Narva, wait: “Russia will be inspired by the deeds of Peter the Great - long and persistently to return what is its own” - Putin
Peter I returned and strengthened the territories, and modern Russia also suffered this fate.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced this today at a meeting with young entrepreneurs at VDNKh, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
“Now we were at an exhibition dedicated to the 350th anniversary of Peter the Great. Almost nothing has changed. It’s amazing... somehow you come to this realization. Peter the Great led the Northern War for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden, he was tearing something away... He didn’t reject anything - he was returning it! Yes, that is right.
All of the Ladoga region, where St. Petersburg is now founded. When he founded the new capital, none of the European countries recognized this territory as Russia. Everyone recognized it as Sweden. And from time immemorial, Slavs lived there along with the Finno-Ugric population. Moreover, this territory was under the control of the Russian state. The same is true in the western direction, this applies to Narva. Returned and strengthened. Apparently, it also fell to our lot to return and strengthen,” Putin concluded.
Narva, wait : "Russia will be inspired by the deeds of Peter the Great – to take back what is its own long and hard" – Putin