BEREZINA  , a See also:

• RIVER

river of See also:

• RUSSIA
• RUSSIA (Rossiya)

Russia, in the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of See also:

• MINSK

Minsk, forming a tributary of the See also:

• DNIEPER

Dnieper . It rises in the marshes of Borizov and flows See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south, inclining to See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, for 350 M . (250 M. navigable), for the most See also:

• PART

part through See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low-lying but well-wooded See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . As a navigable river, and forming a portion of the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal See also:

• SYSTEM

system which unites the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea with the Baltic, it is of importance for See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, but is subject to severe floods . It was just above Borizov that See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army forced the passage of the Berezina, with enormous losses, on the 26th–28th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1812, during the See also:

• RETREAT (O. Fr. retrete, mod. retraite, from Lat. retrahere, to draw back)

retreat from See also:

• MOSCOW (Russian Moskva)
• MOSCOW, (Russian Moskva)

Moscow .