Svinort

Svinort stood on the southern bank of the lower Shelon, some distance upstream from Lake Ilmen, and served as the centre of a Novgorodian church district. A chronicle records a Lithuanian attack on Svinort in 1200, followed by their expulsion by the people of Novgorod. The settlement retained its place among the river communities west of the lake. In 1718 lime burned by its craftsmen was sent to the construction of the Alexander Nevsky Monastery in Saint Petersburg, where the builders valued its quality.