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Ladoga

American  
[lah-duh-guh] / ˈlɑ də gə /

noun

  1. Lake, a lake in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of St. Petersburg: largest lake in Europe. 7,000 sq. mi. (18,000 sq. km).


Ladoga British  
/ ˈladəɡə /

noun

  1. Russian name: Ladozhskoye Ozero.  a lake in NW Russia, in the SW Karelian Republic: the largest lake in Europe; drains through the River Neva into the Gulf of Finland. Area: about 18 000 sq km (7000 sq miles)

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Another uncle came from Moscow to help her family escape, which involved crossing the treacherous Lake Ladoga during the winter.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2021

But the boy survived, recovered from his wounds, and with a small company headed for Russia, traveled up the Neva River to Lake Ladoga and then on to Kiev, where his kinsman Prince Yaroslav ruled.

From Washington Post • Sep. 21, 2021

A childhood visit to the island monastery of Valamo on Lake Ladoga left a deep impression.

From New York Times • Aug. 3, 2016

When in 1942 a relief road was opened to Leningrad across frozen Lake Ladoga, Zhdanov, iron-willed, withheld from the people the food it carried, ordered it stocked in the reserve.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. William Saunders of Canada succeeded in crossing the Ladoga and Fife varieties of wheat and secured a wheat which was earlier than Fife and yielded better than Ladoga.

From The Challenge of the Country A Study of Country Life Opportunity by Fiske, George Walter

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