Novaja Ladoga

Novaya Ladoga is a city in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, positioned on the point wherein the Volkhov River flows into Lake Ladoga, 140 kilometers east of St. Petersburg. The Nikolo-Medvedsky Monastery stood on the website online of the cutting-edge metropolis since the 15th century, however the nearby sloboda turned into lengthy overshadowed via the first Russian capital, Staraya Ladoga, positioned just a few miles upstream. In 1702–1704, for the duration of the Great Northern War, Peter the Great installed a shipyard there, fortified the monastery, and ordered the population of Staraya Ladoga to relocate to the close by village.

Town rights were granted to it in 1704. The newly based city grew in significance in reference to creation of the Ladoga Canal and Volga-Baltic Waterway in the 18th and nineteenth centuries. In 1719, Novaya Ladoga changed into blanketed to St. Petersburg Governorate. In 1727, separate Novgorod Governorate became split off, and in 1773 Novoladozhsky Uyezd, with its seat in Novaya Ladoga, became hooked up. In 1776, the location turned into transferred to Novgorod Viceroyalty and in 1781, it was moved again into St. Petersburg Governorate.

On December 9, 1922, the administrative center of the uyezd changed into moved to the selo of Gostinopolye, which was renamed Volkhov and became granted city repute. The uyezd become renamed Volkhovsky. In 1924, the modifications have been rolled returned, the place of work moved to Novaya Ladoga, and Volkhov became demoted to a selo. The call of the uyezd, but, remained Volkhovsky.