Nyenschantz (redirect from Nyenskans)
Nyenskans to the Russians when the fortress was taken by Peter the Great during the Ingrian campaign of the Great Northern War. The site of Nyenskans...
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Palmyra", due to its extravagant architecture. Swedish colonists built Nyenskans, a fortress at the mouth of the Neva River in 1611, which was later called...
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(1703) in the southern end of the isthmus, in place of old Swedish town Nyenskans. Then in 1812, the northwestern half was transferred, as a part of Old...
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Sheremetev took the Swedish Ingrian fortresses of Nöteborg (October 1702) and Nyenskans (1 May 1703) (allowing the foundation of the city of Saint Petersburg...
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than try to seize Saint Petersburg, founded from the Swedish town of Nyenskans five years earlier. Peter the Great managed, however, to ambush Lewenhaupt's...
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ISBN 9189080262. "Русско-шведские войны" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906. Hipping, A. J. (1837). Neva och Nyenskans. Helsingfors....
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siege and capture of Noteburg; in 1703 he participated in the capture of Nyenskans. On 17 May 1704 he was appointed chief commander of St. Petersburg. In...
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Nevanlinna may refer to: Nyenskans, a Swedish fortress on the river Neva from 1617 to 1703, at the location of today's Saint Petersburg Frithiof Nevanlinna...
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in their Baltic Dominions, among others, the fortresses of Nöteborg, Nyenskans, Dorpat and Narva.: 17 In 1705 the two sides prepared for a final confrontation...
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battles of Erastfer and Hummelshof, the Russians had conquered Nöteborg and Nyenskans, as well as beginning the construction of Petersburg, which would become...
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Pereswetoff-Morath (originally Alexander Moraht Pereswetoff, d. 1687), commandant of Nyenskans (Ingria), and his son, General Carl Pereswetoff-Morath, 1665–1736, active...
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captured two important Swedish fortresses of Neva River (Nöteborg and Nyenskans) and founded Peter and Paul fortress that gave birth to the city of St...
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Ensign Herman Reinhold Apolloff, † 1710 in the plague. Commandant of Nyenskans, Colonel Johan Apolloff, prisoner in Narva 1704, † 1706 in Russia Lieutenant...
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1702–1703, Russian troops captured the Swedish fortresses of Noteborg and Nyenskans on the Neva river that provided Russia an outlet to the Baltic Sea. A...
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Uusi-Laatokka, Uusi Laatokankaupunki Novosyolki Novasolkka Nyenschantz Nevanlinna Nyenskans, Nyen Swedish Former Swedish Ingrian town and fortress Olonets Aunuksenkaupunki...
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flows into river Neva. During the Swedish era there was a fortress called Nyenskans, "Neva fortlet". Since the establishment of Saint Petersburg, the area...
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renovation were insignificant. In addition, the forts at Nöteborg and Nyenskans were considered sufficient to provide defense for the region. In 1702...
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