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  RUSNET.NL :: Encyclopedia :: S :: Shlisselburg
Founded as Oreshek in 1323 by the republic of Novgorod, the town was captured in the early 17th century by the Swedes, who built the fortress of Noteburg.
Later used as a prison, Shlisselburg again played a fortress role during the defence of Leningrad (as St. Petersburg was called during the Soviet era) in World War II.
Shlisselburg is a shipbuilding and repair centre on the White Sea-Baltic Canal.
www.rusnet.nl /encyclo/s/print/shlisselburg.shtml   (132 words)

  
 Shlisselburg - Definition, explanation
Shlisselburg is a town in western Russia (Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast) located at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga.
It is opposite Saint Petersburg, which lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland.
During World War II (in 1941), Shlisselburg was seized by Germany; the recapture of the city in 1943 by Russian forces reopened access to besieged Leningrad.
www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/s/sh/shlisselburg.php   (235 words)

  
  Shlisselburg-Ladoga History
The town of Shlisselburg lies on the left coast of Neva where it emerges from Lake Ladoga and is divided into two parts by the Ladoga canal.
Peter the Great named the town Shlisselburg (“Key Town”) because of its strategic position for both military and trade purposes, and particularly because of the island fortress (Fort Oreshek) nearby.
With political stability in the region the importance of the nearby fortress declined in the 18th century in favor of Shlisselburg's imortance as a shipping and shipbuilding center.
enspire.syr.edu /NevaProject/site4/shlisshist.html   (373 words)

  
 Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Shlisselburg
Shlisselburg is a town in western Russia (Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast) located at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga.
It is opposite Saint Petersburg, which lies at the mouth of the Neva on the Gulf of Finland.
During World War II (in 1941), Shlisselburg was seized by Germany; the recapture of the city in 1943 by Russian forces reopened access to besieged Leningrad.
www.fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Shlisselburg   (214 words)

  
 Shlisselburg - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Shlisselburg (Russian: Шлиссельбу́рг; German: Schlüsselburg) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, 45 km east of St.
Shlisselburg regained its former name after the fall of the Soviet Union.
Shlisselburg, The fortress, The town, See also, World Heritage Sites in Russia, Cities and towns in Leningrad Oblast, Forts in Russia, Castles in Russia and Fortresses in the Swedish Realm.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Shlisselburg   (543 words)

  
 Museum of the Town of Shlisselburg History
The town of Shlisselburg is located at the head of the Neva River, 60 km far from St.Petersburg.
With the capture of the town by the Germans on September 8, 1941 the siege of Leningrad began.
The town was badly ruined during the break of the siege in January 1943 to be reconstructed after the war.
www.oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/14/guide.html   (696 words)

  
 Transportation - The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii PhotographicRecord Recreated (A Library of Congress ...
A variety of canal boats and barges, large and small, are evident at a boat yard at a sheltered inlet off the southwest shore of Lake Onega on the Mariinskii canal system near the small town of Voznesenie in the north of European Russia.
Log Rafts on the Peter I Canal, Shlisselburg
Logs fastened together as rafts make their way down the Peter I Canal near the small town of Shlisselburg, now called Petrokrepost'.
www.loc.gov /exhibits/empire/transport.html   (644 words)

  
 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Shlisselburg (;) is a town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, situated at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, 35 km east of St.
The recapture of Shlisselburg in 1943 by Soviet forces reopened access to besieged Leningrad.
Shlisselburg regained its former name after the fall of the Soviet Union.
www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Shlisselburg   (690 words)

  
 Shlisselburg | Commemorative Coins database |Bank of Russia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
the view of the Shlisselburg Fortress framed by a stylized window-arch, in the foreground - firs, a rider and a couple of unmounted fighting men on a stony river bank, in the background - a floating boat with rowers and a sailing ship.
The Shlisselburg Fortress (Peter Fortress in 1944 - 1992) was founded in 1323 by Novgorod citizens on the Nut Island of the Ladoga Lake situated at the source of the Neva River.
During the Northern War of 1700 - 1721 it was taken by storm by Russian troops on October 11, 1702.
www.shlisselburg.ru /news/CBR.htm   (125 words)

  
 Defence on near and distance approach. Battle Of Leningrad - lenbat.narod.ru
The main offensive on the right German wing was covered by 50th Corps (44th Motorize division SS and 269th Field Division) of 4th Panzer Group, and at the left - 38th Corps (1st, 58th and 291th Field Divisions) of 18th Army.
September 8, Shlisselburg was taken by 42th German Field Regiment of 126th Division and thus Leningrad was cut off from its southeast communications.
Its centre was to the north of lake and aspired to keep Shlisselburg area and compress a ring of an encirclement around of Leningrad.
lenbat.narod.ru /eng/close.htm   (1958 words)

  
 Digital photo. Saint-Petersburg, Moscow, Pskov, Novgorod, Karelia and others.
But it was returned to Russia by Peter the Great during the Great Northern War and renamed to Shlisselburg, meaning Key-Fortress - a key to future wins in the Great Northern War and on the way to the Baltic Sea.
During the Great Patriotic war Shlisselburg fortress was defending itself and heroically resisted for 500 days and did not let the ring of blockade around Leningrad close.
The fortress garrison contributed to the city of Shlisselburg liberation, which in 1944 was renamed to Petrokrepost.
www.photocity.ru /Album135/idx_en.php   (159 words)

  
 Museum of the Town of Shlisselburg History
The window-case with the book by Aleksandr Tomilin "Shlisselburg" and the medal (plaster cast) in the memory of the seizure of Notteburg.
Section of the exhibit devoted to the history of the Nevsky shipbuilding and ship-repairing plant in the town of Shlisselburg
The window-case with the map of the Neva River area from the Pella station to the Koshkin (Cat’s) Cape.
oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/pgallery.php3?MUSEUM=14   (424 words)

  
 "New Theory" - russian drum'n'bass label (Saint-Petersburg , Russia) :: DJ\live NAJIKLIDABULU
Since 1999, he usually takes part in many club's parties in such clubs as VMC, MAMA club, Griboedov, Friday club, Red club, Poligon, Matrix club (Moscow), Manhattan (Samara), Len Expo (SPb), Bass (Shlisselburg), DK (Shlisselburg), Fort (Kronshtadt - open air), Unost (Kirovsk), Plaza, Port club, Mad wave, Town club, Spartak, UFO, KV, Psycho Pab,...
Today he has contacts with promoters, DJs and live projects from many Russian cities.
They are Moscow, Minsk, Saint-Petersburg, Samara, Novgorod, Kirovsk, Kronshtadt, Shlisselburg and others.
www.ntpromo.narod.ru /english/najikli_e.htm   (227 words)

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