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
Shlisselburg Fortress
Oreshek Fortress
Inside the fortress walls
Interior of the dungeon
Swedish–Novgorodian Wars
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The Swedish–Novgorodian Wars were a series of armed conflicts in the 12th and 13th centuries between the Novgorod Republic and medieval Sweden over control of the Gulf of Finland. The area formed part
Shlisselburg
…Орешек), which was built by Prince Yury of Moscow (in his capacity as Prince of Novgorod) on behalf of the Novgorod Republic in 1323. After a series of conflicts, a peace treaty was signed at Oreshek on August 12, 1323, between Sweden and Grand Prince Yury and the Novgorod Republic. In 1348, King Magnus Eriksson…
The fortress of Ladoga was built in stone in the 12th century and rebuilt about 400 years later.
Vyborg Castle was founded by the Swedes in 1293.
Oreshek, one of the fortresses built by Novgorodians to contain Swedish expansion.