poltava
1. Balashov had hardly uttered the last word “Poltava” when Caulaincourt began talking of the badness of the road from Petersburg to Moscow and his own Petersburg reminiscences.
巴拉瑟夫还未把“波尔塔瓦”这最后几个字说出口,科兰库尔就谈到从彼得堡到莫斯科的那条道路怎样难走,并且想起了他在彼得堡经历的情景。
2. Poltava, Battle of
波尔塔瓦会战
3. Poltava also ended Ukrainian aspirations for independence from Russia.
波尔塔瓦战役也结束了乌克兰从俄罗斯独立出来的野心。
4. Poltava is recognized as the pivotal battle in the Great Northern War, a 21-year struggle, in which Russia replaced Sweden as the great power of Northern Europe in the early 18th century.
波尔塔瓦战役是历经了21年的北方大战的一部分。在这次战役中,俄罗斯取代瑞典成为18世纪初期北欧的强国。