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The city was founded by Prince Yuri Danilovich Novgorod in 1323, laid the on the island of Nuts (there were many hazel - hazelnut) wooden fortress. It was named for Nut Island. In 1353 Novgorod laid the stone fortress, erected fortifications and towers.
The Swedes are not just nut precipitated in an effort to push the Novgorod republic from the sea, and he repeatedly passed from hand to hand. In 1613, during the Swedish invasion, the castle was captured by the Swedes. They renamed it in Noteburg (Swedish Nöteborg, Nёteborg from Swede NÖT, nёt = nut, borg Swede, Borg -... The fortress city).
In 1702 the city was reconquered from the Swedes by Peter I, who gave it its present name (another option - Shlyusenburg, folksy name -. Shlyushin In 1780, planted on the left bank of the Neva River was transformed into a county town Shlisselburg St. Petersburg province.
Shlisselburg - a city district with a fortress at the source of Neva river from Lake Ladoga;
from Saint-Petersburg - 60 versts from Moscow - 664 mile, the number of homes - 392, the number of inhabitants: 3240 m n 1609 w.. P.;
Orthodox Churches of four. The Parish School and the School of cantonments. Station post and telegraph. Factory calico. Apartment 1st mill. (1862
In the 20's - 30-ies Leningrad veterinary and zoo technical institution on the island were working in the field of military biology - searching for suitable biological pathogens of humans and animals. Among other things, the work was carried out with the bacteria anthrax, glanders, tuberculosis
During the Great Terror of 1937-1938, according to available data, was shot 90 residents.
During World War II the city was occupied (8 September 1941), while at the same time the castle for 500 days held heroic defense, not allowing German troops to cross to the right bank of the Neva. September 25, 1941 in the city area was planted ships Ladoga Flotilla and killed Shlisselburgsky landing. January 18, 1943 during Operation "Iskra" the city was liberated parts of the 67th Army of the Leningrad Front: 86th Infantry Division, a separate armored battalion of the 61st Tank Brigade and the 34th Brigade ski.
From 1944 to 1992 the city was named Petrokrepost. In 1996 he resigned from the Kirov district, became an independent municipality. January 1, 2006 re-entered the Kirov area as an urban settlement.
Until 2010, Shlisselburg had the status of historical settlement, however, the joint order of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Regional Development of the Russian Federation from July 29, 2010 number 418/339 the city was deprived of this status. 

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