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  Ingria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Historically Ingria (Finnish: Inkeri, Russian: Izhora, Swedish: Ingermanland) comprises the area along the basin of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipsi in the south-west, and Lake Ladoga in the north-east.
Ingria never formed a state; the Ingrians can hardly be said to have been a nation, although their "nationality" was recognized in the Soviet Union, and as an ethnos the Ingrians dying out together with their language.
Ingria became a Swedish dominion in the 1580s, was returned to Russia by the Treaty of Teusina (1595), and again ceded to Sweden in the Treaty of Stolbova (1617).
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 ingria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Historically Ingria (Inkeri) comprises the area along the basin of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipsi in South-West, and Lake Ladoga in North-East.
Ingria never came to form a state, the Ingrians can hardly be said to have been a nation, although their "nationality" was recognized in the Soviet Union, and as an ethnos the Ingrians are about to perish together with their language.
Ingria fell to Sweden in the 1580s, was returned to Russia by the Treaty of Teusina (1595), and again ceded to Sweden in the Treaty of Stolbova (1617).
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 Ingria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Historically Ingria (Inkeri) comprises the area along the basin of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipsi inSouth-West, and Lake Ladoga in North-East.
Ingria never came to form a state, the Ingrians can hardly be said to have been a nation, although their " nationality " was recognized in the Soviet Union, and asan ethnos the Ingrians are about to perishtogether with their language.
In the Viking age /late IronAge, from the 750s and on, Ingria was the bridgehead on the Varangian trade route to Eastern Europe.
www.therfcc.org /ingria-79135.html   (516 words)

  
 Ingria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ingria never came to form a state the Ingrians can hardly be said have been a nation although their " nationality " was recognized in the Soviet Union and as an ethnos the Ingrians about to perish together with their language.
Ingria fell to Sweden in the 1580s was returned to Russia by the of Teusina (1595) and again ceded to Sweden in Treaty of Stolbova (1617).
In 1664 the population was counted to 15 Swedish attempts to introduce Lutheranism were met with repugnance by the peasantry obliged to attend Lutheran services; converts promised grants and tax reductions but Lutheran were most of all due to voluntary from Savolax and Finnish Karelia.
www.freeglossary.com /Ingria   (834 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Ingria
Ingegerd Olofsdotter, born 1001 in Sigtuna, Sweden, was the daughter of Swedish King Olof Skötkonung.
Coin minted for Olof Skötkonung in Sigtuna Olof of Sweden or Olof Skötkonung/Skottkonung (the meaning of the cognomen is disputed) was the son of Eric the Victorious and Sigrid the Haughty.
Main article: Swedish Ingria Ingria, or Ingermanland, was a dominion of Sweden from 1580 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1719, when it was ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Nystad.
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 Swedish Ingria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ingria, or Ingermanland, was a dominion of Sweden from 1580 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1719, when it was ceded to Russia in the Treaty of Nystad.
Bordering to Swedish Karelia by the followed the Sestra (Rajajoki /Systerbäck) rivulet in North-West.
In the early 1700s the area was reconquered by Russia in the Great Northern War after a bare century in Swedish possession.
www.wikiverse.org /swedish-ingria   (273 words)

  
 Ingria - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is said to be named after Ingigerd, the daughter of the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung (995-1022).
In the 12th century, Western Ingria was also joined to Novgorod.
In 1927 the name was changed to the Leningrad Province, and although Leningrad changed name again, in 1991, back to Saint Petersburg, the region is still called Leningrad oblast.
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /ingria.htm   (660 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Swedish Ingria
The Swedish Victory at Narva, 1700 by Gustaf Cederström, painted 1910 Battle of Poltava as painted by Denis Martens the Younger in 1726 The Great Northern War was the war fought between a coalition of Russia, Denmark-Norway and Saxony-Poland (from 1715 also Prussia and Hanover) on one...
Main article: Governor-General in the Swedish Realm A Governor-General, or Generalguvernör, was appointed by the Swedish monarch as a form of viceroy, with both civil and military jurisdiction, over parts of the Swedish Realm, from the 17th century to the early 19th century, when constitutional changes made the office obsolete.
Baron Carl Carlsson Gyllenhielm (1574-1650) was a Swedish soldier and politician.
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Historical Ingria or Ingermanland lies along the southern shore of the gulf of Finland and both banks of the river Neva.
With the peace treaty of Stolbova in 1617, Ingria was attached to the Swedish kingdom.
During the early eighteenth century, Russia re-conquered Ingria, and the new capital St. Petersburg was constructed in the region.
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 Swedish Ingria -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ingria fell to Sweden in the (Click link for more info and facts about 1580s) 1580s, was returned to Russia by the Treaty of Teusina (1595), and again ceded to Sweden in the (Click link for more info and facts about Treaty of Stolbovo) Treaty of Stolbovo (1617).
Ingria was enfeoffed to (A titled peer of the realm) noble militaries and state officials, bringing their own Lutheran servants and workmen.
On the place of the Swedish town (Click link for more info and facts about Nyen) Nyen close to the Neva river's estuary at the Gulf of Finland, the new Russian (A seat of government) capital (A city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort) Saint Petersburg was founded in 1703.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/sw/swedish_ingria.htm   (309 words)

