Tilsit

Noun

Meaning

A city in Kaliningrad Oblast, now known as Sovetsk.

A light-yellow semihard smear-ripened cheese of East Prussian origin.

Examples

After the Peace of Tilsit William received a pension from France in compensation. Source: Internet

At Tilsit, Napoleon and Alexander had agreed that Russia should force Sweden to join the Continental System, which led to a Russian invasion of Finland in February 1808, followed by a Danish declaration of war in March. Source: Internet

He was then shut out completely from the negotiations at Tilsit. Source: Internet

Georges Lefebvre, Napoleon: From Tilsit to Waterloo, 1807–1815 (1969) pp 1-32, 205-262 The height of the First Empire Freed from his obligation in the east, Napoleon then went back to the west, as the French Empire was still at war with Britain. Source: Internet

Lefebvre, Napoleon: From Tilsit to Waterloo, 1807–1815 (1969) pp 309-52 Since France had been defeated on these two fronts, states that had been conquered and controlled by Napoleon saw a good opportunity to strike back. Source: Internet

Napoleon decisively beat the Russian army at Friedland (14 June 1807), following which Alexander had to make peace with Napoleon at Tilsit (7 July 1807). Source: Internet

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