Shlisselburg Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
town in Leningrad Oblast, Russia
About Shlisselburg
Shlisselburg is a town on the southwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, Europe's largest lake, at the head of the Neva river. It is famous for its fortress, first named Oreshek and finished in 1323, and for theTreaty of Nöteborg, a piece treaty between Russia and Sweden that was signed here in the same year. The original wooden fortress was built on behalf of theNovgorod Republicin 1323. Sweden took the fortress in 1348 and Novgorod reconquered it 1451. It was largely destroyed, and theMuscovy, who had absorbed Novgorod in 1478, built a stone fortress instead. Sweden took it in 1611. When Peter the Great conquered it 1702 he renamed it Schlüsselburg, meaning it was the key to Neva. Transliterated via the Cyrillic script the name became Shlisselburg.
Top Attractions in Shlisselburg
Explore the best things to see and do in Shlisselburg:
- ★Shlisselburg Annunciation Cathedral
- ★Shlisselburg Fortress
- ★Shlisselburg History Museum
Shlisselburg Travel Guide Sections
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