Novaya Ladoga
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Novaya Ladoga (Roushie: Но́вая Ла́дога) is a toun in Volkhovsky Destrict o Leningrad Oblast, Roushie, locatit at the point whaur the Volkhov River flows intae Lake Ladoga, 140 kilometer (87 mi) east o St. Petersburg. Population: 9,920 (2002 Census);[3] 11,310 (1989 Census).[4]
Novaya Ladoga Новая Ладога | |
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| Coordinates: 60°6′7″N 32°18′20″E | |
| Kintra | Roushie |
| Federal subject | Leningrad Oblast |
| Foondit | 1704 |
| Elevation | 144 m (472 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Moscow Time [1]) |
| Postal code(s)[2] | 187450 |
| OKTMO ID | 41609104001 |
The Nikolo-Medvedsky (St. Nicolas) Monastery stuid on the steid o the modren toun syne the 15t century, but the nearbi settlement (sloboda) wis lang owershadaeed bi the first Roushie caipital, Staraya Ladoga, locatit juist a few miles upstream. In 1702–1704, durin the Great Northren War, Peter the Great established a shipyard there, fortifeed the monastery an ordered the population o Staraya Ladoga tae relocate tae the nearbi veelage. The newly foondit toun grew in importance in connection wi construction o the Ladoga Canal an Volga-Baltic Waterway in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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