Ingria

thumb|256px|Basin of Neva River

Finnic language spoken by the Izhorians of Ingria, Russia

language spoken by the Votes of Ingria

Ivangorod (; ; ) is a town in Kingiseppsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the east bank of the Narva river which flows along the Estonia–Russia international border, west of Saint Petersburg, east of Tallinn, Estonia. The town's population was recorded as As of 2025, the population of Ivangorod was estimated to be 9,878.

river between Estonia and Russia

Finno-Ugric ethnic group

Vsevolozhsk (; ) is a town and the administrative center of Vsevolozhsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Karelian Isthmus east of Saint Petersburg. Historically, the population of Vsevolozhsk was as follows:

Ingria is a historical region in what is now northwestern European Russia. It lies along the southeastern shore of the Gulf of Finland, bordered by Lake Ladoga on the Karelian Isthmus in the north and by the River Narva on the border with Estonia in the west. The earliest known modern inhabitants of the region were indigenous Finnic ethnic groups, primarily the Izhorians and Votians, who converted to Eastern Orthodoxy over several centuries during the late Middle Ages. They were later joined by the Ingrian Finns, descendants of 17th century Lutheran Finnish immigrants to the area. At that time

isthmus in North-Western Russia

August 1721 peace treaty between Russia and Sweden

The Izhorians (; ; ; ) are a Finnic indigenous people native to Ingria. Small numbers can still be found in the western part of Ingria, between the Narva and Neva rivers in northwestern Russia. They are also referred to as Ingrians, although the term can also refer to the Ingrian Finns or the Baltic Finnic residents of Ingria in general.

Votians, also referred to as Votes, Vots and Vods (; ; ; ) are a Finnic ethnic group native to historical Ingria, the part of modern-day northwestern Russia that is roughly southwest of Saint Petersburg and east of the Estonian border-town of Narva. The Finnic Votic language spoken by Votians is close to extinction. The language is still spoken in three villages of historical Votia and by an unknown number of speakers in the countryside. The villages are Jõgõperä (Krakolye), Liivcülä (Peski), and Luuditsa (Luzhitsy). In the Russian 2020 census, 99 people identified as Votian.

The Izhora (, ), also known as the Inger, is a left tributary of the Neva on its run through Ingria in northwestern Russia from Lake Ladoga to the Gulf of Finland. The Izhora flows through Gatchinsky and Tosnensky Districts of Leningrad Oblast as well as through Pushkinsky and Kolpinsky Districts of the federal city of Saint Petersburg. The settlement of Ust-Izhora (lit. "mouth of Izhora") is situated at the confluence of Izhora and Neva, halfway between Saint Petersburg and Shlisselburg. The towns of Kommunar and Kolpino are located on the Izhora as well. The river is noted as the farthest Sw

1610's military conflict

irredentist movement

republic in Eastern Europe 1919-1920

Koporye (; Finnish: Kaprio; ) is a historic village (selo) in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located about west of St. Petersburg and south of the Koporye Bay of the Baltic Sea. Its population in 2017 was 1,603.

thumb|300px|Model reconstruction of Nyenschantz and Nyen, which shows the fortress from the west. Nyenschantz (, ; ; ) was a Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva River and Okhta River, the site of present-day Saint Petersburg, Russia. Nyenschantz was built in 1611 to establish Swedish rule in Ingria, which had been annexed from the Tsardom of Russia during the Time of Troubles. The town of Nyen, which formed around Nyenschantz, became a wealthy trading center and a capital of Swedish Ingria during the 17th century. In 1702, Nyenschantz and Nyen were conquered by Russia during the Gre

Toksovo (; ) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Vsevolozhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located to the north of St. Petersburg on the Karelian Isthmus. It is served by two neighboring stations of the Saint Petersburg-Khiytola railroad: Toksovo (constructed in 1917) and Kavgolovo (1929) (which serves a popular ski resort). Population:

former Swedish possession in near the Gulf of Finland

thumb|Alexander Nevsky Church on the [[Neva River in Ust-Izhora]]

landform in Russia

Swedish politician (1574-1650)

Swedish field marshal

Finnish Russian Imperial Guard officer (1889–1927)

Lutheran church of the Scandinavian tradition in Russia

Swedish politician (1591-1643)

thumb|Keykino on a 1860 map thumb|keykino on a 1930 map Keykino () is a village in Kingisepp District, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. Its distance to the administrative center (Kingisepp) is 15km. It is located on an oxbow by the left bank of Luga River.

group of dialects of Finnish