Russian troops. Eyes on Kherson as Ukraine claims bold move on Russians 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z At the beginning of the campaign, Ukraine said it demolished major bridges across the Dnieper, cutting Russian supply routes. In fiercely contested Kherson, Ukraine pushes to retake occupied lands 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Russian rocket strikes on a passenger train in the town of Chaplyne, about 60 miles east of the Dnieper River killed at least 21 people, officials said, and dozens more were reported injured. Russian missile hits passenger train as Ukraine marks Independence Day 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z The Russian helicopters swept low over the Dnieper, their rotor blades slicing the moist winter air in the fold of the river valley. Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital “I’m a little bit worried,” Nich, 45, a teacher, says of their decision to return to their hometown straddling the Dnieper River in eastern Ukraine. A train ride back to Ukraine: Fear, tears and a romance Nikopol, which is just across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia plant, once again came under a barrage of heavy shelling, local authorities said, with a bus station, stores and a children’s library sustaining damage. Eyes on Kherson as Ukraine claims bold move on Russians 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z At a small factory on the left bank of Kyiv's Dnieper river, Nataliia's business used to make hotel uniforms, but now produces Ukrainian flags. Ukraine war: Kyiv counts cost of fragile independence 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z In Nikopol, just two miles across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, the threat of imminent nuclear catastrophe is compounded by daily shelling from Russian forces near the plant. Across the river from Ukraine nuclear plant, shelling adds to fear 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z The goal of the invaders was to penetrate and seize Kyiv, the centuries-old metropolis topped with golden domes above the Dnieper River. Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital Putin made the comments, his first about the recent fighting around the large complex along the Dnieper River, during a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron. Warnings of attack on Ukraine nuclear plant set the world on edge 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Ukrainian officials say Russia has turned the complex into an army base - deploying military equipment, weapons and about 500 troops who are using the site as a shield to attack towns across the Dnieper River. Ukraine war: Russia to allow inspectors at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant - Putin 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Russia seized the site on the left bank of the River Dnieper at the start of its war but this month the two sides have accused each other of repeatedly shelling it. Ukraine nuclear plant: How risky is standoff over Zaporizhzhia? 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Ukraine has accused Russia of shelling this small city on the banks of the Dnieper River from the grounds of the plant, using fear of damaging the plant as a shield. Across the river from Ukraine nuclear plant, shelling adds to fear 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z Part of the solution rested in an oddity of the Irpin, which flows to a dam 15 miles north of Moshchun and is then lifted up by pumps into a reservoir on the Dnieper River. Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital Separately, Russian forces would come from the east and drive through central Ukraine to the Dnieper River, while troops from Crimea took over the southeastern coast. Road to war: U.S. struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion In a daily intelligence update, UK defence officials said Ukrainian precision strikes were likely to have made the road crossing over the Dnieper River "unusable for heavy military vehicles". Ukraine says it has taken out vital bridge in occupied Kherson 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Further west, the governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region reported more Russian shelling of the city of Nikopol, which lies across the Dnieper River from Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. Russian shelling heavy in east; Ukraine strikes key bridge 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Russian forces fired more than 40 rockets at the city of Marhanets, which is across the Dnieper river from the power plant. Grain ship to dock in Ukraine, leave for Africa 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Their plan, according to Ukrainian officials, was to rapidly take the city of 280,000 people and press southward along the eastern side of the Dnieper River into Kyiv within three days. Battle for Kyiv: Ukrainian valor, Russian blunders combined to save the capital Ukraine has accused Russia of storing troops and weapons at the plant and using its grounds to launch strikes against Ukrainian-controlled territory across the Dnieper. EXPLAINER: Fighting in Ukraine endangers big nuclear plant 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z As Ukrainian forces step up attacks in the region and reclaim some areas west of the Dnieper River, the guerrilla activity also has increased. Ukrainian resistance grows in Russian-occupied areas 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z A local Ukrainian official reported Saturday that a Ukrainian strike had damaged the last working bridge over the Dnieper River in the region and further crippled Russian supply lines. Russian shelling heavy in east; Ukraine strikes key bridge 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z Kherson, located on the Dnieper River near its mouth with the Black Sea, came under Russian control early in the war and Ukrainian officials have vowed to retake it. Shift in war’s front seen as ships cleared to leave Ukraine 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z The governor of the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region said three civilians were injured after Russian rockets fell on a residential neighborhood in Nikopol, a city across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station. Russian forces begin assault on two eastern Ukraine cities 2022-08-06T04:00:00Z The tycoon was well-known in Ukraine for driving a revival of cargo transportation on rivers, including the vast Dnieper that carves south from northernmost Ukraine to the Black Sea. Ukraine buries agricultural 'titan' killed in missile strike 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z Nikopol is located across the Dnieper river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which was taken over by Russian troops early in the war. Ukrainian cities shelled, including one near nuclear plant 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z Zhdanov, the Ukrainian military analyst, described the bridge as the key link for supplying Russian forces on the right bank of the Dnieper. Ukraine seeks to retake the south, tying down Russian forces 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z Citing local Ukrainian officials, the institute said the Russians “are continuing to accumulate large quantities of military equipment” in a town across the Dnieper River from Kherson. Shift in war’s front seen as ships cleared to leave Ukraine 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z Nikopol, controlled by the Ukrainians, lies on the west bank of the Dnieper River. Using Nuclear Reactors for Cover, Russians Lob Rockets at Ukrainians 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z The top layer, fed by freshwater from rivers like the Danube, the