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The place where Nyenskans and later
St-Petersburg were located
1 p. Manuscript. Illuminated. Paper,
Indian ink. Watercolour. 345?436 mm. Swedish.
Scale [1:], south-oriented.
Decoration:
plan and perspective rendering of buildings.
Territory:
the low course of the Neva from the point of confluence of its
right tributary Black Stream (now Okhta R.) down to the mouth,
with a portion of Gulf of Finland.
Shown:
the town of Nyen, founded in 1611, which was located on the right
bank of Black Stream (now Okhta R.) and on both banks of Black
Streamlet, and had a town square in the centre, a cathedral. On
the point, where Nyenskans Fortress would be constructed later,
was a two-storey estate of the Royal governor-general, near are
a small church, auxiliary constructions, kitchen-gardens. A bridge
lead fron Nyen 6tto the Swedish governor-general residence. Opposite
Nyen on the left bank of the Neva (which is marked as Nÿen),
the settlement Spasskoye with a Russian Orthodox church. Sepatate
villages, houses and lots along both banks of yhe Neva in the
nearest Nyen’s outskirts are shown with signs. On the coastal
waters fishing places and roadstead are marked. The present Kamenny,
Yelagin, Krestovsky islets are rendered as a united island. Everywhere
in the city’s outskirts there are swamps.
Annotation:
The lands which later in 1638 Swedish Queen Kristina gave to German
merchant from Baltic provinces Bernchard Steen von Steenhusen
are shown. Here B.S. von Steenhusen lived upo to his death in
1648 (or 1649). His posessions were on the right bank of the Neva
from Nyen to the contemporary Staraya Derevnya, on the left bank
of the Neva.
Literature:
Ehrensvärd, B. Jangfeldt, S. Sementsov.
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