Priozersk is one of the most ancient Russian cities with unusually rich and interesting stories, which is part of various states, but always faithful to Russia. This is an incredibly beautiful city, where an ancient fortress, churches with small chapels, a grand Lutheran church, laid out of a large gray stone, were preserved. And all this architectural wealth is surrounded by a magical nature with dense forests, picturesque rivers and, of course, the unsurpassed Lake Ladoga.
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How to get to Priozerska
You can get to Priozersk from St. Petersburg in just three hours by a direct bus that departs from the subway station "Devyatkino" ("Severny" bus station) or by train from the station of Finland Station.
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A bit of history
Officially, the first settlement appeared here about eight centuries ago. And already in the beginning of the 14th century the Novgorod princes founded a fortress called Korela. Initially, it was built on the island, but later the water left and there was a cape.
Being in the extreme north-west point of the state on one of the branches of the most important trade route "from the Varangians to the Greeks", Korela had a huge strategic importance, and many sought to establish their dominance here . So in the middle of the 16th century, Korela became a part of the Moscow state among other Novgorod lands, then the already prosperous city began to develop at an even faster pace . Here temples were built, several m the building began to be built stone buildings . The city turned into a center of cultural, spiritual and economic life of the whole Korelsky county .
But in 1617 the city as a reward for helping in the prevention of the "Troubles" passes under the almost century-old Swedish government and gets a new name - Kexholm. During this time, the fortress acquired new buildings, in particular a round gate tower, which has survived to the present day. Although in the 16th century the Swedes managed to conquer the city, however, their domination was short-lived, but even then they managed to reconstruct it to a large extent.
Already at the beginning of the 18th century the Kexholm fortress again passed to the Russian Empire, with the end of the Northern War it loses its strategic importance and turns into a prison where mostly people who were sentenced for political convictions served their punishment. Here, even members of the Emelian Pugachev family were exiled. In the eighties of the 19th century, works began to restore the architectural ensemble of the fortress, which ended in 1894, when it was reorganized into a museum.
After the 1917 revolution, Keksholm was transferred to Finland, which had just gained independence, and gained a new name - Kakisalmi. For more than twenty years in this state the city has turned into one of the developed industrial centers, especially the pulp mill "Waldgof", which has become one of the main life-supporting enterprises of the city and is successfully working today.
In 1940 the city was joined to USSR, and in 1948 - renamed to Priozersk.
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Sightseeing & Excursions Priozersk
Today Priozersk attracts tourists with its unique nature and unlimited opportunities for active recreation, it is possible to practice sports mountaineering, swim in the rivers, or simply make walks in the picturesque surroundings . @ Lovers of cognitive recreation here will also find a lot of interesting . This is, first of all, the Kexholm fortress, which in the second half of the last century survived the last of several large-scale restorations . The ancient basement, which contained gunpowder, once a rich city arsenal, an impregnable tower - all this appears almost in its original form and carries a lot of interesting things .
The crest with a stone in the paw, depicted on the lower part of the ancient coat of arms of Priozersk, is directly related to the city fortress. According to local belief, when these birds flew from wintering, they had to stop overnight over the swamps of Karelia. And while the flock was asleep, one of the cranes stood in patrol, holding a stone in the paw, when he accidentally fell asleep, the stone fell, woke another bird, and now she was stepping on the watch. In the same way, the Keksgolm fortress has always been on guard at the northwestern borders of Russia.
Also in the vicinity of the city, on one of the islands of the Ladoga Lake is the Konevsky Christmas-Bogorodichny monastery, its unique architecture and way of giving an occasion to compare it with the legendary Valaam monastery . In the city itself, the monumental building of the Lutheran church built in the 1930s attracts attention.
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