Dniester and the Dnieper, teems with life. Perspective | Exploring the rich history — and strange depths — of the Black Sea 2022-07-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military continued to counterattack in the occupied southern region of Kherson, striking a key bridge over the Dnieper River on Wednesday. Russia steps up strikes on Ukraine amid counterattacks 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Russia still can use a second crossing on the Dnieper to ferry supplies and reinforcements to its troops in Kherson, which lies just north of the Crimean Peninsula, seized by Russia in 2014. Ukraine seeks to retake the south, tying down Russian forces 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z The bridge is the main crossing across the Dnieper River in the Kherson region. Ukraine forces strike key bridge in Russian-occupied south 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z For more than two months, the Ukrainian army has been telegraphing an intention to counterattack on the west bank of the Dnieper River, with the goal being to liberate the city of Kherson. Using Nuclear Reactors for Cover, Russians Lob Rockets at Ukrainians 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z In the southern Kherson region, which Russian troops seized early in the invasion, Ukrainian forces preparing for a potential counteroffensive fired rockets at Dnieper River crossings to try to disrupt supplies to the Russians. Russia, Ukraine trade missile strikes on war’s 150th day 2022-07-23T04:00:00Z It added that Ukraine has used its new long-range artillery to damage at least three of the bridges across the Dnieper River, “which Russia relies upon to supply the areas under its control.” Russia steps up strikes on Ukraine amid counterattacks 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Ukraine forces also on Wednesday struck a key bridge on the Dnieper River for the second time in as many days, apparently trying to loosen Russia’s grip on the southern Kherson region. Russia pounds major Ukrainian city after expanding war aims 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Kherson also includes a canal from the Dnieper river needed to keep Crimea supplied with fresh water. In occupied south Ukraine, some fear a return to Soviet times under Russia 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z “It is one of only two road crossing points over the Dnieper by which Russia can supply or withdraw its forces in the territory it has occupied west of the river,” it added. Ukrainian forces strike key bridge in Russia-occupied south 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z Mironov, a former major from a military family, retired to become an entrepreneur in Kherson, a strategically situated southern city at the mouth of the Dnieper River. In a war-torn Ukrainian town, 'we were all ready to die' 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z It’s the only position the Russians hold west of the Dnieper River, and a prime position to launch any future offensive down the Black Sea coast to the major port city of Odessa. Near Kherson, Ukrainians regain territory in major counteroffensive 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Sitting along the Dnieper River, Kremenchuk is a major Ukrainian industrial hub with factories that produce railway cars and trucks. After Monday’s mall airstrike, shocked residents grapple with the destruction, the dead and the missing. 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The Russians destroyed pipes that conveyed fresh water from the Dnieper River. Linchpin of Ukrainian Defiance, a Southern City Endures Russian Barrage 2022-06-22T04:00:00Z “Control of Dnieper crossings is likely to become a key factor in the outcome of fighting in the region.” Ukrainian forces strike key bridge in Russia-occupied south 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z The other one kept them airborne for the remainder of the 80-minute early morning dash to Dnipro city on the Dnieper River in central Ukraine. ‘The impossible’: Ukraine’s secret, deadly rescue missions 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z So he hefted a ginormous statue of the Virgin Mary and walked on the water of the river Dnieper to get it out of harm’s way. Martyr, crackpot, tree-hugger and more — the people behind SoCal's mountain peaks 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Ukrainian forces still control the city of Zaporizhzhia, on the opposite bank of the Dnieper. Ukraine says giant Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant can't supply Russia 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Located on the west bank of the Dnieper river, it is home to a major port connected to the Black Sea. How much of Ukraine does Russia hold? 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z It is home to key sea and river ports, and lies on the Dnieper River, which helps Russia cut off Ukrainian forces from the Black Sea coast. Shift to ruble in Kherson could signal consolidation of Russian control in occupied region 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z But in Kherson — a large city with a major ship-building industry, located at the confluence of the Dnieper River and the Black Sea near Russian-annexed Crimea — the occupying forces have taken a different tack. Occupied Ukrainian city fears sham Russian referendum plans 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z Kyiv is bisected by the Dnieper River, “like two large cities that can mutually support one another across the river,” Boston said. Why Russia gave up on urban war in Kyiv and turned to big battles in the east Russian troops are occupying the sprawling Zaporizhzhia plant by the Dnieper River in southern Ukraine. Ukraine says giant Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant can't supply Russia 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z Parts of the roads leading to Zaporizhzhia, a city farther up the Dnieper River, have been washed out, she said. Attacks rock Ukrainian cities, as Mariupol nears full Russian control 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Some predict Russia also may try to use its forces north of Crimea to try to capture the industrial hubs of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro on the Dnieper River, effectively cutting Ukraine in half. EXPLAINER: New front, same challenges for Russian offensive 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z After the annexation, Ukraine cut off water from the canal, which flows from the Dnieper River to Crimea and previously supplied 85% of the peninsula’s needs. Occupied Ukrainian city fears sham Russian referendum plans 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z One of my favorite bakeries and cafés in Podil, a historic neighborhood on the floodplain of the Dnieper River, had reopened. A Journalist Returns to Kyiv 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z If he takes the area east of the Dnieper, “that may be enough for now, but he will rebuild his army and continue.” Peace Talks May Be Little More Than Russian Tactics, Analysts Say 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Kherson is about 400 miles south of Kyiv and is home to a port on the Dnieper River close to the Black Sea, making it a strategically important site in the conflict. Attacks rock Ukrainian cities, as Mariupol nears full Russian control 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Chernihiv guards the left bank of the Dnieper River and has been a target for Russian forces advancing on Kyiv since the start of the war five weeks ago. A Vow to Ease Bombing Is Too Late for Many in Ukraine City Near Kyiv 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z They departed along a previously established humanitarian corridor and were heading north to the city of Zaporizhzhia, on the Dnieper River, the Mariupol City Council said in a statement. U.S. warns China not to assist Russia 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z It is cut up by rivers, not just the mighty Dnieper which divides Kyiv in two, but its tributaries. Ukraine war: Kyiv terrain will slow Russian troops, say Ukraine generals 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z The city sprawls along both banks of the Dnieper, one of Europe's great rivers. Ukraine war: Kyiv prepares for Russian attack 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z He told the programme the children are based across several small orphanages in the city, which is on the Dnieper River in south-central Ukraine. Ukraine conflict: Football fans' charity bids to evacuate orphans 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “Are they going to take Kyiv and stop at the Dnieper River or are they going to push through all the way to Moldova?” Backing an insurgency in occupied Ukraine filled with promise, peril for U.S. 