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The city and its fortress was renamed Notoeburg (Noteburg) and was the possession of the King of Sweden for 90 years.Īt the beginning of the 18th century, возобнов илась борьб за торг овые пут и и своб одный выход в Балт ийское м оре ( the struggle between Sweden and Russia for the trades routes and the free access to the Baltic Sea resumed). Осада кр епости тогд а продолж алась 90 дней ( the siege lasted 90 days), resulting in the starving of thousands of defenders and only a hundred or so survived. However, in 1612, during См утное вр емя ( the Time of Troubles), when Novgorod alone had to resist the attacks from Sweden and Livonia, the Swedes managed to captured the fortress. Throughout its history, the fortress and the city inside has been attacked many times by Sweden, and for that reason, кр епость неоднокр атно перестраивали с ц елью укрепл ения ( it had been rebuild several times in order to strengthen it). The fortress was founded at the mouth of the Neva River in 1323, to protect the city of Veliky Novgorod and the important trade route from Novgorod to Europe through the Lake Lagoda. Idiom is related to the time of Peter the Great, and the liberation of the ancient Russian fortress Ор ешек ( Nutlet). “ Кр епкий ор ешек” ( Hard nut to crack), this is how we call people which are slow to understand or тр удно уговор ить соглас иться на чт о-либо ( which are difficult to persuade to agree on anything), and also people who have trouble taking any kind of decision.