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Pripet Marshes

Also known as Pinsk Marshes

The Pripet Marshes are a vast area of forests, wetlands and rivers along the Pripyat River in southern Belarus and northern Ukraine, among the largest wetlands in Europe. Long a barrier to armies and a refuge for their inhabitants, they formed part of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. They divided the fronts of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Pripet Marshes
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Pripet Marshes. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/pripet-marshes
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