Ust-Izhora

The village is located at the confluence of the river Izhora in the Neva .

Here, on July 15, 1240, Novgorod Prince Alexander Yaroslavich defeated Swedish troops, for which he received the nickname Nevsky .

The village of Ust-Izhora was first mentioned in the 1500 Yearbook of the Vodskaya Pyatina .

Then, as “Ustje Izerskoe” in Ingrid’s Swedish Scribbled Books of 1640 and as Ingris Amunis on the Swedish map of Dahlberg of 1681.

Later it was called “Ingris Omune” and simply “Ingris” on Swedish maps ^[3] .

In 1711, in Ust-Izhora, a wooden church was founded in the name of the holy Prince Alexander Nevsky by the decree of Peter the Great in memory of that “... victory. The last restructuring of the church was carried out in 1871-1875 with voluntary donations from peasants of the Ust-Izhorsk village. The author of it was the famous master in the field of church architecture M. A. Schurupov .

UST-IZHORY - the village belongs to the Office of the Board of the Alexander Manufactory, the number of residents by audit: 482 m n., 542 g. P.
With him: a) Church in the name of Alexander Nevsky. b) Brickworks - 15. (1838)

Of the fifteen Ust-Izhora brick factories, eight belonged to the merchants, and seven to local peasants ^[4] .

UST-IZHORA - a village of the Imperial Alexandrovsky manufactory along the Archangelgorodskiy tract, the number of households is 165, the number of souls is 630. (1856) ^[5]

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UST-IZHORA - a village departmental Aleksandrovskaya manufactory on the banks of the Neva River at the confluence of the Izhora River, the number of households - 196, the number of inhabitants: 648 m p., 721 w. P.; Orthodox Church. Izhora parish government. Post station. Brick factories 15. Two steamboats: Northern Society and the merchant of Taiwan. Forest Exchange. (1862) ^[6]

The collection of the Central Statistical Committee described the village as follows:

UST-IZHORA - a former state village at the rivers Neva and Izhora, courtyards - 214, residents - 1436; parish government (22 miles to the county town), an Orthodox church, a chapel, a school, a post station, a shop, a shoe shop, 2 courtyards, 6 taverns. (1885) ^[7] .

According to the first census of the Russian Empire :

Ust-Izhora - the village, Orthodox - 2865, men - 1576, women - 1407, both sexes - 2983. (1897) ^[8]

In the XIX - early XX century, the village administratively related to the 2nd camp of the St. Petersburg district of St. Petersburg province .

From 1917 to 1922, the Ust-Izhorskaya volost of the Petrograd district existed, the territory of which then became part of the Lunacharsky volost ^[9] .

In 1925, Ust-Izhora was the administrative center of the October volost of the Leningrad district, with a population of 20,953 people, 27 village councils and 64 villages ^[10] .

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of July 24, 1952, the workers' villages of Pontoon and Ust-Izhora were transferred to the Kolpinsky District Council of the city of Leningrad.

Church of St. Alexander Nevsky St.

Information about the churches at this place speak of several wooden structures and the subsequent stone one, built in 1799. Under Soviet rule, the church was closed, and during the Second World War the bell tower was blown up ^[21] . Since 1987, on the initiative of enthusiasts NIIEFA them. D.V. Efremov began the restoration of the church of Alexander Nevsky . On July 15, 1990 , on the 750th anniversary of the Battle of the Neva , the restored church was transferred to the Russian Orthodox Church ; consecrated on September 12, 1995 .

Museum-diorama "Alexander Nevsky and Izhora Land"

It was opened on January 26, 2009. Its historical memorial zone includes an earthen fortress -fortection of the XVIII century and an exhibition dedicated to the Battle of the Neva . The main exhibit is a real-scale diorama of the battle, created by the artist I. S. Zhebrovsky. The canvas is the only image in the world of the battle in the historical landscape ^[22] .

Monument-chapel on the site of the Neva battle

In 2002, in 2002, the sculptural composition “Monument-chapel on the place of God's help on the day of the Neva Battle” was erected near the church of Alexander Nevsky ^[23] .

Monuments to Alexander Nevsky and Peter the Great

Monuments to the great Russian generals, Alexander Nevsky and Peter the Great, are erected near the church.

The monument to Peter was made according to the model of sculptor A. V. Degtyarev and solemnly opened on May 30, 2002 .

Obelisk in memory of Ust-Izhora peasant militia

Monument - an obelisk with a letter of thanks from Catherine II to the peasants of Ust-Izhora for participation in the Russian-Swedish war of 1788-1790 .

Vladimir Equal to the Apostles Church

At Ust-Izhora cemetery there is a small church of Vladimir Ravnoapostolnoy .

War Cemetery

The fraternal cemetery of Soviet soldiers who died in World War II (22nd km of St. Petersburg-Shlisselburg highway)   historical monument (regional)   Object of Cultural Heritage No. 7800525000

Annual reconstruction of the Neva battle

Arranged since 1992 , attracting numerous spectators ^[24] .

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  Obelisk to the Ust-Izhora people's militia

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  The memorial sign "The chapel at the place of God's help on the day of the Battle of the Neva" with a bust sculpture of Alexander Nevsky

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  Monument to Alexander Nevsky

• Ust-Izhora // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 tons. (82 tons and 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.