Kexholm County

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Kexholm County was a historical province of the Swedish Empire in the Karelian region, later ceded to the Russian Empire and incorporated into its northwestern territories.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kexholm County canonical 5
Sweden gained Kexholm County 2

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Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
historical county
administrativeCenter Kexholm Castle
borderedBy Savolax and Kymmenegård County
Vyborg County
linked to: Viipuri Province
capital Kexholm
Käkisalmi
cededBy Swedish Empire
cededTo Russian Empire
country Swedish Empire
governedBy Swedish governor
hasHeritage Finnish
Karelian
Swedish
historicalEvent Great Northern War
historicalRegion Karelia
incorporatedInto northwestern territories of Russian Empire
languageUsed Finnish
Karelian
Swedish
laterAdministeredAs part of Saint Petersburg Governorate
part of Vyborg Governorate
locatedIn Karelia
Karelian Isthmus
locatedOn northwestern frontier of Swedish Empire
nowPartOf Finland
Russia
partOf Swedish Karelia
linked to: Karelia
presentIn Leningrad Oblast
Republic of Karelia
modern Russia
linked to: post-Soviet Russia
regionType borderland
religion Eastern Orthodoxy
Lutheranism
sovereigntyChanged from Sweden to Russia
status defunct administrative unit
timePeriod 17th century
18th century
treaty Treaty of Nystad
Treaty of Stolbovo

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

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

Treaty of Nystad cededTerritory Kexholm County
Ingrian War territorialChange Sweden gained Kexholm County
linked to: Kexholm County
Treaty of Stolbovo cededRegion Kexholm County
Priozersky District hasHistoricalName Kexholm County
Kexholm partOf Kexholm County
Kexholm regionNameUsedFor Kexholm County
Swedish–Russian War of 1610–1617 territorialChange Sweden gained Kexholm County
linked to: Kexholm County