Imperial Parks: Strelna

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The Kikensky Pogost manuscript of 1500 also mentions the village of Strelna "on the Strelna River by the sea." In 1617, a peace treaty between Russia and Sweden was signed in the village of Stolbovo near Tikhvin, which ended the Russo-Swedish War of 1614–1617, and the village of Strelna, along with other territories, was transferred to Sweden. Victories in the Great Northern War (1700–1721) allowed Russia to acquire lands on the shores of the Baltic Sea, including the Strelna Manor, where Peter I often stayed during his trips from Saint Petersburg to Kronstadt.

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