Ladoga Canal
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The Ladoga Canal is a historical water transport route, now situated in Leningrad Oblast, linking the Neva and the Svir River so as to bypass the stormy waters of Lake Ladoga which lies immediately to
Old Ladoga Canal
Lumber rafts on the Peter I Canal. Early 20th century picture by S. Prokudin-Gorsky
New Ladoga Canal overgrown with Phragmites australis
Sluice at Shlisselburg
Shlisselburg
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Shlisselburg, formerly Oreshek and Petrokrepost, is a town in Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, 35 kilometers east of St. Petersburg. P
Ladoga Canal
…Peter the First Canal) and New Ladoga Canal (built in 1866–1883), running in parallel from Sviritsa on the Svir through Novaya Ladoga on the Volkhov to Shlisselburg on the Neva. The Ladoga Canal was one of the first major canals constructed in Russia. It was one of the projects of Peter the Great, who ordered its…
Shlisselburg Fortress
Oreshek Fortress
Inside the fortress walls
Interior of the dungeon