Kexholm

E795840

Kexholm was a historic fortress town and surrounding region in the Karelian Isthmus, strategically contested between Sweden and Russia in the early modern period.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kexholm canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fortified town
fortress
historic town
historical region
contestedBy Novgorod
Russia
Sweden
country Grand Duchy of Finland
Russia
Sweden
hasFortress Kexholm Fortress
historicalControl Grand Duchy of Finland
Kingdom of Sweden
Russian Empire
historicalEra early modern period
historicalReligion Eastern Orthodoxy
Lutheranism
languageHistoricallySpoken Finnish
Karelian
linked to: Karelian language

Russian
Swedish
locatedIn Karelia
Karelian Isthmus
Lake Ladoga region
locatedOn Vuoksi River
mentionedInTreaty Treaty of Nystad
Treaty of Stolbovo
Treaty of Åbo
near Lake Ladoga
Saint Petersburg region
partOf Grand Duchy of Finland
Kexholm County
Province of Karelia (Sweden)
Swedish Empire
Tsardom of Russia
presentDayCountry Russia
presentDayFederalSubject Leningrad Oblast
presentDayLocation Priozersk
regionNameUsedFor Kexholm County
regionType borderland
role administrative center of Kexholm County
military stronghold
strategicImportance border fortress between Sweden and Russia
control of access between Lake Ladoga and Karelian Isthmus
usedFor defense of Russian northwestern frontier
defense of Swedish eastern frontier

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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