Crossword-Solution: ILMEN 5 letters, 15 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 7

Unto Olgierd's Russ plain one of ye must amain, To where Ilmen and Novogrod tower; There are sables for plunder, veils work'd to a wonder, And of coin have the merchants a power.

There is a small stream which falls into Lake Ilmen on its western side, and which is called Chorny Ruchei, the Black Brook.

Say to him, 'Uncle Ilmen! the Chorny has sent thee a petition, and has told me to say that a mill has been set in his way.

The Ilmen answered:-- "Give my compliments to the brook Chorny, and say to him about the mill: there used not to be one, and so there shall not be one!" This commission also the Novgorod man fulfilled, and behold! during the night the brook Chorny ran riotous, Lake Ilmen waxed boisterous, a tempest arose, and the raging waters swept away the mill.[274] In old times sacrifices were regularly paid to lakes and streams in Russia, just as they were in Germany[275] and in other lands.

The Neva, a short but deep and wide stream, which carries to the sea the waters of the great lakes Ladoga, Onega, and Ilmen, breaks up near its mouth and makes its way into the Gulf of Finland through numerous channels, between which lie a series of islands.