ʻO Novgorod ka mea mahiʻai o Ivan Pireyev e hōʻoki pinepine ana i nā ʻuala. I kēlā me kēia lā ka lawaiʻa ʻana i kāna mahiʻai i 15-20 ton o nā kūmato hou i nā ʻoihana kālepa o Veliky Novgorod.
Ua wehewehe ʻo Ivan Pireyev i ka hōʻiliʻili mua i ka wā mua (ma ka lā 20 o ʻApelila) kanu kanu lā a me nā mea kūpono maikaʻi o nā ʻano Kolomba. ʻOi ka huahana no kēia lā ma mua o 220 mau keneta o ka nui o ka wai ma ka hekahi.
Ke hoʻopau nei ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā hua mua, ua hoʻomaka ka mea mahiʻai e hōʻiliʻili i nā ʻano waena waena. Ma ka huina, piha nā paʻahana he 120 heketeleka.