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z She had arrived from Zaporizhzhia, on the Dnieper River, where on Friday Russian troops attacked Ukraine's largest nuclear power station, setting a training facility on fire. Evacuation trains from war zone pour into Lviv in western Ukraine 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Kherson, a key port on the Black Sea and the Dnieper River, fell to Russian troops earlier this week. Ukraine: Thousands march in Kherson against occupiers 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z But crossing the Dnieper might not be on Russia's agenda until it is able to control both banks. Ukraine war: Kyiv prepares for Russian attack 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z For months, Kyiv, a city of gold domes and a grand past bisected by the Dnieper River, found itself in the eye of a geopolitical storm. Scattered corpses. A rain of rockets. A week inside Russia's war against Ukraine 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z And as they battled along a key stretch of the Dnieper River on Thursday near the industrial city of Zaporizhzhia, they swung into position around the vast nuclear power plant and eventually captured it. The Ukraine power plant fire was contained. But nuclear experts fear what’s to come in Russia’s war. 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Kherson - which is located where the Dnieper river meets the Black Sea - became the first major city to fall to Russian troops on Thursday. Ukraine conflict: Your guide to understanding day nine 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The Russian military has also occupied the city of Kherson which is located where the Dnieper river meets the Black Sea, a important location for troops to move further into Ukraine. Ukraine war: Why Kherson and Mariupol are key to Russian success 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z The Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, on the Dnieper River roughly a hundred miles north of Crimea, is the largest in Europe. Fire breaks out at a nuclear power complex during a Russian assault, Ukraine says. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z That would expand Mr. Putin’s control east of the Dnieper River, which cuts through the center of Ukraine and divides its western and eastern regions. One Week After Russia’s Invasion, Here’s How the War Is Evolving 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Russian forces battled for control of the southern city of Enerhodar, a crucial energy-producing hub on the Dnieper River that accounts for about one-quarter of Ukraine’s power generation. Russia advances in Ukraine’s south as U.S. widens sanctions net 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z As of Wednesday, Russian forces had captured the strategically important city of Kherson at the mouth of the Dnieper River, the first major city to come under Russian control. Anxiety Grows in Odessa as Russians Advance in Southern Ukraine 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z "They're now on the western side of the Dnieper and able to push both further up the river and towards Odesa." Ukraine war: Why Kherson and Mariupol are key to Russian success 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z Russian troops are trying to surround cities and cut off the bulk of the Ukrainian army east of the Dnieper River, which would make resupply much more difficult. NATO Countries Pour Weapons Into Ukraine, Risking Conflict With Russia 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z In 989, a baptism of all the citizens of Kiev was held in the Dnieper River. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The Zaporizhia complex, 140 miles up the Dnieper River from the Black Sea, has six reactors, more than any other location in Ukraine’s nationwide fleet. Decades after Chernobyl, war raises nuclear fears in Ukraine 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Less than a month ago, we were drinking beer at a Bohemian bar on the banks of the Dnieper River. ‘I’m a Soldier Now.’ Even in Untouched Villages, Ukrainians Prepare to Fight 2022-02-27T05:00:00Z The Soviet-era canal was built to channel water from the River Dnieper to arid areas of Ukraine's Kherson region and Crimea. Russian troops destroy Ukrainian dam that blocked water to Crimea - RIA 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z The Dnieper river forms a natural barrier between east and west Ukraine. Ukraine: Is Russia's invasion going as expected? 2022-02-26T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, it was located near three major rivers: the Volga, Dnieper, and Don. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It sits on the Dnieper River roughly 100 miles north of Crimea. Chernobyl Plant Is Unharmed Despite Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Scientists Say 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In the south, Russian troops had advanced toward a strategically important dam controlling the flow of water from the Dnieper River along a canal to the Crimean Peninsula, the ministry statement said. Ukraine Girds for Kyiv Attack Amid Signs of Slowing Russian Advance 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Thus far, Russian gains have been most apparent through Crimea, where Putin’s troops have moved north to capture territory near Kherson, a vital port linking the Black Sea and Dnieper River. Russia’s military strategy in Ukraine aimed at key cities, decapitating central government 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Ben Barry, of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, says that a Russian advance north from Crimea may succeed in cutting them off from Kyiv, stranding them on the east side of the Dnieper River. Ukraine invasion: Russia's attack in maps 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Another fear is that bridges over the Dnieper river will be bombed, dividing the eastern and western halves of the city. BBC Ukraine editor: There is no safe place anymore 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z A Russian advance towards Kyiv from Crimea could strand large numbers of Ukrainian troops east of the Dnieper river, he says. Ukraine: What are Russia's possible attack routes? 