Berezina

[ Polish be-re-zee-nah; Russian byi-ryi-zyi-nah ]

noun

1. a river in central Byelorussia (Belarus), flowing SE into the Dnieper River: costly crossing by Napoleon 1812. 350 miles (565 km) long.

Berezina

/ bɪrɪziˈna /

noun

1. a river in Belarus, rising in the north and flowing south to the River Dnieper: linked with the River Dvina and the Baltic Sea by the Berezina Canal . Length: 563 km (350 miles)

Example Sentences

Night closed upon us amid the gloomy forests bordering the banks of the Berezina.

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Borizof, and its bridge over the Berezina, were still open; and it would be sufficient to reach it.

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He had no longer to look for rest and abundance on the other side of the Berezina, but fresh contests with a new enemy.

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In that case all our efforts and the passage of the Berezina would have been entirely useless.

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This infection even penetrated to the grand army; after the passage of the Berezina, Napoleon had been informed of it.

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