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NARVA (Rugodiv of See also:Russian See also:annals, also See also:Ivangorod) , a seaport and fortress of See also:Russia, in the See also:government of St See also:Petersburg, See also:loo m. by See also:rail W.S.W. of the See also:city of St Petersburg. Pop. (1897) 16,577. It stands on the Narova See also:river, which flows from See also:Lake See also:Peipus or Chudskoye, and enters the Gulf of See also:Finland in Narva See also:Bay, 8 m. below this See also:town. The town was founded in 1223 by Danes, and changed hands between the See also:Teutonic knights, Danes, Swedes and Russians until it was taken by See also:Peter the See also:Great in 1704, after the Russians had suffered here a terrible defeat at the hands of See also:Charles XII. of See also:Sweden four years before. Its fortress, built on the right See also:bank of the river, and known as Ivangorod, has lost its importance, and was abandoned in 1864. The See also:cathedral and the town See also:hall (1683) contain interesting antiquities. There are here an See also:arsenal, a shall museum and a school of See also:navigation. Several manufactories utilize the waterfalls of the Narova, e.g. See also:cotton-See also:mills, woollen See also:cloth mills, See also:flax and jute mills, saw-mills and See also:steam See also:flour mills. The See also:total See also:trade falls See also:short of See also:half a million See also:sterling annually. A watering-See also:place has grown up at Ust-Narova, or Hungerburg, at the mouth of the Narova.

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