Ladoga region
E651988
The Ladoga region is a historically contested area around Lake Ladoga in northwestern Russia, long serving as a strategic frontier between Scandinavian and East Slavic powers.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ladoga Lake region | 1 |
| Ladoga–Onega region | 1 |
| Volkhov River region | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | historical region ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Varangian trade routes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
route from the Varangians to the Greeks ⓘ |
| borders | Lake Ladoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictTheater |
Continuation War
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Great Northern War NERFINISHED ⓘ Ingrian War NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedish–Novgorodian Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ Winter War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
eastern shores of Lake Ladoga
ⓘ
southern shores of Lake Ladoga ⓘ western shores of Lake Ladoga ⓘ |
| country | Russia ⓘ |
| ethnicallyAssociatedWith |
East Slavs
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Finnic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ Scandinavians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCoreFeature | Lake Ladoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalCenter |
Ladoga fortress
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Staraya Ladoga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ early modern period ⓘ |
| historicalLanguageContact |
Finnic languages
ⓘ
Old East Slavic NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicallyContestedBy |
East Slavic powers
ⓘ
Scandinavian powers ⓘ |
| knownFor |
border fortresses
ⓘ
fortified settlements ⓘ medieval trade routes ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Baltic–Byzantine trade
ⓘ
formation of early Rus polity ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Russia ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Baltic Sea
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gulf of Finland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
historic borderlands between Sweden and Novgorod
ⓘ
historic borderlands between Sweden and Russia ⓘ |
| presentAdministrativeArea |
Leningrad Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic of Karelia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicFunction |
access corridor to Saint Petersburg region
ⓘ
control of lake and river transport routes ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | control of routes between Baltic Sea and inland Eastern Europe ⓘ |
| strategicRole | frontier between Scandinavia and Eastern Slavs ⓘ |
| waterSystem |
Neva River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Svir River basin ⓘ Volkhov River basin ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Volkhov River region
this entity surface form:
Ladoga Lake region
this entity surface form:
Ladoga–Onega region