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z It was dark by the time we reached Kherson, the last large city along the Dnieper before it flows into the Black Sea. ‘We Need to Oppose Russia’: Ukrainians Find Common Purpose 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Another theory is that Mr. Putin could expand that operation in an effort to annex all of eastern Ukraine, up to the Dnieper River. U.S. Warns of Grim Toll if Putin Pursues Full Invasion of Ukraine 2022-02-05T05:00:00Z With Russian troops to their east, in Donetsk and Luhansk, north in Russia, and on the west bank of the Dnieper, they would be encircled. Ukraine invasion: Russia's attack in maps 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z Moving west, any invading force would reach the banks of the Dnieper River, which symbolically divides Ukraine into east and west, beginning in Russia and flowing through Belarus and Ukraine into the Black Sea. Wetlands and radioactive soil: How Ukraine’s geography could influence a Russian invasion Elsewhere, there’s little sign that this elegant capital perched on the Dnieper River is on borrowed time. Under threat of a Russian invasion, Kyiv shrugs — and prepares for war 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z Among those other options: seizing Ukrainian territory as far west as the Dnieper River, which runs south through Kyiv to the Black Sea near the Crimean Peninsula. ‘Minor incursion’ by Russia could complicate West’s response 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z Chief among the upsides, he explains in his office overlooking the Dnieper River, is the sort of freedom not seen in developed nations for hundreds of years. The Crypto Capital of the World 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z Ukrainian and Belarusian government officials have agreed to start dredging the Dnieper and Pripyat rivers. The race to save Polesia, Europe's secret Amazon 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z In the southern city of Zaporizhzhya, for example, is the Dnieper Hydroelectric Station, a massive dam that also joins the banks of the river. Wetlands and radioactive soil: How Ukraine’s geography could influence a Russian invasion In April, the Ukrainian government announced $340 million in Chinese financing for a new bridge across the Dnieper River. At a Ukrainian aircraft engine factory, China’s military finds a cash-hungry partner 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z It is a two-hour drive from the centre of Kiev, following the banks of the Dnieper river into the woods. Grab your Geiger counter: a trip to Chernobyl's first rave 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z Crowning these properties is the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, or the Monastery of the Caves, perched on a bluff overlooking the Dnieper River, in one of the capital’s more exclusive neighborhoods. Tensions between Russia and Ukraine spill over to Byzantine world of Orthodox church 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z In the Black Sea, and the eastern European rivers Danube and Dnieper that feed it, live a common group of phytoplankton called coccolithophores. The Black Sea Turned Turquoise, Thanks to a Phytoplankton Bloom 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z Then came the bombshell that echoed all the way from the Potomac to the Dnieper. Ukrainians worry they’re the big losers in the U.S. election 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z His face adorns Ukraine’s hryvnia note, and another monument to him already towers over the Dnieper river, where he baptised his people into the Orthodox faith. A tale of two Vladimirs 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Pro-Trump troll armies, for example – fake Twitter accounts programmed to tweet the same message, a very popular tactic east of the Dnieper – are already in the field: Trump’s campaign brings Eastern Europe’s political ‘tactics’ to the U.S. 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z Many of the families evacuated from Pripyat moved to this city, Slavutych – the old Slavic name of the nearby Dnieper River. Chernobyl 30 years on: former residents remember life in the ghost city of Pripyat 2016-03-07T05:00:00Z It is hunched in the trenches of the land between the Dnieper and the Sea of Azov. Living and loving on Ukraine's front line - BBC News 2016-02-17T05:00:00Z For hundreds of years, a tiny island in the Dnieper River provided sanctuary to a legendary group of warriors - Ukraine's Zaporozhian Cossacks. The warrior Cossacks of Ukraine - BBC News 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z In 1982 a silver titanium “Arch of Friendship” in honour of “the reunification of Ukraine and Russia” was erected on a hilltop outside Kiev overlooking the Dnieper river. Putin the uniter 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z They did, however, insist on a specific location for the march, near a golf club and a small gated community on the embankment of the Dnieper River on the outskirts of the city. The Assault on Kiev Pride 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z The statue must reside on a promontory high over the Moscow River because “it resembles the hill on the Dnieper,” said Valentin V. Lebedev, the chairman of an organization called the Union of Orthodox Citizens. Another Huge Statue in Russia? Not Rare, but Hugely Divisive 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z It now plays in Zaporizhia, on the banks of the Dnieper River in the southeastern part of the country. Ongoing conflict in Ukraine wreaks havoc on country's Premier League 2014-10-11T04:00:00Z For his project, Mr. Bondar crossed Ukraine on an ancient trading route along the Dnieper River. A United Ukraine, in Photographs 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Along the Dnieper and Volga, the traders were generally known as Varangians or “rowers” and formed the personal guard of the Byzantine Emperor; sometimes as Rus, from which modern Russia takes its name. How the Vikings became the world’s first climate change profiteers 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z Alexey proposed a border along the Dnieper, the river that runs through Kiev. Behind the Masks in Ukraine, Many Faces of Rebellion 2014-05-03T17:54:10Z The region now relies on canals drawing water from the Dnieper River in Ukraine. Flexing Control, Russia Raises Pensions for Crimeans 2014-03-31T14:04:22Z There was a mood of anticipation among Ukraine fans who walked along the banks of the vast Dnieper river that sweeps through this sprawling, exciting city. The man plotting England's World Cup downfall 2013-09-09T22:00:42Z Now there were more than 5,000 fans living at Camp Sweden on Trukhaniv Island in the middle of the Dnieper River. Euro 2012: Euro 2012 — The Dream Dies in Camp Sweden 2012-06-15T22:57:11Z A Viking settlement on the banks of the Dnieper River, near Smolensk, has more than three thousand funeral mounds scattered across its forty acres. How the Vikings became the world’s first climate change profiteers 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z On the banks of the Dnieper they first encountered the barbarians. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z By March 20 the Teutons were in possession of the whole of Western Ukraine west of the Dnieper. Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 2012-02-04T03:00:16.443Z That empire had been founded by Jenghiz Khan in the first quarter of the century; it stretched from Peking on the east to the Euphrates and the Dnieper on the west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z We descended the long wooden road to the river, and crossed the Dnieper on a bridge about half a mile long. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z These poems are the production of the Vandurists, or bards of the country, who are even yet found on the southern shore of the Dnieper. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 4, November 1, 1851 2011-11-03T02:00:15.113Z Odessa is situated in a small bay between the mouths of the Dnieper and Dniester. