The Treaty of Nöteborg, also known as Treaty of Orekhovo signed at Orechovets (Pähkinäsaari) on August 12, 1323, was a treaty between Sweden and Novgorod regulating their border. This was the first time the border between what was to become Russia and Sweden-Finland was regulated. Orechovets is an island with the fortress Oreshek (Nöteborg in Swedish, given the name Schlisselburg/Schlüsselburg after its re-conquest by Peter the Great in 1702). ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Canonization of Saint Lithuania: Vilnius becomes capital August 12 - The Sweden and Novgorod (Russia) is signed, regulating the border for the first time Births Deaths Categories: 1323 ... For other cities named Novgorod see Novgorod (disambiguation). ... Traditional lands of Sweden. ...

The border defined by the Treaty of Nöteborg.

The treaty, which was called an "eternal peace", was negotiated with the help of German merchants. As a token of good-will Prince Yuri ceded three of his Karelian parishes to Sweden. Sweden would in turn stay out of any conflict between Novgorod and Narva. Both sides would also abstain from building castles on the new border. Yuri Danilovich (Юрий Данилович in Russian)(unknown - November 21, 1325), Prince of Moscow (1303 - 1325) and Grand Prince of Vladimir (since 1317), oldest son of Daniel. ... This article is about Karelia, the land of the Karelians, in its broadest meaning. ... Narva (Russian Нарва) is an Estonian city located on the border to Russia. ...

The treaty defined the border to go east and north of the town Viborg, splitting the Karelian Isthmus in half, across Savonia and ending in the Gulf of Bothnia around Pyhäjoki. Only the southern part of the border, close to Viborg, was actually seen as important and clearly defined in the treaty. Not to be confused with the Danish town and county of Viborg in Jutland Viapori, a Finnish transcription of Sveaborg, better known as Suomenlinna castle Vyborg from the tower of the castle Vyborg (transcription of Russian Выборг) is a town with 70,000 inhabitants at Russias border to Finland... See Karelia (disambiguation) for other meanings of the name Karelia. ... Savonia, Savolax or Savo, is a historical province in the south of Finland. ... Categories: Finland geography stubs | Sweden geography stubs | Seas | Baltic Sea ...

The northern part of the borderline has actually been under an extremely controversial issue dividing the opinion of historians. Some eminent historians suppose the borderline did not end in the Gulf of Bothnia at all. According to this view, the area forming the northern part of modern Finland was rather considered to be an area where Novgorod and Sweden shared the right to tax the population. Categories: Finland geography stubs | Sweden geography stubs | Seas | Baltic Sea ... The Republic of Finland (Finnish: Suomen tasavalta, Swedish: Republiken Finland) is a Nordic country in northeastern Europe, bordered by the Baltic Sea to the southwest, the Gulf of Finland to the southeast and the Gulf of Bothnia to the west. ...

The northern part of the border, in every case, crossed wide streches of wilderness which were of little importance. This would lead complications later, as the Swedish St. Olaf's Castle, which was built in 1475, was clearly on the Novgorodian side of the border. Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ...

The Treaty of Teusina in 1595 shifted the border further east. Events January 30 - William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet is performed for the first time June 9 - Battle of Fontaine-Française. ...

See also

• History of Finland
• History of Russia
• History of Sweden
• List of Swedish wars

This is the history of Finland. ... Pre-historic age 9,000–500 B.C. Sweden, together with Norway, has a high concentration of Petroglyphs, ristningar or hällristningar in Swedish. ... This is a list of wars fought by Sweden between 1521 and 1814: The Swedish War of Liberation or Befrielsekriget (1521-1523) The Armstice of Gotland (1524) The Recess of Malmö (1524) The Danish Count Feud or Danska Grevefejden (1534-1536) The Armstice of Copenhagen (1537) The Great Russian War...

Links

• The Latin text of the Treaty (http://194.100.126.134/FMPro?-db=wfmu.fp5&-format=fmu%2fdetail.htm&-lay=web&-sortfield=ID&-op=gte&vuosi.stand=1323&select=eq&-max=50&-recid=36847&-find=) (Diplomatarium Fennicum)