Tiversk

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Tiversk or Tiversky gorodok (Russian: Тиверск or Тиверский городок) was a medieval Russian fortress in the Karelian Isthmus, to the south-west of Priozersk (Kexholm), Leningrad Oblast.

Tiversk originated as a Karelian fort of Tiurinlinna. The fort gained in prominence in 1323 when the Treaty of Noteborg established a Russo-Swedish border in the immediate vicinity. It was then mentioned in the Nikon Chronicle in 1404, when the settlement was granted to Prince Yury of Smolensk as an appanage. Seven years later, the fort was sacked and destroyed by the Swedes during one of the Swedish-Novgorodian Wars.

The site of Tiversk was first identified and described by Jacob Groot in 1847. Further archaeological works revealed a treasure trove with 10th-century Arabic coins. These finds make it plausible that the settlement existed as early as the 9th century. The length of the fort was 225 metres, its ramparts were four to five metres thick.

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