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z Its capital lay at Kief on the Dnieper, and it had proved a formidable neighbour to all the barbarous tribes around. The Byzantine Empire 2011-10-16T02:00:16.630Z In the south Moscow demanded, besides the line of the Dnieper, Kieff and a certain district around it on the west. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The Church of the Catacombs, or the Cathedral of the Assumption, attached to the monastery, stands a little out of the city, on the banks of the Dnieper. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z By this agreement the city and province of Smolensk went to Russia, and all the left bank of the Dnieper, while Kieff was to be occupied by Poland after two years. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z Footnote 7: The right bank of the Dnieper was called Russian; the left, Tartar. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Many of these people betake themselves also to the islands of the Dnieper, and there at the Saitch lead a life in the fashion of monks, but military and quite robber-like. Hania 2011-07-04T02:00:18.053Z The sun, growing red at last and seeming immense, was descending on the Moldavian side; the Dnieper was gleaming like a fiery ribbon, and from the east, from the Wilderness, darkness was moving on slowly. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The great body of the people retreated westward before the Huns, who, following them, reached the Dnieper. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z Her family dwelt beyond the Dnieper, in the former domains of Vishnyevetski; and as to him God alone knew his origin, for he told various tales about it himself. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z "Whenever we need to cross the Dnieper you will carry us over, like Saint Christopher." With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z To the right of these meadows were chains of hills, and in the remote distance one saw the Dnieper shimmer and sparkle like a mirror of steel. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z At last he said,— "Without me this cannot be done, for I am the son of Tugai Bey; and from the Dnieper to the Danube there is no greater name among the Tartars." Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The boundless steppes of Asia, and the lands lying between the River Ural and the Dnieper, with all their various peoples, were speedily brought under his sway. 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar The Scourge of God 2011-05-26T02:00:15.987Z Denmark belongs to the Cretaceous period, as does also a large part of Russia between the Volga and the basin of the Dnieper. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z Horseboys and herdsmen left their herds, settlers their lands, bee-keepers their bees, wild fishermen their reeds by the Dnieper, hunters the woods. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z One could catch fish in the Dnieper, and in the ponds, and shoot and snare partridges and bustards; there must be quantities here. The Mantle and Other Stories 2011-05-29T02:00:07.233Z The invasion moved from two directions,—from the Dnieper and the Danube. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z There is a small island, called Monastyrsky Island, on the Dnieper River. The Fiver 2011-04-05T15:50:42Z Middle and Eastern Germany, with Poland and the valley of the Dnieper, present on the surface Eocene formations of the Tertiary period. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar 2011-04-14T02:00:59.373Z He was, moreover, in his domain beyond the Dnieper a genuine king. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z For half a century or so before this invasion they are said to have inhabited Atelkuzu, probably a district between the Dnieper and the Danube. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" 2011-03-20T02:00:30.697Z East of the Dnieper another hetman ruled; but there the Poles could take no part in struggles for the office. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The most important tobacco districts are the Rhine valley in Baden and Alsace, Hungary, Rumania, the banks of the Dnieper, Bosnia and the south-west and other parts of France. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" 2011-03-05T03:00:24.537Z He died master of a vast empire that reached from the Pacific to the Dnieper. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z The Dnieper, flowing in that place in a compressed bed, was so narrow that an arrow shot from the walls went far on to the other bank. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z While American capital was opening up the Mississippi Valley, European capital was similarly busy along the fertile river basins of the Dnieper and the Danube. Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted 2011-02-01T03:00:14.553Z Basia raised herself in a moment, and, springing on her horse, shot off like a whirlwind in the direction opposite the Dnieper, toward the broad steppes. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Another chain of hills, to which the eastward bend of the Dnieper is due, rises in the west. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Alexandria, a town of the Ukraine, in the former Russian government of Kherson, on a tributary of the Dnieper. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Therefore a certain mystery, impenetrable as the fogs of the Dnieper, surrounded the predatory republic of the lower country. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z In the last quarter of the seventeenth century, Russia and Poland made common cause and partitioned Ukraine, making the Dnieper the frontier between their two empires. Memorandum to the Government of the United States on the Recognition of the Ukrainian People's Republic Besides the two groups of Cossacks on the Dnieper, there remained the Zaporojians. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z Fishing employs many persons in the Don and the Dnieper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z He then went home and had a great funeral feast held to his father's memory on the banks of the Dnieper, at a place called Arheimar. Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes The fortress was really impregnable; for besides the guns it was defended by the precipices of the Dnieper and inaccessible cliffs rising sheer from the water, and did not require a great garrison. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Especially in the Dnieper district, there began an enthusiastic study of the country's history, and a perusal of old documents and popular traditions. Memorandum to the Government of the United States on the Recognition of the Ukrainian People's Republic The Swedish infantry was well nigh annihilated, while the 14,000 cavalry, exhausted and demoralized, surrendered two days later at Perevolochna on Dnieper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" Ekaterinoslav is a rapidly growing city, with a number of technical schools, and is an important depot for timber floated down the Dnieper, and also for cereals. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" 2011-01-29T03:00:23.777Z Kiev on the Dnieper was the mother of Russian culture; Moscow and St. Petersburg became afterwards the heirs of Kiev. An Outline of Russian Literature A terrible report shook the rocks of the Dnieper, and a fiery ball, leaving a circle of sparks in the air, fell among the grass of the steppe. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The regulation of navigable rivers is another matter of great importance, and the vast available power possibilities of the rapids of the Dnieper and other streams must be exploited. Memorandum to the Government of the United States on the Recognition of the Ukrainian People's Republic The victory of Holowczyn, memorable besides as the last pitched battle won by Charles XII., opened up the way to the Dnieper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" The Prince of Kief, Olga's husband, lost his life while collecting tribute on the upper Dnieper and left her a widow with a child in her arms. