Ivangorod
| Ivangorod (English) Ивангород (Russian) Jaanilinn (Estonian) |
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 The reconstructed fortress of Narva (to the left) overlooking the Russian fortress of Ivangorod (to the right) |
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.svg) Location of Leningrad Oblast in Russia |
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| Administrative status (as of June 2013) | |
| Country | Russia |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Administrative district | Kingiseppsky District |
| Settlement municipal formation | Ivangorodskoye Settlement Municipal Formation |
| Administrative center of | Ivangorodskoye Settlement Municipal Formation |
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| Municipal district | Kingiseppsky Municipal District |
| Urban settlement | Ivangorodskoye Urban Settlement |
| Administrative center of | Ivangorodskoye Urban Settlement |
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| Population (2010 Census) | 9,854 inhabitants |
| Time zone | MSK (UTC+03:00) |
| Founded | 1492 |
| Town status since | October 28, 1954 |
| Postal code(s) | 188490, 188491 |
| Dialing code(s) | +7 81375 |
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Ivangorod (Russian: Иванго́род; Estonian: Jaanilinn; Votic: Jaanilidna), also known as Ivan-Gorod (Ива́н-Го́род), is a town in Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Narva River by the Estonia–Russia border, 159 kilometers (99 mi) west of St. Petersburg. Population: 9,854 (2010 Census);11,206 (2002 Census);11,833 (1989 Census).
Ivangorod is a major border crossing point and a railway station by the Tallinn–St. Petersburg line. It is located just opposite to the Estonian town of Narva.
The town is the site of the Ivangorod Fortress, a prominent fortification monument of the 15th and the 16th centuries.
The fortress, established in 1492 during the reign of Ivan III of Moscow, took its name (literally: Ivan-town — gorod in Russian means "town" or "city") from that of the Tsar. Between 1581 and 1590 and from 1612 to 1704, Sweden controlled the area. Ivangorod was granted town privileges and administered as a Russian township under the Crown of Sweden (who conquered it in 1612 from boyar Teuvo Aminev) until 1649, when its burghers were ordered to remove to a Narva suburb. In 1617 Russia and Sweden signed the Treaty of Stolbovo, which placed the area under Swedish sovereignty. Russia reconquered it during the Great Northern War in 1704. Despite other changes in territory and sovereignty, Ivangorod was considered an administrative part of the town of Narva from 1649 until 1945. In 1780, Ivangorod, together with Narva, was included into Narvsky Uyezd of St. Petersburg Governorate. In 1796, Narvsky Uyezd was abolished and merged into Yamburgsky Uyezd.
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