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| | story of Old Ladoga continued (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Ladoga did not stay Russia’s capital for too long because Rurik moved his seat to Novgorod (Holmgård) from where, not unlike Charlemagne of the Franks, he added most surrounding provinces to his domain, which — again not unlike Charlemagne’s empire, — eventually fragmented into different principalities, dukedoms and duchies. |
 | | The construction of the new stone fortress was not premature because just 40 years later, a party of Swedish raiders came on 55 longships, laid siege to the fortress and then attempted to take it by assault. |
 | | The onslaught was repulsed, and the bruised attackers retreated from the fortress to the town of Ladoga where, "to their misfortune", they met relief force that just came from Novgorod. |
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