See also:NARVA (Rugodiv of See also:Russian See also:annals, also See also:Ivangorod)
, a seaport and fortress of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of St See also:Petersburg, See also:loo m. by See also:rail W.S.W. of the See also:city of St Petersburg
.
Pop
.
(1897) 16,577
.
It stands on the Narova See also:river, which flows from See also:Lake See also:Peipus or Chudskoye, and enters the Gulf of See also:Finland in See also:Narva See also:Bay, 8 m. below this See also:town
.
The town was founded in 1223 by Danes, and changed hands between the See also:Teutonic knights, Danes, Swedes and Russians until it was taken by See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter the See also:Great in 1704, after the Russians had suffered here a terrible defeat at the hands of See also:Charles XII. of See also:Sweden four years
before
.
Its fortress, built on the right See also:bank of the river, and known as See also:Ivangorod, has lost its importance, and was abandoned in 1864
.
The See also:cathedral and the town See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
hall (1683) contain interesting antiquities
.
There are here an See also:arsenal, a shall museum and a school of See also:navigation
.
Several manufactories utilize the waterfalls of the Narova, e.g. See also:cotton-See also:mills, woollen See also:cloth mills, See also:flax and jute mills, saw-mills and See also:steam See also:flour mills
.
The See also:total See also:trade falls See also:short of See also:half a million See also:sterling annually
.
A watering-See also:place has grown up at Ust-Narova, or Hungerburg, at the mouth of the Narova
.
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