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From school history lessons, we all remember the crusader aggression against Rus' in the mid-13th century. The crowning glory of this onslaught was the famous Battle of Lake Peipus, which put an end to the advance of the "dog knights." But did the German onslaught to the East actually exist, or was it invented by historians at the beginning of the 20th century? Why was Lithuania, and not Novgorod, always the main enemy of the Teutonic Order? And when did the Battle on the Ice actually take place? Medievalist historian Filipp Maksimovich Mitlyansky tells about the brutal battle for the Baltics. Broadcast from 02/16/2019 You can become a subscriber to the Proshloe magazine and support our projects: https://proshloe.com/donate / @proshloejournal https://proshloe.com/ / proshloecom https://vk.com/proshloe_com https://ok.ru/proshloe.com / proshloe.journal https://t.me/proshloejournal 00:00 Start 01:34 When did the idea of Drang nach Osten appear? 06:05 The Baltics at the turn of the 12th-13th centuries 12:37 Germans appear in the Baltics 15:57 What are the "crusades"? 19:14 Bishop Albert von Buxhoeveden 20:25 Principality of Polotsk and the Crusaders 23:45 Activities of Albert von Buxhoeveden 28:19 How Polotsk missed everything 29:54 Theodoric of Turaida Order of the Sword Brothers 35:00 External interference in the internal policy of the order 38:16 Novgorod, Pskov and the Crusaders 42:15 Prince Mstislav the Bold 46:08 Was there an attempt to seize Russian lands?