Koporye Fortress

Fortresses of the North-West: Koporye, Jamburg, Ivangorod

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April 7th 2013
I desired to visit Ivangorod Fortress as soon as I saw it for the first time on June 14, 2012. Almost a year passed, I have fulfilled this ‘dream’. I found Davranov Travel agency offering day excursions to various places in the North-West, and the most interesting for me was the Fortresses of the North-West, including Koporye (of which I knew absolutely nothing), Jamburg (Kingisepp), and Ivang ... read more

Europe » Russia » Northwest

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Founded in the 12th century, the Principality of Muscovy, was able to emerge from over 200 years of Mongol domination (13th-15th centuries) and to gradually conquer and absorb surrounding principalities. In the early 17th century, a new Romanov Dynas... ... read more