Schlusselburg Fortress

Shlisselburg (in English) Шлиссельбург (Russian)
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A street in Shlisselburg
Location of Leningrad Oblast in Russia
Shlisselburg Location of Shlisselburg in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 59°57′N 31°02′E / 59.950°N 31.033°E / 59.950; 31.033Coordinates: 59°57′N 31°02′E / 59.950°N 31.033°E / 59.950; 31.033
Coat of arms	Flag
Administrative status (as of June 2013)
Country	Russia
Federal subject	Leningrad Oblast
Administrative district	Kirovsky District
Settlement municipal formation	Shlisselburgskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
Administrative center of	Shlisselburgskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
Municipal status (as of May 2010)
Municipal district	Kirovsky Municipal District
Urban settlement	Shlisselburgskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of	Shlisselburgskoye Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census)	13,170 inhabitants
Time zone	MSK (UTC+03:00)
Founded	1702
Town status since	1780
Previous names	Petrokrepost (until 1992)
Postal code(s)	187320
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Shlisselburg (Russian: Шлиссельбург; IPA: [ʂlʲɪsʲɪlʲˈburk]; German: Schlüsselburg; Swedish: Nöteborg) is a town in Kirovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, 35 kilometers (22 mi) east of St. Petersburg. From 1944 to 1992, it was known as Petrokrepost (Петрокрепость). Population: 13,170 (2010 Census);12,401 (2002 Census);12,589 (1989 Census).

The fortress and the town center are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

A wooden fortress named Oreshek (Орешек) or Orekhov (Орехов) was built by Grand Prince Yury of Moscow (in his capacity as Prince of Novgorod) on behalf of the Novgorod Republic in 1323. It guarded the northern approaches to Novgorod and access to the Baltic Sea. The fortress is situated on Orekhovets Island whose name refers to nuts in Swedish as well as in Finnish (Pähkinäsaari, "Nut Island") and Russian languages.

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