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Kingisepp ( or ), formerly Yamburg and Jama , is a town in Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1945 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. It lies along the Luga River
Luga River

The Luga River is a river in Novgorod Oblast and Leningrad Oblast of Russia. The river flows into the Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland. It freezes up in the early December and stays under the ice until early April....
, 137 km west of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
, 20 km east of Narva
Narva

Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the Extreme points of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus....
, and 49 km south of the Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland and Estonia all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it....
. Its population as of the 2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
 was 50,295.

The town was first documented in 1384, when the Novgorodians built there a fortress against the Swedes. They called it Yama or Yamsky Gorodok after a Finnic
Finnic

Finnic can refer to:* Finnic languages* Finnic peoples Adding long comment tag to protect...
 tribe which lived in the area.






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Kingisepp ( or ), formerly Yamburg and Jama , is a town in Leningrad Oblast
Leningrad Oblast

Leningrad Oblast is a federal subjects of Russia of Russia . It was established on August 1, 1927, although it was not until 1945 that the oblast's borders had been mostly settled in their present position....
, Russia
Russia

Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
. It lies along the Luga River
Luga River

The Luga River is a river in Novgorod Oblast and Leningrad Oblast of Russia. The river flows into the Luga Bay of the Gulf of Finland. It freezes up in the early December and stays under the ice until early April....
, 137 km west of St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a types of inhabited localities in Russia and a federal subjects of Russia of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea....
, 20 km east of Narva
Narva

Narva is the third largest city in Estonia. It is located at the Extreme points of Estonia, by the Russian border, on the Narva River which drains Lake Peipus....
, and 49 km south of the Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland

The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea that extends between Finland and Estonia all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it....
. Its population as of the 2002 Census
Russian Census (2002)

Russian Census of 2002 was the first census of the Russian Federation carried out on October 9 through October 16, 2002. It was carried out by the Goskomstat ....
 was 50,295.

The town was first documented in 1384, when the Novgorodians built there a fortress against the Swedes. They called it Yama or Yamsky Gorodok after a Finnic
Finnic

Finnic can refer to:* Finnic languages* Finnic peoples Adding long comment tag to protect...
 tribe which lived in the area. The environs of the town are still cited as the main location of speakers of the nearly extinct Ingrian language
Ingrian language

The Ingrian language is a Finno-Ugric languages spoken by the Izhorians of Ingria. It has approximately 327 speakers left, most of whom are aging....
 . The citadel withstood sieges by the Teutonic Knights
Teutonic Knights

The Order of the Teutonic Knights of St. Mary's Hospital in Jerusalem , or for short the Teutonic Order was a Germans Roman Catholic religious order....
 in 1395 and during the 1444-1448 war. The town became the most important economic centre of the Vodskaya
Votes

'Votes' are people of Votia in Ingria . Their own ethnic name is Vadjalain . The Finno-Ugric languages Votic language spoken by Votes is close to extinction ....
 pyatina of the republic. There were 201 homesteads in the XV century in the town; its total population can only be evaluated roughly based on the estimates of 3 to 5 persons per homestead. At the end of the Livonian War
Livonian War

The Livonian War of 1558?1582 was a lengthy military conflict between the Tsardom of Russia and variable coalition of Denmark?Norway, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Kingdom of Poland , and Kingdom of Sweden for control of medieval Livonia, the territory of the present-day Estonia and Latvia....
, it was ceded to Sweden
Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic countries on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden has land borders with Norway to the west and Finland to the northeast, and it is connected to Denmark by the ?resund Bridge in the south....
, only to be returned twelve years later, in 1595. Following the Treaty of Stolbovo
Treaty of Stolbovo

The Treaty of Stolbovo is a peace treaty of 1617 that ended the Ingrian War, fought between Swedish Empire and Tsardom of Russia.After nearly two months of negotiations, representatives from Sweden and Russia met at the village of Stolbovo, south of Lake Ladoga, on February 27, 1617....
, it again passed to the Swedes, who kept the name which in Swedish orthography became Jama or Jamo. The township was completely destroyed by Russian armies during the war of 1656–8, after which only the citadel remained intact. It is questionable whether the township, with its exclusively Russian townspeople, ever recovered.

In 1703, the citadel was finally taken by the Russians in the course of the Great Northern War
Great Northern War

The Great Northern War was a war in which the so-called Northern Alliance composed of Russia, Denmark-Norway, Polish?Lithuanian Commonwealth and Saxony engaged Sweden to challenge them for the supremacy in the Baltic Sea....
 (it was first held by the Russians for a month in late 1700) and renamed Jamburg (a German version of the name). Five years later, Peter the Great
Peter I of Russia

Peter I the Great or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov ruled Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his weak and sickly half-brother, Ivan V of Russia....
 granted the town to Alexander Menshikov in his capacity of the Duke of Izhora
Ingria

Ingria is a historical region within Russia, comprising the southern bank of the river Neva, between the Gulf of Finland, the Narva River, Lake Peipus in the west, and Lake Ladoga and the western bank of the Volkhov river in the east....
. The German form of its name, however, was retained until 1922, when the Bolsheviks renamed it after the Estonia
Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
n Communist leader Viktor Kingissepp
Viktor Kingissepp

Viktor Kingissepp was an Estonian Communist Party of Estonia politician, leader of the Estonian Communist Party.He was arrested by Estonian secret police Kaitsepolitseiamet on 1 May and executed for treason shortly afterwards....
. It should not be confused with the Estonia
Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
n town of Kuressaare
Kuressaare

Kuressaare is a Populated places in Estonia and a Municipalities of Estonia on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the capital of Saare County. The current population is about 15,300....
, formerly Kingissepa.

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Jõhvi

J?hvi is a Populated places in Estonia in north-eastern Estonia, and the Capital of Ida-Viru County. The town is also an administrative centre of J?hvi Commune....
, Estonia
Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Finland across the Gulf of Finland, to the west by Sweden across the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by the Russia ....
. Narvik
Narvik

is a List of cities in Norway and Municipalities of Norway in Nordland Counties of Norway, Norway. Narvik is located on the shores of the Ofotfjord ....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
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Sassnitz

Sassnitz is a town on the Jasmund peninsula, R?gen Island, in the States of Germany of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The population in 12/31/2006 was 10,747....
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Germany

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. Rauma
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, Finland
Finland

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