Ladas

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

Alexander's messenger, noted the death of his father he was opposed his swiftness of foot. by Louis II., Duke of Anjou, which occasioned some bloody wars. Pope John XXIII. at first espoused the cause of Louis, but afterward took the part of Ladislaus, who, however, marched against Rome, and having taken it, turned his arms on the Florentines, whom he compelled to sue for peace, in 1413. He died in Naples, it is suspected of poison , in 1414. (lä-dō'gä) LAKE, the LADOGA largest lake of Europe; a short distance N. of Petrograd, in Russia, being crossed by the frontier line between that country and Finland; 129 miles in length; in breadth; area, 6,998 square miles. There are numerous islands. The lake receives the waters of Lake Onega and Lake Ilmen in Russia and of Lake Sima and other lakes in Finland; and its own waters are carried off to the Gulf of Finland by the NEVA (q. v.). The average depth does not exceed 300 feet, except in the N. W., where over a limited area the depth is about 730 feet. The navigation is exceedingly dangerous owing to the shallows, sandbanks, and sunken rocks. In order to obviate the difficulties of navigation, canals have been constructed to connect the mouths of the rivers that reach it along the S. and S. E. shores. The principal is the Ladoga canal (70 miles long and 60 feet wide). This canal system forms the thoroughfare for a very extensive traffic between the Volga and the Baltic. Communication by water subsists between Lake Ladoga and the White Sea as well as the Caspian. Two of the islands in the N. W., Valaam and Konevetz, are etz, are each the seat of a monastery, founded founded in 960 and 1393 respectively, which are hich are visited by thousands of pilgrims every as every year.