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Berezina

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Be·re·zi·na  (b-rz-n, by-ry-zy-nä)
A river of Belarus rising in the north-central part of the country and flowing about 611 km (380 mi) generally southward to the Dnieper River.
Berezina (Russian) [bɪrɪziˈna]
n
(Placename) 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)
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As a bleeding, mortally wounded animal licks its wounds, they remained inert in Moscow for five weeks, and then suddenly, with no fresh reason, fled back: they made a dash for the Kaluga road, and (after a victory- for at Malo-Yaroslavets the field of conflict again remained theirs) without undertaking a single serious battle, they fled still more rapidly back to Smolensk, beyond Smolensk, beyond the Berezina, beyond Vilna, and farther still.
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