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) It appears that at the end of his life Dominic had the idea of going himself to preach to the heathen Kuman Tatars on the Dnieper and the Volga. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Their minds were seething, fire was in the eyes and souls of the peasants, they armed in secret and fled beyond the Dnieper; but fear was still superior to the thirst for blood and murder. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Their home, at the time they first appear in history, was the country about the sources and upper course of the Volga and its tributaries, the Dnieper, Don, and Northern Dwina. Secret Diplomatic History of The Eighteenth Century How vain all the efforts of the redoubted warrior of the Dnieper and the Wolga against the stern soldier of Napoleon! Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II Beyond the waterfalls of the Dnieper there extends a to the eye boundless land of prairie which for ages has been the rendezvous of all manner of wild, lawless, but sturdy folk. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy The general, who owned a large estate in the neighbourhood, where he cultivated a famous breed of Merino sheep, had formed a project for erecting mills upon the Dnieper. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century This is necessary on account of the cruelties which they have committed west of the Dnieper, for our own dignity, and for the good of the Commonwealth. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z With the exception of Hindustan, Arabia and the westernmost parts of Asia, all the Mongol princes as far as the Dnieper declared themselves his vassals, and brought regularly their tribute.” Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" The government is drained by the Dnieper, which forms its western boundary for 180 m., and by its tributary the Desna. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" Inside this one-man underwater vessel, Raphael Poe lay prone, guiding the little atomic-powered submarine across the Black Sea, past Odessa, and up the Dnieper. The Foreign Hand Tie Smolensk, a town of considerable size, on the Dnieper, distant 280 miles from Moscow, was surrounded by a brick wall thirty feet high and eighteen feet thick at the base, with loopholed battlements. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow They confessed also that forces were despatched after the prince, but that they were going to Chernigoff by another road, nearer the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z From Kiev floating pavilions carry them down the Dnieper: the prince-magician alone has a hundred twenty of his beloved musicians. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 Its territory embraces, roughly speaking, that vast plain which lies between the Carpathians, the watershed of the Dnieper, and the Sea of Azov, with Lemberg and Kiev for its chief intellectual centres. Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales It became increasingly more difficult as the Dnieper narrowed and became more shallow. The Foreign Hand Tie The generals were in open dissension with Barclay for having suffered the enemy to overrun so many provinces, and for not making any dispositions to defend the line of the Dnieper. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow Again he is sailing down the Dnieper; he sees the boats, the skiffs, Kud�k, the Saitch; only this time the vision is more disordered, there is a multitude of persons in it. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z From the Tagus to the Dnieper, and from Copenhagen to the Vatican, Europe was crowded with paternal monarchs and earnest ministers, who were willing to do almost everything for the people and nothing by them. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 13 He had been doing a deal of quiet thinking in those starry nights upon the Dnieper, and he had worked out his problem alone. The Vagrant Duke Not only did they conquer all of Asia, but they advanced in Europe as far as the Dnieper leaving behind a trail of blood and slaughter. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' The march led by the side of the Dnieper, and they bivouacked that night at Korodnia. Through Russian Snows A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow Your prince will never return to his Tartar bank on the east of the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z A town near the mouth of the Dnieper River. Harper's Young People, May 11, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Three years later he was sent by Prince Potemkin to superintend a great industrial establishment at Kritchev on a tributary of the Dnieper. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Bagration turned back, and, descending the Dnieper, placed himself beyond pursuit. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) "This must be a feeder of the Dnieper," he said. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History "Merciful God!" said Helena, raising her beautiful pale face to the moon; "then Pan Skshetuski went beyond the Dnieper for me?" With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The army had thus for the third and last time repassed the Dnieper, a river half Russian and half Polish, but having its source in Russia. The Two Great Retreats of History They were further furnished with boats for the purpose of performing part of the journey on the river Berezina and Dnieper. Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume I Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries From 1812 to 1883 He was steadily preparing for war, strengthening his fortresses, and locating fortified camps in the district between the Dwina and the Dnieper. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. III. (of IV.) Even on the Beresina and the Dnieper I have always fared better than at most of the places in our country where "Ten minutes for refreshments!" is announced day by day and year by year. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865 It seems," answered the old man, "that Hmelnitski fixed winter quarters for him there on purpose, since Tugai Bey remained on the Dnieper, and that great murza has a hatred for him from former times. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The first real encounter was at Smolensk, a walled city on the Dnieper, about half way between Wilna and the ancient capital of Russia. The Two Great Retreats of History Rurik's successor extended the bounds of the new empire so as to include the important town of Kiev on the Dnieper. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The Dnieper reached, the empress and her train passed down that river in fifteen splendid galleys, with the pomp of a triumphal procession. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality If the Polish partition of 1773 brought the Russian frontier westward to the upper waters of the Dwina and the Dnieper, it gave Galicia to Maria Theresa, and West Prussia to Frederick himself. History of the English People, Volume VIII Modern England, 1760-1815 "I am not sure that my service will not soon be a hungry one," said the prince, "if all my fortune beyond the Dnieper is lost; but while it lasts, what is mine is yours." With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z He told them that they were within the distance of a league from the Dnieper, but that it was not fordable there, and could not yet be frozen over. The Two Great Retreats of History The Slavs were settled along the Dnieper, Don, and Vistula long before the Christian era. