Narva

59 ° 22′32 ″ N. 28 ° 12'03 ″ E.

In 1223 Danish knights founded a wooden fortress at the "old road" from Livonia to Novgorod land and the Narova river. A city that became a member of the Hanseatic League. From 1329 a castle that belonged to the Danes is mentioned. In 1347, Narva, along with the rest of the Danish possessions in Livonia, was transferred to the Livonian Order, and a knightly vogt sat in the castle.

On May 11, 1558, Narva was taken by Russian troops and became part of "Russian Livonia". Soon the famous "Narva navigation" began - the sea trade between Russia and Europe through Narva. In different years, from two to 90 ships went to Narva from Europe, mainly from German cities, of which about half reached Narva (because of the Baltic pirates). That is, the real scale of trade was not great, it had rather symbolic meaning, prospects for future development. At that time, the "corsairs of Ivan the Terrible" - Danish privateer pirates, mercenaries led by Carsten Rode, were operating at sea in favor of Russia.

In 1581 the Swedes took Narva. After the Russian-Swedish war of 1589-1595. Narva remained a part of the Kingdom of Sweden, where it stayed until 1704. The Swedes rebuilt fortifications, in particular, in 1684-1704. according to the project of the engineer Erik Dahlberg, they erected a system of large earthen bastions lined with stone around Narva (partially preserved to this day). In 1700, with the defeat of the Russian troops near Narva, the Northern War began for Russia. In 1704, Narva was taken by the army of Peter I, with this victory the conquest of Liflandia began.

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