Ust-Izhora is a municipal settlement in Kolpinsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Izhora and Neva Rivers, and is roughly equidistant to St. Petersburg and Shlisselburg, Russia, 30 kilometers from both the Gulf of Finland in the west and Lake Ladoga in the northeast. Population: 1,354 ; 1,152 ; 1,378 .The settlement is believed to mark the location of the Battle of the Neva , when weak forces led by Prince Alexander Yaroslavich of Novgorod defeated the Swedes here, and prevented them from advancing farther south into Ingria. The chronicles tell of a great battle, in which Alexander's men stormed ...
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