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Staraya Ladoga
Staraya Ladoga is a village on the Volkhov river near Lake Ladoga in north-western Russia, on the site of one of the earliest towns of Rus'. Founded around 753 as a trading settlement where Scandinavians, Finns and Slavs met, it lay on the river routes to the Dnieper and the Volga. One version of the Primary Chronicle names it as the first seat of Rurik.
Mentioned in 2 state histories
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