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Friedland, town, Russia

Friedland: see Pravdinsk Pravdinsk , formerly Friedland , town, NW European Russia, formerly in East Prussia. In 1807 the city was the scene of a battle in which Napoleon I defeated the Russians, thus precipitating the fall of Königsberg and the Treaty of Tilsit.
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Friedland, town, Czech Republic

Friedland: see Frýdlant Frýdlant , Ger. Friedland, town, N Czech Republic, in Bohemia, near the German and Polish borders, at the foot of the Sudetes Mts. A railroad junction, Frýdlant has breweries and factories that manufacture textiles and metal products.
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Friedland 

until 1946, the name of the city of Pravdinsk in Kaliningrad Oblast, RSFSR.
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In June the battle of Friedland was fought, in which the Pavlograds did not take part, and after that an armistice was proclaimed.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
" it said, "this is the anniversary of Marengo and Friedland, by which the destinies of Europe were twice decided.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
"On the evening before the battle of Friedland," he went on, after a moment, "I had been sent with a despatch to General Davoust's quarters, and I was on the way back to my own, when at a turn in the road I found myself face to face with the Emperor.
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