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe During the night he led them rapidly along the banks of the Dnieper, repulsing the Russian corps that sought to cut off his retreat, and joined the army again. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality It is a monastery on the edge of the town, overlooking the Dnieper and flanked with battlemented walls to withstand the attacks of the infidels in olden times. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Sit here at Zbaraj, you clowns, but the Lithuanian soldiers are going down the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Some way north of the Danube, on the seashore, is Odessa, not far from the mouth of the Dnieper. The Three Commanders To the east of the Dnieper and Moscow the war is hardly felt at all. New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 And the city grew, on the banks of the Dnieper, eighteen million rubles being granted by the empress for its cost,—though much of this clung to the bird-lime of avarice on Potemkin's fingers. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality Extra pontoon bridges are thrown across the Dnieper, ready for the retreat of the Russian troops. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 The Lithuanian army was really descending the Dnieper, under Kadzivil, burning and destroying, leaving only land and water. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The Goths were then settled in the country between the Danube and the Dnieper. The Books of the New Testament Thus it is said that when God was allotting their shares to the rivers, the Desna did not come in time, and so failed to obtain precedence over the Dnieper. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The mouth of the Dnieper in the Black Sea. The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) They will cross the Dnieper to one side of the city, crowding, fighting, falling together. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Come on, you clowns! shoot on while you have a chance, for next winter you'll be taking care of young Tartars in the Crimea, or making dams on the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z It stands on a small river which flows to the southward and westward into the Dnieper. Peter the Great But the Vulture fell on the Raven; the Raven began to croak before it had caught up the river Dnieper. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore They descended the Dnieper in boats, coasted along the East of the Black Sea, and so came round by Trebizond to the Bosphorus, plundering the coast as they advanced. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity And when he asked questions like, "Who said five old men had been killed along the way?" or, "How did you know throwing the bodies into the Dnieper had brought cholera into Kiev this summer?" Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 Every couple of days a shout is raised on the street, and people are hunted and dragged to the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Russia surrendered all the conquests, except a small tongue of land between the Dnieper and the Bug. The Story of Russia Sozh was of a boisterous turn, and went roving about the forests, the hills, and the plains; but Dnieper was remarkably sweet-tempered, and he spent all his time at home, and was his mother’s favorite. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore To the south-east of the city, stretched along the Dnieper, lay the Jewish settlement of almost fifteen thousand souls. Rabbi and Priest A Story And the lights from the city reddened the mists that rose from the Dnieper. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 His guardianship over orphans was so good that these orphans were called, in the country beyond the Dnieper, "the prince's children." With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Russia was to receive Otchakof, the shore between the Bug and the Dnieper, and some islands in the Archipelago, and Austria would annex the Turkish province adjoining its territory. The Story of Russia He had two sons—the elder called Sozh, and the younger Dnieper. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore As well endeavor to stay the flood of the mighty Dnieper with a net drawn across its stream! Rabbi and Priest A Story The days are short with an icy, gray mist from the Dnieper, and flurries of snow. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 From among the names of various colonels and Cossack atamans this one had come to the top, and was on every lip on both banks of the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z After thus getting rid of the idols, Vladimir commanded the people of Kief, men, women, and children, to plunge into the Dnieper, which had been consecrated for the occasion, that they might be baptized. The Story of Russia But while the Dnieper was rushing along in anger, he drove his way between steep banks. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The Rabbi stopped and pointed to a dilapidated bridge which crossed the Dnieper at a place to which their walk had led them. Rabbi and Priest A Story We went around back of the monastery to an open plateau overlooking the Dnieper. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 A wild country and its wild inhabitants needed such a hand; for to the country beyond the Dnieper went the most restless elements of the Ukraine. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Smolensk was an important dukedom, because it contained the sources of the Volga, the Dnieper, and the Dwina, and embraced the ancient forest of Okof. The Story of Russia The Dnieper, Volga, and Dvina used once to be living people. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Other vikings made their way southward through Russia and, sailing down the Dnieper, put Constantinople in peril. Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. Our table was set out on the terrace, overlooking the Dnieper, with the music and stir of people in the distance. Trapped in 'Black Russia' Letters June-November 1915 More than four hundred wheels, not counting the numerous windmills, ground grain beyond the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z In the following year, the Russians attacked and defeated the enemy 100,000 strong at Khotin on the Dnieper, and in 1770 the Khan of the Crimea met the same fate. The Story of Russia The Dnieper was a boy, and the Volga and Dvina his sisters. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore Rich naphtha springs exist on the Caspian and an immense bed of coal has been discovered between the Donetz and Dnieper rivers. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers At Pultawa, near the Dnieper, he was defeated, and fled for refuge to Turkey. Lectures on Modern history They sailed through the mouth of the Tasma into the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z When Sigismund tried to secure the help of Sweden, Vassili sought that of Denmark; and when his enemy set the Dnieper Cossacks at him, the grand duke induced the Teutonic Order to invade Poland. The Story of Russia No sooner was Dnieper asleep than they rose up quietly, chose the best and most sloping places, and began to flow away. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The new town, separated from the old town by a deep ravine, stands on a broad platform which rises precipitously from the banks of the Dnieper. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers But he had taken upon himself the responsibilities of marriage as they are regarded west of the Dnieper, and his union had been blessed by the subsequent appearance of a number of olive-branches. A Cigarette-Maker's Romance From the mouth of the Psel down the banks of the Dnieper was a perfect desert, on which only here and there wintering-posts of the Cossacks whitened. