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	Ivangorod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The town's main landmark is the Ivangorod fortress.
		The fortress was established in 1492 during the reign of Ivan III of Muscovy and was named after him.
		Having reoccupied Estonia during World War II in 1944, the Soviet authorities separated Ivangorod administratively from the rest of Narva, and transferred the territory to the Leningrad Oblast of the Russian SFSR in January 1945.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ivangorod (316 words)

	Ivangorod fortress
		Ivangorod Fortress is a Russian medieval castle established by Ivan III in 1492 and since then grown into the town of Ivangorod.
		The fortress sits near the Narva River, opposite the city of Narva castle and the Estonian city of Narva.
		From 1919 to 1940, the fortress belonged to Estonia.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_Ivangorod_fortress (569 words)

	Small Towns of Russia > Small Towns > Ivangorod
		Ivangorod, as well as Koporje, Oreshek and Korela, lost its importance as an advanced post of Russia, as the border was removed far to the north and west.
		This fortress was completed and extended from the 15th to 17th centuries and represented a complex of defensive structures.
		In spite of the fact that the fortress ensemble was formed during a significant period of time (from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 17th century), the Ivangorod fortress represents a logically completed architectural product.
	www.towns.ru /towns/ivangorod_e.html (1572 words)

	Historic and Art Museum Ivangorod Fortress
		Later on, in the 18th-19th centuries, Ivangorod, constituting the one whole with Narva, was developing according to the plan approved by Catherine II in 1784.
		In the middle 19th century reconstruction was done in the fortress accompanied by archival research, detailed measuring and graphic and watercolor sketching of both fortresses.
		The Ivangorod Fortress became the first in Russia citadel designed in the form of a regular rectangle (41.3 m on a side).
	www.oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/04/guide.html (789 words)

	Ivangorod, Russia fortress
		Ivangorod view of the exterior northern wall from the road to Narva.
		Ivangorod is impressive in size, grandeur and its unequivocal challenge to the Narva castle.
		Ivangorod fortress was, in 1564, essentially ready for the new phase of fighting between Russia, Poland, and Sweden.
	www.xenophon-mil.org /ruscity/fortress/ivangorod/ivangor1.htm (1381 words)

	"Wandering Camera" - Notes about St.Petersburg and it's suburbs
		Ivangorod was founded in 1942 - the year when cognominal fortress was built (the theme of the next album).
		In 1919 Ivangorod was invaded by the White (by "our people" as the guide said :) and after their defeat at Yamburg in 1920, the town was passed over to Estonia under the treaty of peace (USSR didn't exist by then).
		In 1944 it was freed and the border with Estonian SSR was fixed along Narova river and Ivangorod became a part of Leningradskaya district.
	www.enlight.ru /camera/308/index_e.html (509 words)

	Ivangorod Definition / Ivangorod Research
		Ivangorod, (Russian: ÐÐ²Ð°Ð½Ð³Ð¾ÑÐ¾Ð´, Estonian Jaanilinn), is a small RussianThe term Russian can refer to: The Russian language Someone from Russia or with a Russian ethnic identity, see Russians Something of or pertaining to Russia Wiktionary information For further information: Russian...
		The main accent of this city is Ivangorod fortressIvangorod Fortress is a Russian medieval castle established by Ivan III in 1492 and since then grown into the town of Ivangorod.
		Ivangorod is a boarder town on the Russain-Estonian boarder, next to the boarder town Narva in Estonia.
	www.elresearch.com /Ivangorod (394 words)

	Narva - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Much of the city was destroyed during World War II and for several years during the following reconstruction the Soviet authorities prohibited the return of any of Narva's pre-war residents (among whom ethnic Estonians had been the majority) thus radically altering the city's ethnic composition.
		Across the Narva River there is a Russian Ivangorod fortress, founded by Great Duke Ivan III of Muscovy in 1492 and sometimes referred to as Counter-Narva.
		During the Soviet times Narva and Ivangorod were twin cities, despite belonging to different republics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Narva (315 words)

	Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This fortress, impressive in its grandeur and might, was in 1492 the starting-point of Ivangorod, one of the most beautiful towns in the Leningrad Region.
		Extensive military activity in the 15th to 17th centuries is responsible for the considerable changes undergone by the fortress.
		Still, in spite of numerous constructions and improvements, the Ivangorod ensemble presents an integrated and logically perfect architectural masterpiece.
	www.whererussia.com /spb/article?id=413 (63 words)

	Ivangorod > Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Under armistice condition fortress of Ivangorod and fortresses Jam and Koporje with all it's warehouses and artillery shells were yielded to Russia.
		February 24, 1918 the city and fortress of Ivangorod was seized by Germans.
		The fortress was cleared from occupants July 25, 1944, but before retreat the Germans blown up 6 corner towers, tajniks, walls and all inside buildings of the fortress.
	www.nortfort.ru /ivangorod/index_e.html (1067 words)

