Kexholm

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Kexholm was a historic fortress town and surrounding region in the Karelian Isthmus, strategically contested between Sweden and Russia in the early modern period.

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Kexholm canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fortified town ⓘ
fortress ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
contestedBy Novgorod ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
country Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
hasFortress Kexholm Fortress ⓘ
historicalControl Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Kingdom of Sweden ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
historicalEra early modern period ⓘ
historicalReligion Eastern Orthodoxy ⓘ
Lutheranism ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Finnish ⓘ
Karelian ⓘ
linked to: Karelian language

Russian ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
locatedIn Karelia ⓘ
Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
Lake Ladoga region ⓘ
locatedOn Vuoksi River ⓘ
mentionedInTreaty Treaty of Nystad ⓘ
Treaty of Stolbovo ⓘ
Treaty of Åbo ⓘ
near Lake Ladoga ⓘ
Saint Petersburg region ⓘ
partOf Grand Duchy of Finland ⓘ
Kexholm County ⓘ
Province of Karelia (Sweden) ⓘ
Swedish Empire ⓘ
Tsardom of Russia ⓘ
presentDayCountry Russia ⓘ
presentDayFederalSubject Leningrad Oblast ⓘ
presentDayLocation Priozersk ⓘ
regionNameUsedFor Kexholm County ⓘ
regionType borderland ⓘ
role administrative center of Kexholm County ⓘ
military stronghold ⓘ
strategicImportance border fortress between Sweden and Russia ⓘ
control of access between Lake Ladoga and Karelian Isthmus ⓘ
usedFor defense of Russian northwestern frontier ⓘ
defense of Swedish eastern frontier ⓘ

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