Narva, a Russian town 101 miles WSW. of St Petersburg, on the Narova, 10 miles from its mouth in the Gulf of Finland. The navigation of the Narova is impeded by a waterfall near Narva, 14 feet high, which is taken advantage of for driving cotton-mills, sawmills, &c. Pop. 8600. Charles XII. (q.v.) won a great victory here in 1700.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 398
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