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The Dnieper runs south, passing by Kief, and empties in the Black Sea, near Odessa. The Story of Russia Dnieper turned into a river, and flowed through fertile meadows and dreamy woods. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The town consists of only one row of buildings, almost concealed in gardens and running for nearly three miles parallel with the Dnieper. Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers The band now journeyed slowly on, keeping near the north bank of the Dnieper. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden In general the country beyond the Dnieper, the ancient land of the P�lovtsi, was wild, scarcely more inhabited than the Wilderness, frequently visited by the Tartars, and exposed to Zaporojian bands. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The Dnieper was alive with merchant vessels, and she counted eight markets. The Story of Russia As we marched from Orcha to Liady, the French army formed a long column on the left bank of the Dnieper. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 She afterwards reached Odessa, one of the great granaries of Europe, situated at the mouth of the Dniester and the Dnieper. The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands Many streams take their rise there, all meeting farther on, and forming the Dnieper. A Jacobite Exile Being the Adventures of a Young Englishman in the Service of Charles the Twelfth of Sweden This much was certain,--the steppes, the Dnieper, the Cataracts, and Chertomelik, with its labyrinth of narrows, arms, islands, rocks, ravines, and reeds, had been his cradle. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z There is a story that he was defeated by the Hungarians, who had crossed the Dnieper, but it is doubtful, because in the year 907, we find him preparing another expedition against Constantinople. The Story of Russia Ney would soon have overtaken it; but as that road skirted the Dnieper, he had to cross the streams which fall into it. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 The remainder with difficulty effected their escape to Liady, where Napoleon once more received them, and crossed the Dnieper. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte He said to himself that it was not for nothing that this unfortunate wretch Kirski had wandered all the way from the Dnieper to the Thames. Sunrise Prince Michael, after his marriage with a Moldavian lady, began to put his domain beyond the Dnieper into careful order. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z In 1100 another congress was held at Vititchevo, on the left bank of the Dnieper, where the dispute was settled, and it was resolved to unite in a war with a powerful nomad people. The Story of Russia Meanwhile the Russians still defended the suburb on the right bank of the Dnieper. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 The marshal broke up his bivouac at midnight, and marched back from the Losmina, until he came on another stream, which he concluded must flow also into the Dnieper. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte They had long ago divided into two bands, the "Cossacks of the Dnieper," loosely bound to Poland, and the "Cossacks of the Don," owning the sovereignty of Russia. A Short History of Russia The moon coming out from behind the Dnieper whitened the waste, the tops of the thistles, and the distance of the steppe. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Every classical student is familiar with the account which Herodotus gives of the print of Hercules shown by the Scythians in his day upon a rock near the river Tyras, the modern Dnieper. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Not far off, on the left bank of the Dnieper, a formidable battery had been placed, at the spot whence Belliard had perceived the retreat of the enemy. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 But scarcely had the Emperor passed the Dnieper, when he received the tidings of the fall of Minsk, and the subsequent retreat of Schwartzenberg towards Warsaw. The History of Napoleon Buonaparte They offered to the Tsar their allegiance in return for his protection, and in 1681 all of the Cossacks, of the Dnieper as well as the Don, were gathered under Russian sovereignty. A Short History of Russia The wind at times blew from the Dnieper, causing a mournful rustle among the dried thistles, which bent and trembled as in fear. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The drive of a few weeks, with many loiterings for pleasure in the cities on the way, took them to Kief on the Dnieper. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power It had been remarked that a by-road, bolder and shorter, as they all are, ran straight across these low marshy grounds, between the Dnieper and the high-road, which it rejoined behind the plateau of Valoutina. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 This inland ocean, with but one narrow outlet, receives into its bosom the Danube, the Dniester, the Dnieper, the Don and the Cuban. The Empire of Russia The King of Poland unwisely attempted to proselyte his Cossacks of the Dnieper, sent Jesuit missionaries among them, and then concluded to break their spirit by severities and make of them obedient loyal Catholic subjects. A Short History of Russia Before they assemble, much water will flow down the Dnieper. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z Their first establishment consisted of a strict republic of warriors; no female was admitted into their strongholds on the islands of the Dnieper. Historical View of the Languages and Literature of the Slavic Nations These were Platof, and his hordes, who were following the right bank of the Dnieper. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 By the peace of Bucharest, signed May 28th, 1812, the whole of Bessarabia was annexed to Russia, and the limits of the empire were extended from the Dnieper to the Pruth. The Empire of Russia It was not intended that only the fertile Black Lands along the Dnieper, near to the civilizing center at Constantinople, should absorb the life currents. A Short History of Russia The necessity of crossing all the rivers flowing through the Wilderness to the Dnieper could only delay the journey. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z In the fifth century three wandering tribes, invaded the Empire, from the banks of the Vistula, the Dnieper, and the Volga respectively. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known Whereas at Smolensk, he would be sure to gain either a decisive battle, or at least, a fortress and a position on the Dnieper. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 The army, in these two divisions, descended these streams, one to the Sea of Azof, the other to the mouth of the Dnieper. The Empire of Russia Amid the tears and fright of the people, the idols were torn down; Perun was flogged and thrown into the Dnieper. A Short History of Russia He must be a man of a heavy hand, and what was most wonderful to Skshetuski, who knew the Ukraine on both sides of the Dnieper, he had heard nothing of a famous Abdank. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z The "bravest of the brave" fought his way through clouds of Cossacks, crossed the Dnieper, though with the loss of all his guns, and rejoined the main body. The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) He informed them that they were within the distance of a league from the Dnieper, but that it was not fordable there, and could not yet be frozen over. History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 The banks of the Dnieper were lined with villages constructed for the occasion. The Empire of Russia |
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