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Kingisepp (in English)
Кингисепп (Russian)
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Location of Leningrad Oblast in Russia
Kingisepp is located in Leningrad Oblast
Kingisepp
Kingisepp
Location of Kingisepp in Leningrad Oblast
Coordinates: 59°22′N 28°37′E / 59.367°N 28.617°E / 59.367; 28.617Coordinates: 59°22′N 28°37′E / 59.367°N 28.617°E / 59.367; 28.617
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Administrative status (as of June 2013)
Country Russia
Federal subject Leningrad Oblast
Administrative district Kingiseppsky District
Settlement municipal formation Kingiseppskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
Administrative center of Kingiseppsky District, Kingiseppskoye Settlement Municipal Formation
Municipal status (as of May 2010)
Municipal district Kingiseppsky Municipal District
Urban settlement Kingiseppskoye Urban Settlement
Administrative center of Kingiseppsky Municipal District, Kingiseppskoye Urban Settlement
Statistics
Population (2010 Census) 48,488 inhabitants
Rank in 2010 327th
Time zone MSK (UTC+03:00)
First mentioned 1384
Previous names Yam (until May 14, 1703),
Yamburg (until 1922)
Postal code(s) 188480, 188482, 188485, 188487, 188489, 188499
Dialing code(s) +7 81375
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Kingisepp (Russian: Ки́нгисепп or Кингисе́пп; Finnish: Jaama), formerly Yamburg (Я́мбург), Yam (Ям), and Yama (Я́ма), is an ancient town and the administrative center of Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located along the Luga River 138 kilometers (86 mi) southwest of St. Petersburg, 20 kilometers (12 mi) east of Narva, and 40 kilometers (25 mi) south of the Gulf of Finland. Population: 48,488 (2010 Census);50,295 (2002 Census);49,954 (1989 Census).

The town was first documented in 1384, when the Novgorodians under Patrikas built there a fortress against the Swedes. It was called Yama or Yamsky Gorodok, after the Ingrian (ethnic Finnic group) name Jaama. The environs of the town are still cited as the main location of speakers of the nearly extinct Ingrian language. The citadel withstood sieges by the Swedes in 1395 and by the Teutonic Knights during the 1444–1448 war.

The town became the most important economic center of the Vodskaya pyatina of the Novgorod Republic. There were 201 homesteads in the 15th century in the town; its total population can only be evaluated roughly based on the estimates of three to five persons per homestead. At the end of the Livonian War, it was ceded to Sweden, only to be returned twelve years later, in 1595.


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