Orekhovy Island
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Orekhovy (russian: Ореховый остров, sv, Nötö, fi, Pähkinäsaari) is an island in Russia, situated in
Lake Ladoga Lake Ladoga (; rus, Ла́дожское о́зеро, r=Ladozhskoye ozero, p=ˈladəʂskəjə ˈozʲɪrə or rus, Ла́дога, r=Ladoga, p=ˈladəɡə, fi, Laatokka arlier in Finnish ''Nevajärvi'' ; vep, Ladog, Ladoganjärv) is a fresh ...
and located at the confluence of Ladoga and the River Neva, at the town of Schlisselburg in the Leningrad region.Ленинградская область. Санкт-Петербург. Большой автодорожный и справочный Атлас. Масштас 1:160 000, 1:240 000, 1: 90 000. ООО ”Дискус Медиа”, Санкт-Петербург, 2008. . The island is the site of the medieval Shlisselburg Fortress, where
Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
and
Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...
signed the Treaty of Nöteborg in 1323. In Russian, Finnish, and Swedish, the name means 'nut island'.


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{{reflist Islands of Leningrad Oblast