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      ✨ Oreshek boat pier (Shlisselburg)

      Шлиссельбург, набережная у памятника Петру I

      Boats leave from here for Orekhovy Island; nearby are a monument to Peter I, the entrance to the Staroladozhsky Canal and a view of the source of the Neva.

      Oreshek boat pier (Shlisselburg)
      © Александровы АГ · CC BY-SA 4.0
      • The monument to Peter I by the pier was cast in 1957 from Mark Antokolsky's model of 1872.
      • It was the first monument to the tsar erected in the USSR after the 1917 revolution.
      • A cast of the same model stands in Arkhangelsk — it is shown on the 500-rouble banknote.
      • The 117-km Staroladozhsky Canal was built from 1719 to 1730 — then the largest hydraulic structure in Europe.
      • The granite locks in Shlisselburg were built in 1826, along with a drawbridge on granite columns.
      • Peter I gave Shlisselburg ("key-city") its name in 1702, and from 1944 to 1992 the town was called Petrokrepost.

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      • Shlisselburg and Oreshek Fortress

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