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Nyenschantz, the Glossary

Nyenschantz (Nyenskans; Niyenshants; Nevanlinna) was a Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva River and Okhta River, the site of present-day Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[1]

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Annexation

Annexation, in international law, is the forcible acquisition and assertion of legal title over one state's territory by another state, usually following military occupation of the territory.

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Archaeological excavation

In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains.

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Archaeology

Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk (Арха́нгельск), also known as Archangel and Archangelsk, is a city and the administrative center of Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia.

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In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.

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Bastion

A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort.

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Bastion fort

A bastion fort or trace italienne (a phrase derived from non-standard French, literally meaning 'Italian outline') is a fortification in a style that evolved during the early modern period of gunpowder when the cannon came to dominate the battlefield.

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Boris Godunov

Boris Feodorovich Godunov (Boris Fyodorovich Godunov) was the de facto regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty.

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Boyar

A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans.

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Capital city

A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.

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Charles IX of Sweden

Charles IX, also Carl (Karl IX; 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611), reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until his death.

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Civil war

A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state (or country).

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Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.

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Corps

Corps (plural corps; from French corps, from the Latin corpus "body") is a term used for several different kinds of organization.

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Crownwork

A crownwork is an element of the trace italienne system of fortification and is effectively an expanded hornwork (a type of outwork).

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De facto

De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.

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De la Gardie campaign

The De la Gardie campaign was a joint military campaign by the Tsardom of Russia and Sweden during the Polish–Russian War from April 1609 to June 1610.

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Eastern Orthodoxy

Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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False Dmitry II

False Dmitry II (Lzhedmitrii II; died), historically known as Pseudo-Demetrius II and also called ("the thief of Tushino"), was the second of three pretenders to the Russian throne who claimed to be Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, during the Time of Troubles.

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Feodor I of Russia

Fyodor I Ivanovich (Фёдор I Иванович) or Feodor I Ioannovich (label; 31 May 1557 – 17 January 1598), nicknamed the Blessed (label), was Tsar of all Russia from 1584 until his death in 1598.

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Finns

Finns or Finnish people (suomalaiset) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group native to Finland.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Garrison

A garrison (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is any body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it.

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Gazprom

PJSC Gazprom (ɡɐsˈprom) is a Russian majority state-owned multinational energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg.

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GeoJournal

GeoJournal is a peer-reviewed international academic journal on all aspects of geography founded in 1977.

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German language

German (Standard High German: Deutsch) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Great Northern War

The Great Northern War (1700–1721) was a conflict in which a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.

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Ingria

Ingria (Ингрия, Ингерманландия, Ижорская земля; Inkeri, Inkerinmaa; Ingermanland; Ingeri, Ingerimaa) is a historical region in what is now northwestern European Russia.

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Ingrian War

The Ingrian War (Ingermanländska kriget) between the Swedish Empire and the Tsardom of Russia lasted between 1610 and 1617. Nyenschantz and Ingrian War are Ingria.

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Izhorians

The Izhorians (ižorat, ižorit, inkeroiset; ижо́ра; ижо́ры, ижо́рцы; inkerikot; isurid) are a Finnic indigenous people native to Ingria.

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Jacob De la Gardie

Field Marshal and Count Jacob Pontusson De la Gardie (20 June 1583 – 22 August 1652) was a statesman and a soldier of the Swedish Empire, and a Marshal from 1620 onward.

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Karelian Isthmus

The Karelian Isthmus (Karelsky peresheyek; Karjalankannas; Karelska näset) is the approximately stretch of land situated between the Gulf of Finland and Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, to the north of the River Neva. Nyenschantz and Karelian Isthmus are Ingria.

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Karelians

Karelians (karjalaižet, karjalazet, karjalaiset; karjalaiset; kareler, karelare; karely) are a Baltic Finnic ethnic group who are indigenous to the historical region of Karelia, which is today split between Finland and Russia.

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Korela Fortress

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

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Krasnogvardeysky District, Saint Petersburg

Krasnogvardeysky District (Красногварде́йский райо́н) is a district of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Lakhta Centre

The Lakhta Centre is an 87-story skyscraper built in the northwestern neighbourhood of Lakhta in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Lock and key

A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object (such as a key, keycard, fingerprint, RFID card, security token or coin), by supplying secret information (such as a number or letter permutation or password), by a combination thereof, or it may only be able to be opened from one side, such as a door chain.

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Lunette (fortification)

In fortification, a lunette was originally an outwork of half-moon shape; later it became a redan with short flanks, in trace somewhat resembling a bastion standing by itself without curtains on either side.

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Lutheranism

Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that identifies primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church ended the Middle Ages and, in 1517, launched the Reformation.

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Mercenary

A mercenary, also called a merc, soldier of fortune, or hired gun, is a private individual who joins an armed conflict for personal profit, is otherwise an outsider to the conflict, and is not a member of any other official military.

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Moat

A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.

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Modernization theory

Modernization theory holds that as societies become more economically modernized, wealthier and more educated, their political institutions become increasingly liberal democratic.

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Moscow

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.

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Narva

Narva is a municipality and city in Estonia.

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Neva

The Neva (a) is a river in northwestern Russia flowing from Lake Ladoga through the western part of Leningrad Oblast (historical region of Ingria) to the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland. Nyenschantz and Neva are Ingria.

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Okhta

The Okhta is a river in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast and the eastern part of the city of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Okhta Center

Okhta Center or phonetically Oḱhta-Tseńtr (Russian: О́хта-це́нтр), known before March 2007 as Gazprom City (Russian:Газпро́м-си́ти), was a construction project of a business centre in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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Pereswetoff-Morath

Pereswetoff-Morath (Пересветов-Мурат or just Пересветов) is a Swedish noble family of Russian origin, one of the so-called bayor families. Nyenschantz and Pereswetoff-Morath are Ingria.

