Lake Ilmen

The command he inherited was in desperate straits: the German forces at Kholm and Demyansk, insignificant villages south of Lake Ilmen, were surrounded by early February.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Further south, on the eastern side of Lake Ilmen, German units suddenly found themselves surrounded.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Further south, on the eastern side of Lake Ilmen, German units suddenly found themselves surrounded.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

The command he inherited was in desperate straits: the German forces at Kholm and Demyansk, insignificant villages south of Lake Ilmen, were surrounded by early February.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

When the Germans had sealed the city off in early September, they found their positions on the southeastern quadrant of the city considerably hindered by boggy ground that extended for several hundred kilometers, an irregular area running all the way from Lake Ilmen to Lake Ladoga on the far northern perimeter of the city.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

When the Germans had sealed the city off in early September, they found their positions on the southeastern quadrant of the city considerably hindered by boggy ground that extended for several hundred kilometers, an irregular area running all the way from Lake Ilmen to Lake Ladoga on the far northern perimeter of the city.

Deathride John Mosier 2010

Some were bleak, like the hunting down of a rusalka that murderously haunted Lake Ilmen.

Operation Luna Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1999

The Soviets are trying to get as many men and as much material as possible across the Wolchow and the Lowat, which flows into Lake Ilmen from the South, before it is too late.

Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973

Our new station is called Rehilbitzy and lies some ninety miles west of Lake Ilmen.

Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973

After a while the deep blue of Lake Ilmen sparkles ahead of us.

Stuka Pilot Rudel, Hans-Ulrich 1973