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Oreshek, see Schlusselburg Fortress
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Archaeological monuments
Archaeological monuments of the Leningrad Oblast are settlements, grads, burial grounds, religious objects and other material trails of the past. Settling the oblast territory took place during the Mesolithic period. The age of the most ancient... more
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Burial grounds of the Izhora people.
Burial grounds of the Izhora people are concentrated in the Izhors tribe land in the Izhora and Neva rivers basin and on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland (see: Izhora). There are the data about 33 soil burial grounds. Excavations were made... more
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Icons, revered and miracle-working
Icons, revered and miracle-working. The Miracle-Working Tikhvin Icon of the Mother of God, according to the legend , was painted by Apostle Luke. It was moved from Jerusalem to Constantinopole, where it dissappeared in 1383 and it appeared above... more
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Ingermanlandia
INGERMANLANDIA (Swed. Ingermanland, Rus. Izhora Land or Ingria), historic and cultural region in the western part of the Leningrad Oblast (Kingisepp, Volosovo, Lomonosov, Vsevolozhsk, Gatchina, Tosno, western part of Kirovsk Districts.) The western... more
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Peter I, monuments to
Monuments to Peter I. One of the first monuments to Peter I was erected in the town of Lodeinoye Pole on May 23, 1833. The cast-iron obelisk was erected on the merchant M. Sofronov's means not far from place where Peter I lived when the Olonetskaya... more
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Restoration of buildings of architectural and historic interest.
Restoration of buildings of architectural and historic interest. The first experience of the research restoration of the Russian Middle Ages monuments in the territory of the pesent-day Leningrad Oblast dates from 1846-1847, when in the Ivangorod... more
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"The Road of Life", monuments
The monuments "The Road of Life". "The Road of Life" was only military-strategic transport arterial road passed through Ladoga Lake and connected blockade Leningrad with the country (the official name is the military transport road) from September... more
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