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The men of Novgorod built the town afresh, and took peace with the Lithuanians.
Estonia, Tartu - The army of Prince Dmitri of Pereslavl, son of Alexander Nevsky launched an assault on Dorpat (Tartu), capturing and destroying the town. In the autumn of the same year the men of Novgorod with Knyaz Dmitri Alexandrovich went in large force to Yurev (Tartu). And at the same time Knyaz Kostyantin, brother-in-law of Alexander, was there, and Yaroslav, Alexander's brother, with their own men, also Knyaz Tovtivil of Polotsk with 500 men of Polotsk and of the Lithuanians, and of the Novgorod force a countless number, God alone knows. The town of Yurev (Tartu) was strong, of three walls, and a quantity of people in it of all kinds; and they had constructed strong defences, but the power of the Holy Cross and of St. Sophia always overthrows those who are wrong. And so this town, its strength was for nothing, but by the aid of God it was taken by single assault, and many of the people of that town were killed, others were taken alive, and others were burnt by fire, and their wives and children; and they took countless booty and captives, and they shot many good men from the town, and they killed Peter Myasnikovich- And Knyaz Dmitri with all the men of Novgorod returned to Novgorod with much booty.
The same year Knyaz Olexander went to the Tartars; and Berka kept him, not letting him back to Russia; and he wintered with the Tartars and fell ill.
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