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Zhizdra (river)
The Zhizdra is a river in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, a left tributary of the Oka about 220 km long. The medieval town of Kozelsk stands on it, famous for holding out against Batu Khan's Mongols for seven weeks in 1238, and the Optina Monastery lies on its bank.
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