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	The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News
		On 30 June, 2003, on the occasion of the international conference "Staraya Ladoga and Origins of Russian Statehood and Culture" in Staraya Ladoga was opened the Museum of Archeology.
		Staraya Ladoga is a unique archeological site with strata containing antiquities of the 8th-10th centuries.
		At the center of the display is Ladoga’s medieval archeology, including a model of a Viking drakkar.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/11/b2003/hm11_4_120.html (347 words)

	Study Abroad in St.Petersburg: Excursions
		Ladoga withstood the siege laid by Swedish troops in 1164.
		The idea of the museum to be founded in Staraya Ladoga arose early in the 20th century, the first museum expositions were displayed in the Ladoga Fortress on July 15, 1971.
		In 1984 the museum of local lore, history and economy was given the status of the federal open-air museum of history, architecture and archeology.
	www.chfa.uni.edu /StPetersburg/excursions/StarayaLadoga.asp (430 words)

	Monomax Ltd.
		The town of Staraya Ladoga, called simply Ladoga until 1704, was founded by the Slavs in the mid-8th century and was once one of the ten largest Russian cities.
		Staraya Ladoga must therefore be considered to be one of the three ancient capitals of the Russian state, along with Kiev and Moscow.
		The main "sights" of Staraya Ladoga are on the left bank of the Volkhov, in an area divided into northern and southern sections by the Ladozhka River.
	www.monomax.org /dmc/spb_env_ladoga.htm (865 words)

	Waterways and Shipbuilding in north-western Russia in the Middle Ages
		The Volkhov - Ladoga - Neva waterway (Fig.
		Vikings, the inhabitants of Staraya Ladoga, did this work at the west part of the way (from the Neva mouth to the Lower Volkhov) and on Volkhov the local population did the same work.
		On the next stages, in the case of the enemy's penetration to the Ladoga Lake, the guard functions passed to the inhabitants of Staraya Ladoga and Novgorod.
	www.abc.se /~m10354/mar/rus-ship.htm (0 words)

	Nordic Travel. Sights and Maps :: Leningrad Region - Staraya Ladoga
		Staraya Ladoga is a small village in Leningrad region with long and great history, once this village was one of the ten biggest cities in Russia.
		The Monastery of St. Nicholas is situated in the village of Staraya Ladoga, to the south of the Fortress.
		The Monastery was rebuilt in 1695 at the command of Lev Ivanov, the priest of the Church of St. George.
	nordictravel.ru /petersburg/old_ladoga.html (736 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Staraya Ladoga (), or Aldeigjuborg of Norse sagas, is a village (selo) in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga.
		Ladoga was the most important trading center in Eastern Europe from about 800 to 900 CE, and it is estimated that between 90 to 95% of all Arab dirhams found in Sweden passed through Ladoga.
		Ladoga's next mention in chronicles is dated to 1019, when Ingigerd of Sweden married Yaroslav of Novgorod.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Staraya_Ladoga (654 words)

	Old Ladoga
		Staraya Ladoga is a rather small settlement in the Leningrad Region situated 128 kilometers east of St. Petersburg, on the Volkhov River.
		It was founded in the middle of the 8th century and till the middle of the 9th century was the largest settlement in the Russian North and the center for northern Slavonic and Finnish tribes: Slovens, Krivachi, Meria, Ves and Chud.
		Ladoga was one of the most ancient towns in the countries of the Baltic area and the most eastern port town.
	history.gatchina.ru /ladoga/eladoga.htm (637 words)

	Historic Architectural and Archeological Reserve Museum Staraya Ladoga
		Staraya Ladoga is a unique country, no matter how you come to realize that - using your mind to imagine people who lived their lives here almost 1250 years ago or your senses to perceive the spirit of the place.
		The archeological collection of the Staraya Ladoga museum is considered one of the most interesting ones of that kind in Russia.
		The Ladoga fortress houses the yearly "Wreath of Glory" festival on the second Sunday of July.
	oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/12/info.html (394 words)

	About the Music of Cuba - worldmusic.cc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In the Middle Ages, the lake formed a vital part of the Trade Route from the Varangians to the Greeks, with the Norse emporium at Staraya Ladoga defending the mouth of the Volkhov since the 8th century.
		The ancient Valaam Monastery was founded on the island of Valaam, the largest in Lake Ladoga, abandoned between 1611â“1715, magnificently restored in the 18th century, and evacuated to Finland during the Winter War in 1940.
		In 1617, by the Treaty of Stolbovo, the northern and western coast was ceded by Russia to Sweden.
	www.worldmusic.cc /en/music/latin_america/cuba/698.html?title=Lake_Ladoga (602 words)