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Peter the Great

Peter I (–), was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia, known as Peter the Great, from 1721 until his death in 1725.

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Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth

Poland–Lithuania, formally known as the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and also referred to as the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth or the First Polish Republic, was a bi-confederal state, sometimes called a federation, of Poland and Lithuania ruled by a common monarch in real union, who was both King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.

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Polish–Russian War (1609–1618)

The Polish–Russian War was a conflict fought between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Tsardom of Russia from 1609 to 1618.

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Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611)

The Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611) was a continuation of struggle between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth over control of Livonia and Estonia, as well as the dispute over the Swedish throne between Charles IX of Sweden and Sigismund III of Poland.

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Port

A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers.

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Pretender

A pretender is someone who claims to be the rightful ruler of a country although not recognized as such by the current government.

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Priozersk

Priozersk (Приозе́рск; Käkisalmi; Kexholm) is a town and the administrative center of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, at the estuary of the northern armlet of the Vuoksi River on the Karelian Isthmus.

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Pyotr Potemkin

Pyotr Ivanovich Potemkin (Пётр Ива́нович Потёмкин; 1617–1700), also spelled Potyomkin, was a Russian courtier, diplomat and namestnik of Borovsk during the reigns of tsars Alexis I and Feodor III.

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Ravelin

A ravelin is a triangular fortification or detached outwork, located in front of the innerworks of a fortress (the curtain walls and bastions).

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River delta

A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Russians

Russians (russkiye) are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Eastern Europe.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban

Sébastien Le Prestre, seigneur de Vauban, later styling himself as the marquis de Vauban (baptised 15 May 163330 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban, was a French military engineer and Marshal of France who worked under Louis XIV.

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Seamanship

Seamanship is the art, competence, and knowledge of operating a ship, boat or other craft on water.

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Shlisselburg

Shlisselburg (Шлиссельбу́рг,; Schlüsselburg; Pähkinälinna; Nöteborg), formerly Oreshek (Орешек) (1323–1611) and Petrokrepost (Петрокрепость) (1944–1992), is a town in Kirovsky District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the head of the Neva River on Lake Ladoga, east of St. Nyenschantz and Shlisselburg are castles in Russia and forts in Sweden.

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Suburb

A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city.

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Sweden

Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.

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Swedes

Swedes (svenskar) are an ethnic group native to Sweden, who share a common ancestry, culture, history and language. They mostly inhabit Sweden and the other Nordic countries, in particular Finland where they are an officially recognized minority, with Swedish being one of the official languages of the country, and with a substantial diaspora in other countries, especially the United States.

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Swedish Ingria

Swedish Ingria (Svenska Ingermanland, ‘land of Ingrians’) was a dominion of the Swedish Empire from 1583 to 1595 and then again from 1617 to 1721 in what is now the territory of Russia. Nyenschantz and Swedish Ingria are Ingria.

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Swedish language

Swedish (svenska) is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family, spoken predominantly in Sweden and in parts of Finland.

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Time of Troubles

The Time of Troubles (Smutnoye vremya), also known as Smuta (troubles), was a period of political crisis in Russia which began in 1598 with the death of Feodor I, the last of the House of Rurik, and ended in 1613 with the accession of Michael I of the House of Romanov.

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Torkel Knutsson

Torkel (Tyrgils or Torgils) Knutsson (died 1306) was Lord High Constable of Sweden, member of the Privy Council of Sweden (Riksråd), and virtual ruler of Sweden during the early reign of King Birger Magnusson (1280–1321).

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Town privileges

Town privileges or borough rights were important features of European towns during most of the second millennium.

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Treaty of Nystad

The Treaty of Nystad (Ништадтский мир; Uudenkaupungin rauha; Freden i Nystad; Uusikaupunki rahu) was the last peace treaty of the Great Northern War of 1700–1721. Nyenschantz and treaty of Nystad are Ingria.

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Treaty of Stolbovo

The Treaty of Stolbovo (Столбовский мир) was a peace treaty that ended the Ingrian War (Ingermanländska kriget), which had been fought between the Swedish Empire and the Russian Tsardom between 1610 and 1617.

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Tributary

A tributary, or an affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake.

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Tsardom of Russia

The Tsardom of Russia, also known as the Tsardom of Muscovy, was the centralized Russian state from the assumption of the title of tsar by Ivan IV in 1547 until the foundation of the Russian Empire by Peter the Great in 1721. From 1550 to 1700, Russia grew by an average of per year. The period includes the upheavals of the transition from the Rurik to the Romanov dynasties, wars with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Sweden, and the Ottoman Empire, and the Russian conquest of Siberia, to the reign of Peter the Great, who took power in 1689 and transformed the tsardom into an empire.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyenschantz

Also known as Nyen, Nyenskans.

, Peter the Great, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish–Russian War (1609–1618), Polish–Swedish War (1600–1611), Port, Pretender, Priozersk, Pyotr Potemkin, Ravelin, River delta, Russia, Russians, Saint Petersburg, Sébastien Le Prestre, Marquis of Vauban, Seamanship, Shlisselburg, Suburb, Sweden, Swedes, Swedish Ingria, Swedish language, Time of Troubles, Torkel Knutsson, Town privileges, Treaty of Nystad, Treaty of Stolbovo, Tributary, Tsardom of Russia, Vasili IV of Russia, Vyborg, Vyborg Treatise.

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See also

Castles in Russia

Forts in Sweden

Ingria

Military history of Saint Petersburg

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