Staraya Ladoga

Staraya Ladoga (Russian Старая Ладога; translated Old Ladoga ) is a village in the Leningrad Oblast in Russia. It had to 1703 city rights, and is one of the oldest Russian cities.

Geography

Staraya Ladoga is situated about 15 kilometers south of the mouth of the Volkhov into Lake Ladoga.

It belongs to Rajon Wolchowski, lies just 10 kilometers north of the center of the Volkhov and is the seat of the rural community ( selskoje posselenije ) Staroladoschskoje, which includes 16 other villages. The total population of the municipality is 2573 (as of October 14, 2010 ).

History

Ladoga (Russian Ладога ) was one of the major trading ports of northern Europe 750-950 AD The oldest coin found in Europe in the Arab Middle Ages, which dated to the year 786, was found here.

The oldest traces of settlement suggest a Scandinavian culture of the indigenous population ( Finno - Ugric ) back. A Chronicle of 862, the Ladoga equates with Aldeigjuborg and the place designated as the first residence Rurik, mentioned on top of that most of the inhabitants were not Varangians, but Finno - Ugric peoples. The dendrochronological analysis of archaeological finds indicate a first settlement around the year 753. In 2003, the 1250 -year anniversary was celebrated, among others, by Vladimir Putin in the forgotten centuries old Russian capital.

The center of Staraya Ladoga is an old attachment to the place where the Jelena (Russian: Елена ) opens into the Volkhov. In this respect, the site was located in a strategic point, because there was the only port for ships that could not sail the Volkhov.

Tsar Peter the Great founded in 1703 at the mouth of the Volkhov into Lake Ladoga Novaya Ladoga ( " New Ladoga " ) and renamed the old Ladoga Staraya Ladoga in ( " Old Ladoga " ) around.

St. George's Church