	Historic Architectural and Archeological Reserve Museum Staraya Ladoga
		Staraya Ladoga is a unique country, no matter how you come to realize that - using your mind to imagine people who lived their lives here almost 1250 years ago or your senses to perceive the spirit of the place.
		The archeological collection of the Staraya Ladoga museum is considered one of the most interesting ones of that kind in Russia.
		The Ladoga fortress houses the yearly "Wreath of Glory" festival on the second Sunday of July.
	www.oblmuseums.spb.ru /eng/museums/12/info.html (0 words)

	Home Page: Old Ladoga
		The town of Staraya Ladoga in the Volkhovsky district of the Leningrad Oblast is located on the left bank of the Volkhov River, just 12 kilometers from the southern shore of Lake Ladoga, to which the Volkhov feeds.
		During the first century of its existence Ladoga was the main center for the northern Slavic and Finnish tribes and an example of early government in the northern part of Eastern Europe.
		The Staraya Ladoga architectural expedition sponsored by the Institute for the History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences and led by Kirpichnikov uncovered burial mounds, remains of fortresses and the Earthen Settlement that sprung up in medieval times.
	www.museum700.org /4.en.html (1692 words)

	Staraya Ladoga - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Staraya Ladoga (Russian: -{Ста́рая Ла́дога}-), or Aldeigjuborg of Norse sagas, is a village on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga which used to be a prosperous trading outpost in the 8th and 9th centuries.
		According to the Hypatian Codex, in 862 the legendary Varangian leader Rurik arrived to Ladoga and made it his capital.
		The ancient fortress thenceforth declined and came to be known as Old Ladoga, in order to distinguish it from the new town.
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Ladoga (584 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Hermitage News
		On 18 February, 2003, in Rooms No. 28-32 opened an exhibition organized by the State Hermitage Museum, the Staraya Ladoga Museum of History, Architecture and Archeology and the Institute of History of Material Culture of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the participation of the military history reenactment club “Black Raven”.
		Artifacts unearthed by several generations of archeologists are preserved and examined at the State Hermitage Museum and the Staraya Ladoga Museum.
		The State Hermitage Museum prepared for the exhibition the illustrated academic catalogue and the booklet Staraya Ladoga: The Ancient Capital of Russia.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/11/b2003/hm11_4_107.html (0 words)

	Staraya Ladoga
		In ancient times, Staraya Ladoga was a large trade and craft center, and its citizens could afford to invite professional warriors to protect their town.
		Although it was lost in time, Ladoga was the main trade center of Northern Slavs in the 10th through 12th centuries.
		Ladoga was an international trade center that linked the East and the West.
	eng.lenobl.ru /sport/tourism/staryalagoda (458 words)

	Staraja Ladoga > Main
		In Ladoga Lake they were intercepted by the Novgorod militia and were beaten hard in addition.
		In 1313 Swedes seized and burned the Ladoga fortress at last, but could not stay here for very long and were forced to escape again.
		Nowadays Staraja Ladoga is the little and fading village on the banks of the river of Volkhov.
	www.nortfort.ru /ladoga/index_e.html (536 words)

	Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Though the popular view of northeastern Europe in that period is one of barbarism, Staraya Ladoga was probably quite cosmopolitan, with traders coming from as far away as Britain, Scandinavia, Byzantium, Khazaria and even Persia.
		Staraya Ladoga is generally regarded as the origin point for the Rus state.
		It is widely accepted that Staraya Ladoga became part of Rurik's dominions when he took over Novgorod in the 860s.
	www.hostkingdom.net /russia.html (2046 words)

	Travel company "SAINT-PETERSBURG - REGION" :: Tourist programmes
		In the middle of the first millennium the lands around Ladoga Lake and the Neva River were a locality of peaceful coexistence of Finish, Scandinavian and Slavonic people.
		Staraya Ladoga is located 10 kms away from Lake Ladoga, on the Volkhov River flowing to Novgorod.
		Way back in the ninth century Ladoga was known as a fortified trade center on the famous waterway "from Variangians to the Greeks".
	www.travel-company.spb.ru /out_tour.htm (506 words)

	OLD LADOGA Articles Staraya Ladoga (Russian: ???´??? ??
		Old Ladoga's inhabitants were Norsemen, Finns, and Slavs, hence different names for the city.
		Ladoga's next mention in chronicles is dated to 1019, when Ingigerd of Sweden married Yaroslav of Novgorod.
		Under the terms of their marriage settlement, Yaroslav ceded Ladoga to his wife, who appointed her father's cousin, the Swedish earl Ragnvald Ulfsson, to rule the town.
	www.amazines.com /Old_Ladoga_related.html (540 words)

	Home Page: Exposition
		The settlement of LADOGA (ALDEGJYA in Scandinavian sources) arose at the pivotal spot on this route, on the lower Volkhov River.
		The inhabitants of Ladoga lived in small homes of between 16 and 24 square meters with stone hearths in one corner of their dwellings.
		The appearance of such a large number of churches is evidence to the great significance the Novgorod princes assigned to Ladoga in the 12th century.
	www.museum700.org /32.en.html (1983 words)

