Kexholm

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

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fortified town
fortress
historic town
historical region
contestedBy Novgorod NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
Sweden NERFINISHED
country Grand Duchy of Finland NERFINISHED
Russia
Sweden
hasFortress Kexholm Fortress NERFINISHED
historicalControl Grand Duchy of Finland NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED
Russian Empire NERFINISHED
historicalEra early modern period
historicalReligion Eastern Orthodoxy NERFINISHED
Lutheranism
languageHistoricallySpoken Finnish
Karelian NERFINISHED
Russian
Swedish
locatedIn Karelia NERFINISHED
Karelian Isthmus NERFINISHED
Lake Ladoga region
locatedOn Vuoksi River NERFINISHED
mentionedInTreaty Treaty of Nystad NERFINISHED
Treaty of Stolbovo NERFINISHED
Treaty of Åbo NERFINISHED
near Lake Ladoga NERFINISHED
Saint Petersburg region NERFINISHED
partOf Grand Duchy of Finland NERFINISHED
Kexholm County NERFINISHED
Province of Karelia (Sweden) NERFINISHED
Swedish Empire NERFINISHED
Tsardom of Russia NERFINISHED
presentDayCountry Russia NERFINISHED
presentDayFederalSubject Leningrad Oblast NERFINISHED
presentDayLocation Priozersk NERFINISHED
regionNameUsedFor Kexholm County NERFINISHED
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

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Ingrian War regionImpacted Kexholm
Priozersk formerName Kexholm