Schlotburg

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SCHLOTBURG is the name given by Peter the Great to the captured Nyenschantz (the name was never taken on); in 1703-04, it was sometimes used as the name for all the settlements and construction sites down from it along the Neva (including St. Petersburg and the Peter and Paul Fortress).

Reference: Письма и бумаги императора Петра Великого. СПб., 1893-1900. Т. 3-4.

G. V. Kalashnikov. Письма и бумаги императора Петра Великого. СПб., 1893-1900 St. Peter and Paul fortress
St. Peter and Paul fortress