	Digital photo. Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Pskov, Novgorod, Karelia and others.
		Ivangorod fortress was built in 1492 by Ivan III for protection from Livonian and Swedish forces.
		Several times both Narva and Ivangorod passed into the hands of the Russians and the Swedes.
		During World War II the fortress suffered from the nazi who blew it up when retreating and from numerous battle bombardments.
	photocity.ru /Album124/idx_en.php (126 words)

	Saint Petersburg English Newspaper - Neva News
		Ivangorod became an outpost of Russia’s western territory, on the border with Livonia.
		The fortress is currently an architectural monument of the 15th-16th centuries and is part of Ivangorod’s museum complex, which also includes an art gallery and a museum of military architecture.
		The Ivangorod Art Museum collections are exhibited in the former private house of a local merchant and also include artifacts and archival materials documenting the history and traditional culture of the region, personalities and letters of famous Russians like Fiodor Dostoevsky.
	www.nevanews.com /index.php?id_article=288&section=12 (1199 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Narva (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Founded by the Danes in 1223, Narva passed to the Livonian Knights in 1346 and was a member of the Hanseatic League.
		In 1492, Ivan III of Russia built the fortress Ivangorod on the right bank of the Narva, facing the Hermann fortress of the knights.
		The city is dominated by two old fortresses, and it has retained a 14th-century Eastern Orthodox cathedral (originally Roman Catholic), and a 17th-century town hall and exchange buildings.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Narva.asp (393 words)

	Digital photo. Russia: Saint-Petersburg.
		Fortress Koporie is one of the ancient fortresses of the North-West of Russia.
		Under Stolbosvky treaty of 1617 the fortress was transferred to the Swedes.
		With moving away of Russian boundaries to the West Koporie lost its strategic war meaning and in 1763 it was abolished as a fortress.
	photocity.ru /en/spb.php (623 words)

	Pravda.RU:"Prince Igor" runs in an ancient fortress (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		According to the press service of the Mariinsky, the opera, staged at the Ivangorod Fortress in Ivangorod, Leningrad region, has minimum decor: the ancient walls will provide an excellent atmosphere for ancient Russian events impersonated by the soloists and the orchestra of the famous St. Petersburg-based theater.
		The Ivangorod Fortress was founded on the right bank of the river Narva in 1492 by order of Grand Prince Ivan III, and became the outpost on Russia's border with Livonia.
		A legend says that the architect, who built the fortress, was blinded by the czar's order so that he should never build another fortress like this one.
	newsfromrussia.com /science/2003/06/24/48580_.html (297 words)

	Ingermanland, Ingria (incl. St.Petersburg) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		~1240: The fortress Koporje (in wood, in the Lomonosov Region) was inhabited by German knights.
		1612-1702: The fortress Oreshek was populated by the Swedes
		Sweden regained Ingria (with Jama, Koporje, Ivangorod and Nöteborg) and Keksholm county.
	www.eccentrix.com /members/figge33/inkeri/ingria.htm (2093 words)

	Narva castle Estonia Russia
		The fortress was founded by the Danes who controlled the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland.
		High Herman 2 A view of the Narva castle from between merlons in the Ivangorod fortress.
		The towers in the northern wall were modernized with rondels and in 1546 the north gate was fortified with large bulwarks.
	mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr /link/med/art/arch/castle/Narva/narva.htm (2984 words)

	M-tour - The environs of St.Petersburg
		In 1492, the Ivangorod fortress had been built in front of medieval castle of Livonia knights, near the Narva river, on the high mountain.
		In this fortress there are the fortified walls with embrasures, 20-meters high towers (walls’ thickness is about 4,5-5 m), gates with arc entering to the bridge with stony piers, ruins of Transfiguration cathedral of the 16
		To the north from this Old fortress was built New fortress (which now represents the remains of fortress gates and a ravelin near the southern wall).
	www.m-tur.com /en/pages/tours/the-environs-of-st.petersburg.php (5237 words)

	Narva Investment Passport (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The outcome of the project was an Agreement on Cooperation between the municipalities of Narva and Ivangorod.
		The aim of the project was to develop a constructive cooperation between trade union organizations of Narva and Ivangorod.
		With the assistance of the Russian Consulate, regular meetings of the representatives of the governments of Narva, Ivangorod and Kingisepp are held.
	www.investinnarva.ee /main.php/mod/site/act/nav/id/76 (594 words)

	Narva linn - Right - Narva history - museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The fortification of Narva began in the 70's of the XIII century when the Danes laid down Narva Castle on a steep bank of the river.
		In the middle of the XIV century it passed to the Knights of the Germanic Order and was reconstructed into a type of fortification known as "House of the Convent," which was typical for the military architecture of the Order.
		The Castle acquired its finished look in the beginning of the XV century during the course of its military and architectural rivalry with Russia's Ivangorod Fortress.
	www.narva.ee /eng/index.php?paremal/ajaloost/muuseum (534 words)

