() is a
River in northwestern
Russia flowing from
Lake Ladoga through the western part of
Leningrad Oblast (historical region of
Ingria ) and the city of
Saint Petersburg to the
Gulf Of Finland . Despite its modest length, it is the third largest river in
Europe in terms of average discharge (after the
Volga and the
Danube ).
The length of the Neva is 74 km. 28 km of these are with the city boundaries of , the two largest lakes in
Europe , and spans over a large area of
Northwestern Russia and southern
Finland .
The islands in the Neva delta formed by both natural armlets and artificial canals are occupied by the historical part of Saint Petersburg. The largest armlets are
seen from the Neva.]]
The Neva has 26 tributaries. The major ones are:
Neva River is a young river which originated between 4,000 and 2,000 '' 322.1-3, 205-215.
In the
Middle Ages the wide and navigable river had
Great Importance as a link between the
Baltic s and the
Volga portages leading to the
Orient . The
Confluence Of The Neva And Izhora was the site of the famous
Battle Of The Neva (1240) between the Swedes and the Russians.
Alexander Yaroslavich , Prince of
Novgorod , won this battle, saving Russia from invasion, and took his title Nevsky (meaning "Of the Neva") from this event.
During the
16th Century the mouth of the Neva was the site of the
Swedish fortress
Nyen , and the inlet to the Ladoga of the Russian fortress
Oreshek , later renamed
Shlisselburg . The Nyen fortress was destroyed by
Peter The Great , after that he founded the
Peter And Paul Fortress in 1703. Standing on the
Hare Island , the fortress is considered the first structure of present-day St Petersburg. It was also Peter who ordered construction of the
Ladoga Canal linking the Neva with the
Volkhov and the
Svir River s several miles south of Lake Ladoga.
The Neva is the most northwestern part of the (1240).]]
During Mid-Winter, the river becomes unnavigable due to freezing over.
