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Ingria

Ingria is a historical region on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland, around present-day St Petersburg. It was held by Sweden in the seventeenth century. It was lost to Russia in the Great Northern War and ceded by the Peace of Nystad in 1721, part of the dissolution of the Swedish Empire.

Ingria
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Swedish EmpireFoundation, Governance, DeclineKingdom of SwedenMilitary, Impact, DeclineTsardom of RussiaDecline

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Swedish Ingria

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Ingria. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ingria
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“Ingria.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ingria. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Ingria.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/ingria.
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