Priozersk

Priozersk is a city and the place of business of Priozersky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, positioned at the northwestern shore of Lake Ladoga, on the estuary of the northern armlet of the Vuoksi River on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by using a station of the identical name on the St. Petersburg Khiytola railway. The most important landmark of Priozersk, the Korela Fortress, has historically been the middle for the Karelians of the Karelian Isthmus and every so often the northwestern outpost of the realm of the Russians or the jap outpost of the world of the Swedes.

From the Middle Ages, Priozersk become called Korela to Russians and Kakisalmi to Karelians and Finns. The metropolis changed into a part of Vodskaya pyatina of the Novgorod Republic. Novgorod taxation documents from 1500 listing 183 houses in Korela, suggesting an anticipated population of 1,500–2,000. The Swedes captured Korela two times: in 1578 for 17 years and in 1611 for 100 years.

In the Swedish Empire, the castle was known as Kexholm and the whole vicinity became referred to as the County of Kexholm. Russia definitively secured the vicinity during the Great Northern War; the city's Swedish name was retained, but, as Keksgolm. Unfortunately, wars and devastating fires in 1300, 1580, 1634, and 1679 took their toll at the civilian populace. Consequently, while the town won its first court docket residence in 1800, the populace become most effective 400.