hidden Ladoga Canals, the LADOGA CANALS. They connect the mouth of the Volkhov River and the head of the Neva, extending along the south coast of Lake Ladoga. There are two canals, Staroladozhsky and Novoladozhsky. The canal construction was urged by the necessity to have a... more

hidden Skornyakov - Pisarev, Grigory Grigoryevich (1686 - 1747), an architect Grigory Grigoryevich Skornyakov - Pisarev (1686 - 1747), a military engineer, Major-General (1722). As a scholar of Peter I Grigory Grigoryevich Skornyakov - Pisarev studied mathematics in Berlin. During 1718-1721 he led the construction of the... more