Pripet

American  

[prip-it, -et, pree-pet] / ˈprɪp ɪt, -ɛt, ˈpri pɛt /

noun

1. a river in northwest Ukraine and south Belarus, flowing east through the Pripet Marshes to the Dnieper River. 500 miles (800 km) long.

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Pripet British  

/ ˈpriːpɪt /

noun

1. Russian name: Pripyat. a river in E Europe, rising in NW Ukraine and flowing northeast into Belarus across the Pripet Marshes (the largest swamp in Europe), then east into the Dnieper River. Length: about 800 km (500 miles)

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Pripet

The easiest area for attack was the central plain just above and below the vast Pripet Marshes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the windswept plain west of Kiev, in the woods north of the frozen Pripet Marshes, the front stirred, thundered, quieted.

From Time Magazine Archive

Below the Pripet Marshes, the offensive went more slowly, because before it could roll, the formidable frontier fortress of Przemysl had to be stormed.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rokos-sovsky's men marched into Mozyr, the Pripet Marshes' second strongest base.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Lake Narotch down to the Pripet Marshes German and Russian guns again raked the trenches facing them.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) Battle of Jutland Bank; Russian Offensive; Kut-El-Amara; East Africa; Verdun; The Great Somme Drive; United States and Belligerents; Summary of Two Years' War by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

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