Ivangorod fortress
The fortress of Ivangorod was under the rule of the Russian Tsar Ivan III. Erected in the summer of 1492 on the right bank of the Narva . It was still made entirely of wood. The fortress was intended to reinforce Ivan's claim to access to the Baltic Sea and at the same time form a bulwark against the Teutonic Order , which ruled the Baltic States . The mighty Hermannsfeste , a castle of the Teutonic Order , has stood on the left bank since the 13th century .
In the following decades, the fortifications were constantly expanded and strengthened. After the collapse of the Teutonic Order, Estonia came under Swedish rule and from the end of the Livonian War in 1583, Ivangorod was also part of Sweden. In 1704, during the Great Northern War , Peter the Great recaptured the fortress. In the Peace of Nystad in 1721, the Russian conquests of the Baltic Sea were confirmed. After the collapse of the tsarist empire , Ivangorod came to the newly founded Republic of Estonia in the Peace of Dorpat in 1920. After Estonia was annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940, Ivangorod became part of the Russian Soviet Republic from 1945. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the re-establishment of the independent Republic of Estonia in 1990, the city and fortress remained with Russia .
The Uspenskaya and Nikolskaya churches inside the fortress
The Uspenskaya and Nikolskaya churches inside the fortress
Web links
- English: Museum of Ivangorod Fortress (site of the museums in Leningrad Oblast)
- English: Article on Ivangorod Fortress (site with information on fortresses in Russia)
Coordinates: 59 ° 22 ′ 29.2 ″ N , 28 ° 12 ′ 27.5 ″ E