Oreshek

E336938

Oreshek is the historic Russian fortress on Lake Ladoga that later gave rise to the town of Shlisselburg.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Oreshek canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortress ⓘ
medieval fortress ⓘ
architecturalStyle medieval Russian military architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Novgorod Republic ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
builtForPurpose control of Neva River outlet ⓘ
defense of Novgorod lands ⓘ
controlledWaterway route between Lake Ladoga and Baltic Sea ⓘ
country Russia ⓘ
currentStatus partially preserved ⓘ
foundedBy Grand Prince Yuri of Moscow ⓘ
linked to: Yury of Moscow

Novgorod Republic ⓘ
foundedInCentury 14th century ⓘ
foundedInYear 1323 ⓘ
garrisonedBy Russian troops ⓘ
gaveRiseTo Shlisselburg ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Noteburg ⓘ
Orekhov Fortress ⓘ
linked to: Oreshek Fortress

Orekhovets ⓘ
Shlisselburg Fortress ⓘ
linked to: Shlisselburg
hasFunction fortification ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
heritageStatus cultural heritage monument of Russia ⓘ
museum complex ⓘ
historicalRegion Ingria ⓘ
locatedIn Lake Ladoga ⓘ
Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
Shlisselburg ⓘ
locatedOn Neva River ⓘ
island ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Saint Petersburg ⓘ
linked to: St. Petersburg
nearbySettlement town of Shlisselburg ⓘ
linked to: Shlisselburg
openToPublic yes ⓘ
partOf Northwestern Federal District ⓘ
significantEvent Treaty of Oreshek 1323 ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Nöteborg

World War II battles near Leningrad ⓘ
captured by Sweden ⓘ
recaptured by Russia during the Great Northern War ⓘ
sieges during Swedish–Novgorodian conflicts ⓘ
strategicImportance control of access from Lake Ladoga to Neva River ⓘ
usedAs border fortress ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
state prison ⓘ
usedDuring Great Northern War ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shlisselburg → originalName → Oreshek ⓘ
Oreshek Fortress → alsoKnownAs → Oreshek ⓘ