  
 Ingria
Historically Ingria (Inkeri) comprises the area along the basin of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River[?], Lake Peipsi[?] and Lake Pskov[?] in South-West, and Lake Ladoga in North-East.
The ancient Novgorodian land Vod was called Ingermanland by the Swedes, anglified to "Ingria".
In 1710 Ingria was designated as the Province of Saint Petersburg (in 1927 the Leningrad Province, but in 1991 Leningrad changed name again back to Saint Petersburg).
www.fastload.org /in/Ingria.html   (276 words)

  
 Nordic FAQ - 7 of 7 - SWEDEN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Swedish women have one of the highest fertility rates in the industrialized world, giving birth to 1.97 child each, and the highest rate of breast feeding.
Swedish politicians tend to start their careers in younger years, before having accomplished in any profession (Olof Palme is one of the first examples), and the reduced number of municipal politicians contribute to a growing alienation between politicians and the electorate.
Swedish literature of the end of the 1970s was characterized by a new trust in the word and a new delight in traditional fictio writing.
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 Finnish language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finnish is one of two official languages of Finland (the other being Swedish, spoken by a 5% minority) and thus of the European Union.
One of the Far-Northern dialects, Meänkieli, which is spoken on the Swedish side of the border that was created in 1809, is taught in some Swedish schools as a distinct standardized language.
The South-Eastern dialects (kaakkoismurteet) are spoken in South Karelia, on the Karelian Isthmus and in Ingria.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Finnish_language   (5333 words)

  
 Ingermanland, Ingria (incl. St.Petersburg)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It was named after the daughter of the Swedish king Olof Skötkonung, Ingegärd, who got married to Yaroslav (the rouler of Novgorod) in 1019.
Ingermanland is situated between the Narva river (Estonia) in the west, Rajajoki (Finland) in the north, the shore of Ladoga in the east and the Lava river in the south.
Sweden regained Ingria (with Jama, Koporje, Ivangorod and Nöteborg) and Keksholm county.
www.eccentrix.com /members/figge33/inkeri/ingria.htm   (2249 words)

  
 Ingria (Russia)
The Ingrian flag (which was official when the Ingrians had some authonomy in the 1920s and 30s) being yellow with a blue scandinavian cross with red finbrations; colours taken from the old arms of Ingria.
Ingria is not the same area as the parts of Finnish Karelia ceded in 1940.
Rather it was the coastal strip between Estonia and Finland (pre-1940 boundary), roughly contiguous to the St.
www.fotw.net /flags/ru-ingri.html   (525 words)

  
 Vot, ihminen tahtoo kotimaalle; English summary
Nevertheless, in the fairly limited region of western Ingria, where their villages mostly lie, their station and their share of the total population has been considerable up to the beginning of the 20th century.
The Lutheran population of Ingria grew and during the 17th century it comprised 70% of the total population.
The schools of Ingria became Russian in 1937 and at the same time Lutheran churches were abolished and publications in Finnish banned.
helmer.hit.uib.no /Ingrisk/western.html   (3886 words)

  
 The Swedish Empire in the Baltic Nations
The Swedish government attempted to make reforms in the quality of lives for the serfs of the land, which were greatly exploited by the mostly foreign nobility, and even achieved some modest advancements.
While the Swedish government was attempting to curb the abusive system of feudalism leftover from the Livonian Confederation, it was much easier to do when the land was directly under Swedish control.
With the expansion in Swedish control the conversion to Protestantism was required of the nobles, as the crown was attempting to establish organization through the national church.
depts.washington.edu /baltic/papers/swedish.html   (2552 words)

