Refuge

Руины

Russia0 mUnguardedVerified listing

The place

Ruiny (Ruins) in Leningrad Oblast, Kingisepp/Slantsy area (northwest Russia, Estonian border ~5 km away), at 45 m elevation. Continuous northwest Russia cluster (batches 250-308). Historic ruins (probably of a 17th-century Swedish fortress, Yam/Yamburg, or an abandoned Orthodox church), an area of Ingrian mixed forests, heritage of the Izhorian people (Izhora, an endangered Finno-Ugric people with <500 speakers).

The setting

Leningrad Kingisepp/Slantsy NW Russia 45 m EE border 5 km, continuous cluster batches 250-308, 17th-century Swedish ruins Yam/Yamburg or Orthodox, Ingrian forests, Izhora Finno-Ugric <500 speakers endangered.