Yamburg
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Yamburg is the former name of the Russian town now known as Kingisepp, located in Leningrad Oblast near the border with Estonia.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former name of a city
ⓘ
historical place name ⓘ |
| administrativeCenterOf | Yamburgsky Uyezd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| currentCountry | Russian Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentName | Kingisepp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distanceToSaintPetersburg | about 120 km southwest ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Jama
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Yam NERFINISHED ⓘ Ям NERFINISHED ⓘ Ямбург NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFortification | Yam fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Estonian
ⓘ
Finnish ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| historicalEvent |
Ingrian Wars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northern Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalFunction |
military stronghold
ⓘ
trading town ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Ingria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Leningrad Oblast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russia ⓘ northwestern Russia ⓘ |
| locatedNear | border with Estonia ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Luga River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedWestOf | Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Yam fortress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfterPerson | Viktor Kingissepp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Narva NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCountry | Estonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Saint Petersburg Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | border town ⓘ |
| religionHistoricallyPresent |
Eastern Orthodoxy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | border fortress ⓘ |
| successor | Kingisepp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timezone | UTC+3 ⓘ |
| transportRoute | road between Saint Petersburg and Tallinn ⓘ |
| wasPartOf |
Novgorod Republic
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Russian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Soviet Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasRenamedInYear | 1922 ⓘ |
| wasRenamedTo | Kingisepp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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