	[Russia 1: culture] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		It was founded in the twelfth century by the Novgorodians on the left bank of the River Volkhov, twelve kilometres from the point where the river empties into Lake Ladoga.
		Not far from the fortress is the Church of the Dormition, which is of the same type as St George and also dates to the twelfth century.
		In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the fortress of Ladoga was rebuilt entirely and the majority of the surviving towers and walls go back to that period.
	www.russia-hc.ru /eng/culture/russev/stladoga/russev_2.cfm (191 words)

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		Shown: Schlisselburg (Sleutelburg) Fortress, settlements of Staraya Ladoga and Novaya Ladoga, populated areas along the shore.
		Ladoga canal from Schlisselburg to New Ladoga is rendered conventionally enough.
		Along Ladoga canal connecting Schlisselburg and New Ladoga as well there are several inscriptions, among them (from Beloye Lake south) is ”As far as here the canal from Ladoga to Schlisselburg [was digged up to] 1725 and partially digged farther”.
	www.sweden.spb.ru /maps/48_en.htm (284 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Staraya Ladoga was a key commercial city-state from the eighth century to the 10th.
		The professor's description of life in Staraya Ladoga 1000 years ago should make sweet music in the ears of today's reformers in the Kremlin.
		A lack of of funding for restoration at Staraya Ladoga, and the crumbling state of many other historical sights in the Leningrad region was a sore topic at the press conference.
	www.rferl.org /features/1997/08/f.ru.970826152006.asp (566 words)

	The State Hermitage Museum: Collection Highlights
		Staraya Ladoga, to the East of St Petersburg, was once a thriving medieval Russian city, with a fortress, flourishing monasteries and numerous churches once decorated with rich frescoes.
		As regards woodcarving, the earliest examples from the Ladoga complex date as far back as the 8th century, nearly two centuries earlier from those from any other source.
		Tools associated with the work of women - spinning and weaving wool and linen - are also on display, along with examples of silk and woollen textiles and linen, and footwear.
	www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/03/hm3_2_14.html (0 words)

	President Putin inspects archeological excavations / St.Petersburg city news / Petersburg CITY / Guide to St. ...
		After that, the President was presented with illustrated books about Staraya Ladoga and an archeological instrument.
		According to Anatoly Kirpichnikov, the excavations in Staraya Ladoga date back to the times when birch-bark letters did not exist, however, archeologists find special labels, which merchants used to mark their goods.
		According to the chronicles, Ladoga was the first residence of first Russian Prince Ryurik, who spent 2-3 years and launched his reforms here, the academician said.
	petersburgcity.com /news/city/2004/07/19/ladoga (427 words)

	Staritsa (Starica), Tver region, Russia
		Staraya Ladoga is a kind of place where houses are not normally locked and travellers are welcomed anywhere.
		Not to pick up a hitch-hiker is bad style while further north it becomes a serious offence.
		Staraya Ladoga in in the Internet, in English
	www.staritsa.info /staraya_ladoga.htm (0 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com President Putin arrives in Staraya Ladoga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The township of Staraya Ladoga (Volkhov district of the Leningrad region) is situated between the Volkhov River riffles and the place where the Volkhov flows into Lake Ladoga.
		Originally, Staraya Ladoga was a town located on the route from the Vikings to the Greeks.
		The port of Novaya (New) Ladoga was founded at the mouth of the Volkhov River in 1704 to supply the new capital, St. Petersburg with building materials.
	newsfromrussia.com /main/2004/07/17/55044.html (1296 words)

	Staraya Ladoga travel guide
		Staraya Ladoga travel guide - The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and what to see
		Small village, situated on the southern shore of Ladoga Lake, in North-West Russia.
		Staraya Ladoga (Old Ladoga) once was a first Russian capital, being founded in IX century.
	www.world66.com /europe/russia/staraya_ladoga (161 words)

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		It is a glimpse of the past, but it is the kind of past that brightens today and gives inspiration and hope for tomorrow.
		Staraya Ladoga - The small town lost somewhere in the Russian North West.
		When well over a thousand years ago the Scandinavian Northmen (Vikings) came, Staraya Ladoga already was a mighty city.
	www.iconsexplained.com /iec/03000_kirillov.htm (254 words)

	Staraya Ladoga celebrates 1250th anniversary - Pravda.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Chronicles first mentioned Staraya Ladoga, located on the banks of the Volkhov River, in the VIII century.
		By the IX century Staraya Ladoga had become a major trade and industrial centre in the area, a milestone on the famous Greek-Varangians Way connecting northern and southern Europe.
		According to the Russian Primary Chronicle "Povest Vremennykh Let" ("The Tale of Bygone Years"), Prince Ryurik, the legendary founder of Russia's first royal dynasty, was invited to Staraya Ladoga in the year 862.
	english.pravda.ru /science/2003/08/16/49337.html (538 words)

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