Ingria

The district is called Ingria, and I believe the jargon spoken has no affinity with any other language.

The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt 1827

Ingria; — then stretching over directly from thence through the north parts of the Russian empire — leaving Siberia a little upon the left hand, till we got into the very heart of Russian and

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

Ingria; — then stretching over directly from thence through the north parts of the Russian empire — leaving Siberia a little upon the left hand, till we got into the very heart of Russian and

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman 2003

Under his son and successor, GUSTAVUS II ADOLPHUS, war with Russia was ended by the Treaty of Stolbovo (1617), in which Sweden acquired eastern Carelia and Ingria, cutting Russia off from the Baltic Sea.

2. Sweden 2001

Empire: Poland was to recover Livonia and annex Esthonia; Russia was to obtain Ingria and Karelia and thereby a port on the Baltic; Brandenburg was to occupy western Pomerania; and Denmark was to take possession of

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

Ingria; and when the Swedish king returned to engage the Russians,

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

The treaty of Nystad (1721) was the turning point for Russia, for thereby she acquired from Sweden full sovereignty over not only Karelia and Ingria but the important Baltic provinces of Esthonia and Livonia and a narrow strip of southern Finland including the strong fortress of

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

Livonia and Ingria were subdued, including the banks of the Neva, where on May 27, 1703, the city of St. Petersburg was founded.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

His troops, practised in frequent skirmishes with the Swedes quartered in Ingria and Livonia, rapidly improved, and on the celebrated field of Pultowa broke forever the power of Charles XII.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906

The object of Russia was the restoration of the provinces of Ingria, Carelia, and Wiborg, the country round the head of the Gulf of Finland, which formerly had belonged to her; that of Poland, was the recovery of Livonia and Esthonia, the greater part of which had been ceded by her to Charles XI. of Sweden.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History 1906