Korela Fortress information

Korela Fortress (Russian: Корела; Finnish: Käkisalmen linna; Swedish: Kexholms fästning) is a medieval fortress in the town of Priozersk, Leningrad Oblast...

 Russian Federation 1991–present The main landmark of Priozersk, the Korela Fortress, has historically been the center for the Karelians of the Karelian...

the Poles in exchange for Swedish control of the nearby strategic Korela Fortress, as well as its town Kexholm and the respective county. Shuisky agreed...

Imatra. [citation needed] The river's surroundings, including the Korela Fortress (formerly: Käkisalmi), is a popular resort for Saint Petersburg's residents...

(Finnish: Viipuri), in which Russia ceded Kexholm County and the strategic Korela Fortress to Sweden in exchange for military support. This Russian alliance formed...

who was also waging war against Poland. The tsar promised to cede Korela Fortress to Sweden in recompense for military support against False Dmitry II...

composed of Germans, English, Scots and French, Sweden would receive the Korela Fortress and surrounding towns and villages. On 10 May 1609, Prince Skopin-Shuisky...

the old Livonian nobility. Arnold Johan spent much of his youth in the fortress of Kajaneborg in Arctic Finland, where his father had been imprisoned on...

colonization of Karelia began around 1100, around the same time the Korela fortress was built. The new lands were then contested by the Swedes and bitterly...

fortress city of Hamina, Svartholm fortress, Loviisa Ruotsinsalmi sea fortress (sv: Svensksund) and Kyminlinna Bomarsund Fortress, Sund, Åland Korela...

provided a mercenary corps, paid for by Russia, in exchange for the Korela Fortress with a county. In 1609–1610, the Swedish auxiliary corps under the...

Крепость Копорье Leningrad Oblast 1237 Korela Fortress Крепость Корела Leningrad Oblast 1310 Kronstadt Fortress Кронштадская крепость St. Petersburg 1704-1950...

the Russian Orthodox faith during Russian rule. Russians built the fortress of Korela, which was a nucleus of modern Priozersk. The territory passed hands...

(Finnish: Viipuri), in which Russia ceded Kexholm County and the strategic Korela Fortress to Sweden in exchange for military support. This Russian alliance with...

received most of Ingria, with the towns of Ivangorod, Jama, Koporye and Korela Fortress. In effect, the treaty restored the borders predating the Livonian...

exchanged his lands in and near Starodub in Siveria for the Korela and Oreshek fortresses in the Novgorod Republic. He also founded the town of Yamskaya...

heraldic castle (although it can be explained as referring to, say, Korela Fortress). In other words, the description of the charge should not require...

Novgorodian side. Kirpichnikov believes that Karelian Vallittu who ruled the Korela Fortress started building Tiversk after the treaty. The fort is mentioned for...

led by Pontus De la Gardie to capture all the fortresses in that region up to Novgorod. Koporye, Korela, Ivangorod and Narva were defeated before Yam...

Orthodox Karelians and the Swedes led to a Swedish attack on the town of Korela (Keksholm, Priozersk) and Viborg (Viipuri in Finnish, Vyborg in Russian)...

is named Korela, but it would not remain for much longer. In 1310, the Novgorodians built a fortified settlement on the foundation of Korela. The Swedish...

population engaged in fishing in the 15th century. After new fortresses such as Oreshek and Korela were constructed in the 14th century further to the west...

Kromy was reinforced by five hundred Cossacks led by the ataman Andrei Korela, who retreated here after the battle of Dobrynichi. The walls were destroyed...

the Novgorod Republic and Sweden. In the early 14th century, the fortresses of Korela (Kexholm) and Oreshek (Nöteborg) were established along the banks...