Oreshek Fortress

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cultural heritage site historic monument medieval fortress

Oreshek Fortress is a historic medieval Russian stronghold located on Orekhovy Island at the head of the Neva River, notable for its military significance and later use as a political prison.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Korela Fortress	5
Oreshek Fortress canonical	2
Orekhov Fortress	1
Крепость Орешек	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage site ⓘ historic monument ⓘ medieval fortress ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Orekhovets Fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ Oreshek NERFINISHED ⓘ Shlisselburg Fortress ONNED1 ⓘ
capturedBy	Swedish Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Swedish forces
capturedDuring	Ingrian War ⓘ
controlledBy	Novgorod Republic ONNED1 ⓘ Russian Empire ⓘ Sweden ⓘ Tsardom of Russia ONNED1 ⓘ
country	Russia ⓘ
foundedBy	Novgorod ⓘ surface form: Novgorodians Novgorod Republic ⓘ surface form: Republic of Novgorod
hasFunction	border fortress ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ political prison ⓘ state prison ⓘ
hasPart	fortification walls ⓘ inner courtyard ⓘ prison buildings ⓘ towers ⓘ
hasTourismActivity	guided tours ⓘ museum exhibitions ⓘ
heritageDesignation	cultural heritage monument of federal significance in Russia ⓘ
inception	1323 ⓘ
locatedAt	head of the Neva River ⓘ
locatedIn	Leningrad Oblast ⓘ Northwestern Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInWaterBody	Neva River ⓘ
locatedNear	Lake Ladoga ⓘ St. Petersburg ⓘ surface form: Saint Petersburg Shlisselburg ⓘ
locatedOn	Orekhovy Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
nativeName	Oreshek Fortress self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Крепость Орешек
notablePrisoner	Narodnaya Volya ⓘ surface form: Narodnaya Volya members Nikolai Chernyshevsky ⓘ surface form: Nikolay Chernyshevsky revolutionary terrorists who assassinated Alexander II ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
partOf	defensive system of St. Petersburg ⓘ
recapturedBy	Peter the Great ⓘ
recapturedDuring	Great Northern War ONNED1 ⓘ
recapturedIn	1702 ⓘ
significantEvent	Treaty of Nöteborg ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Oreshek 1323 World War II siege and defense ⓘ
usedAs	fortress ⓘ place of confinement for political prisoners ⓘ prison ⓘ
usedDuring	World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Saint Petersburg Oblast → contains → Oreshek Fortress ⓘ

Saint Petersburg Oblast → hasCulturalLandmark → Oreshek Fortress ⓘ

Priozersk → hasPart → Oreshek Fortress ⓘ