Orsha
Americannoun
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Gen. Vitalijus Vaiksnoras, Lithuania’s second-ranking officer, is a huge painting of the Battle of Orsha — from 1514 — when a force of 30,000 Lithuanians and Poles defeated 80,000 Russians.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2018
The names studding the German and Soviet communiqu�s this week�Zhlobin, Orsha, Mogilev, Korosten, Zhitomir, Znamenka� were all key railroad points.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I could not follow you gentlemen in eloquence," said she, "but I know that I am unworthy of those homages which you give me in the name of all Orsha."
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
In comparison with her you might stop chimneys with our Orsha girls!
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
"Go, incarnate devil, and serve!" muttered the prince, looking at the door through which the banneret of Orsha had passed.
From The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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