Ivangorod is a town in Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Narva river which flows along the Estonia–Russia international border, 159 kilometers (99 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, 218 kilometers (135 mi) east of Tallinn, Estonia. The town's population was recorded as 9,854 (2010 Russian census); 11,206 (2002 Census); 11,833 (1989 Soviet census).
The reconstructed fortress of Narva (to the left) overlooking the Russian fortress of Ivangorod (to the right)
The Ivangorod Fortress in 1616
Narva Hydroelectric Station
Art museum
Kingiseppsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the seventeen in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It is located in the southwest of the oblast and borders with Ida-Viru County of Estonia in the west, Lomonosovsky District in the northeast, Volosovsky District in the east, and with Slantsevsky District in the south. In the north and northwest it is washed by the waters of the Gulf of Finland. The area of the district is 2,908 square kilometers (1,123 sq mi). Its administrative center is the town of Kingisepp. Population : 19,830 (2010 Russian census); 20,408 ; 34,081 (1989 Soviet census).. Including the entire district: 78,183 (2010 Russian census);.
Mertvitsa River in Kingiseppsky District
The Ivangorod Fortress from the left bank of the Narva River.
Kotly railway station
The Saint Catherine Cathedral, Kingisepp