• The Shlisselburg Fortress or Oreshek Fortress (Russian: Крепость Орешек) is one of a series of fortifications built in Oreshek (now known as Shlisselburg) on...
  • The grandiose Oreshek Fort is also known as Noteburg and Shlisselburg Fortress. ... Bird's eye view of the Oreshek fortress.
  • Sweden attempted to capture the fortress of Oreshek on many occasions, causing it to change hands several times.
  • Among them were Peter's first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina and the brother of revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. Because of this, the Oreshek fortress is sometimes...
  • In 2016 a huge district that includes Oreshek fortress and other suburbs around Saint-Petersburg are going to be renovated.
  • Oreshek fortress held out against the Nazis for nearly 500 days during the Siege of Leningrad & ruins of the prison chapel are a memorial to this feat.
  • The Oreshek fortress also has a second name - Shlisselburgskaya. It is located in the Leningrad region, in the place where the Neva flows out of Lake Ladoga.
  • Shlisselburg (earlier Oreshek) fortress is a unique architectural and historic monument, situated on an island in the estuary of Neva.
  • Read up on the Oreshek (Schlisselburg) Fortress and its collection in St. Petersburg, Russia, get information for sightseeing and visiting exhibits and attractions.
  • From 1826 to 1917, the fortress "Oreshek" (Shlisselburg Fortress) was the place of imprisonment of the Decembrists and Narodnaya Volya.