	Digging WW2 Relics Not By Choice Page1
		In close vicinity to each other (at distance of an arrow flight or that of a musket shot), two giants of stone, the Castle of Order of Germanic Knights and the Russian fortress of Ivangorod, tower two opposite banks.
		The fortress on the Russian side was built in 1492 during the reign of Ivan III as a counter to the Livonian fortress city.
		During the Great Northern War, the forces of Czar Peter I (Peter the Great) were defeated by the army of the Swedish King Carl XII during a “battle of Narva”; in 1700.
	metaldetectingworld.com /metal_detecting_in_sillamae_p1.shtml (514 words)

	Bywater, New Orleans LA - St. Petersburg, Russia, July 7 - 18, 2005: enlarged thumbnail preview of photos
		Ruines of barracks and churches of Ivangorod Fortress.
		Long Hermann tower in Medieval Hermann's castle in Narva Fortress, view from a wall of Ivangorod Fortress.
		Churches of Ivangorod Fortress, view from a wall near Vorotnaya (Gate) Tower.
	www.asergeev.com /pictures/archives/2005/457/browser1.htm (322 words)

	Cheap Hotels Novopyatnitskoye, Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		:''For the fortress, see Ivangorod fortress.'' '''Ivangorod''' (; Estonian: ''Jaanilinn'') is a small Russian town in Leningrad Oblast.
		It is situated on the right bank of the Narva River by the Russian-Estonian border 159andnbsp;km west of St.andnbsp;Petersburg, at.
		The town's main landmark is the Ivangorod fortress (...)
	cheaphotelsrussia.info /n/novopyatnitskoye (394 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News
		The specific objective of the various events is to raise money to restore the Ivangorod Church of the Holy Trinity, the final resting place of Baron Stieglitz and his family.
		The church was built at the initiative and with funds provided by the Baron.
		That same evening, within the framework of the commemorative program, the Mariinsky Theater gave a performance of Tchaikowsky’s opera Iolantha in the Ivangorod fortress.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/11/2005/hm11_1_151.html (618 words)

	Russian Central State Military Historical Archive (Moscow): a brief review of the fonds by Vladimir Chernyshev of ...
		In 1915 supervised over an engineering part in time of siege of a fortress Peremyshl.
		In 1887-1888 chiefs of works on construction of advanced strenghtenings of Ivangorod fortress.
		In 1761 supervised siege of a fortress Kolberg.
	feefhs.org /RU/MUROM/csmha-1.html (2522 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		We will pass Narva-Joesuu, a pretty but dilapidated seaside town and holiday resort popular for its long white sandy beaches by a pine forest.
		We will also be passing one of the most awe inspiring sights of the Baltic Sea -- the face-off between two great fortresses across the River Narva rapids--Narva Fortress in Estonia and Ivangorod Fortress on the Russian bank.
		This is a very poor area with high unemployment; 5,000 are employed in the textile industry, bought with Swedish money, but with 90% of the population Russian and Estonia insisting on Estonian being spoken there communication is a problem.
	www.sevenoaksprep.kent.sch.uk /estonia/page33.html (253 words)

	Xenophon web site index
		Chufut-Kale - ancient Byzantine fortress - later Tatar and Kariate center in Crimea - text, maps and photos.
		Sudak - medieval Genoese fortress on site of earlier Alan - Khazar city Sugdai - Surozh - extensive text and photos.
		Tula - text and photos of this southern frontier fortress city for defense of Moscow from Tatars.
	www.xenophon-mil.org /xenindex.htm (1921 words)

	Moscow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1492: The fortress Ivangorod was founded (opposite to Narva in Estonia)
		All the czars are buried here except of the Romanovs (Peter Paul in St.Petersburg).
		1563: The Russians attacked Lithuania and conquered the fortress Polotsk (by Daugava's upper shore)
	www.eccentrix.com /members/figge33/inkeri/moscow.htm (420 words)

	borders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Narva river and the border at Narva / Ivangorod
		Overlooking Ivangorod and a Russian watchtower from the Estonian side of the river south of Narva town.
		The Narva/Ivangorod railway bridge south of Narva town.
	www.vasa.abo.fi /users/rpalmber/BordersNarva.htm (91 words)

	Ivangorod > Narva fortress panorama (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Panorama has been made from the Kolodeznaja tower.
		There is a special place for sighting is settled.
		There are magnificent sights to the Narva river, Narva fortress and it's vicinities and excellent sector of fire.
	www.nortfort.ru /ivangorod/panarama_e.html (58 words)

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