  
 Ingria Sueco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Ingria, o Ingermanland, era un dominio de Suecia a partir de 1580 a 1595 y entonces otra vez a partir la 1617 a 1719, cuando fue cedido a Rusia en el tratado de Nystad.
Ingria cayó a Suecia en el 1580s, fue vuelto a Rusia por el tratado de Teusina (1595), y cedido otra vez a Suecia en el tratado de Stolbova (1617).
Ingria era enfeoffed a los militaries y a los funcionarios de estado nobles, trayendo a sus propios criados y trabajadores lutheran.
www.yotor.net /wiki/es/in/Ingria%20Sueco.htm   (314 words)

  
 Casus Belli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fought between 1700 and 1721, this was a war destined to change European politics forever, causing the decline of Sweden as the major power in the Baltic and the ascendance of Russia in her place.
August II of Saxony-Poland hoped to gain Swedish Livonia and use it as the basis for establishing a hereditary Saxon dynasty in Poland and Peter the Great wanted access to the Baltic through Swedish Ingria.
Swedish infantry is besieging the city itself, while the main army confront the Russians.
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To what extremes of lawlessness their pretensions might lead was seen when a bold noble annexed the lands and forests of the Crown, punished one of his bailiffs who had fled to Court, and, when another bailiff cut down a wood, proposed to hang him together with every peasant who had shared in the offence.
While the Swedish army was a national force which might soon be made formidable, Frederick was trusting to some 30,000 German mercenaries, a host which could not long be satisfied with the spoils of Smâland and Västergötland.
The Swedish nation had none the less usurped by force rights which it had granted to the Vasa in 1544, but which in the hands of Sigismund menaced its independence and its religion.
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 Peter's Capitol of St. Petersburg   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This area of land near the Gulf of Finland was known as Ingria.
While under Swedish control, Ingria was heavily defended and fortified.
Ingria remained under Swedish rule until Peter the Great overran the city by waging a strategical naval assault from Lake Ladoga.
history.furman.edu /~benson/hst11/group1/peter9.htm   (272 words)

  
 The Red Book of the Peoples of the Russian Empire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On the basis of habitation, the Izhorian language is divided into 4 dialects: the Lower-Luga and Soikkola dialects which are spoken in the western part of Ingria, the Kheva dialect on the Izhorian Plateau, and the Oredezh or the Upper-Luga dialect which was spoken near the River Oredezh.
In written records of the 12th century, along with Watlandia, Ingria is mentioned in connection with its subjugation to Novgorod.
The main Karelian territories remained under Swedish rule, however Ingria was given over to Russia, and as a result Izhorian contact with kindred tribes diminished.
www.eki.ee /books/redbook/izhorians.shtml   (2185 words)

  
 WHKMLA : Russo-Swedish War 1570-1595
In 1581 Swedish forces took Narva, Ivangorod (in eastern Estonia), occupied parts of Ingria and eastern Karelia (with Kexholm).
Truces were signed in 1583 and 1585, leaving the conquests in the hands of the Swedes; the Truce of Narva 1590 foresaw a Swedish withdrawal from Ingria.
25-årskriget mot Ryssland 1570-1595, from Svea Riket, in Swedish
www.zum.de /whkmla/military/16cen/russswed15701595.html   (276 words)

  
 WHKMLA : History of Estonia, 1561-1660
Estonia became the staging point for further Swedish conquests : 1583 Ingria (lost again in 1585, regained in 1617) and Livonia (including what is southern Estonia today, gained in 1621).
In 1584, Harrien, Wierland, Jerwen and Wiek were administratively united to form the Swedish Duchy of Estonia.
Swedish Estonia's population in 1582 was estimated at 250,000.
www.zum.de /whkmla/region/eceurope/estonia15611660.html   (297 words)

  
 Ingria Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 Sweden
In the 11th century, Olaf Sköttkonung became the first Swedish king to be baptized as a Christian.
The Lutheran Swedish church was eventually adopted as the state church.
In 1700, a coalition of Russia, Poland, and Denmark united against Sweden and by the Peace of Nystad (1721) forced it to relinquish Livonia, Ingria, Estonia, and parts of Finland.
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