Novaya Ladoga
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Novaya Ladoga (Russian: Но́вая Ла́дога) is a town in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located at the point where the Volkhov River flows into Lake Ladoga, some 140 km east of Saint Petersburg. Population: 9,920 (2002 Census); 11,310 (1989 Census).
The monastery of St. Nicholas stood on the site of the modern town from the 15th century, but the nearby settlement (sloboda) was long overshadowed by the first Russian capital, Staraya Ladoga, located just a few miles upstream. In 1704, Peter the Great fortified the monastery and ordered the population of Staraya Ladoga to relocate to the nearby village. The newly founded town grew in importance in connection with construction of the Ladoga Canal and Volga-Baltic Waterway in the 18th and 19th centuries.
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