Ingria
Sign in to saveIngria 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
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Ingria is a historical region in northwestern Russia along the Gulf of Finland that was home to indigenous Finnic groups like the Izhorians and Votians, as well as Finnish immigrants who settled there in the 17th century. The region matters historically as a place where multiple ethnic groups and religious communities—Eastern Orthodox Finnic peoples and Lutheran Finnish settlers—coexisted and shaped the area's cultural identity.
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- Historic subdivision.Name
- Ingria
- Historic subdivision.subdivision_type
- Historical region
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- Ingria in Saint Petersburg and its surrounding region.svg
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- Ingermanland (yellow) in St. Petersburg and the surrounding Leningrad region and Gatchina (red point), the administrative center of Leningrad region
- Historic subdivision.common_name
- Ingria
- Historic subdivision.native_name
- Izhora
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- History
- Swedish Ingria
- Russian Ingria
- Estonian Ingria
- Soviet Ingria
- See also
- Notes
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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, modern Finland proper and Ingria were both part of the Swedish Empire.
Ingria as a whole never formed a separate state; however, North Ingria was an independent state for just under two years in 1919–1920. The inhabitants of Ingria cannot be said to have comprised a distinct nation, since the population is made up of several different ethnic groups, despite the Soviet Union recognizing Ingrian as a nationality. The indigenous peoples of Ingria, like the Votians and Izhorians, are today close to extinction, together with their languages. This notwithstanding, many people still recognize and attempt to preserve their Ingrian heritage.