Ladoga Canal major canals constructed in Russia. It was one of the projects of Peter the Great, who ordered its construction in 1718. Rapid economic development in Russia required a significant expansion of routes, especially waterways. One part of the Vyshny Volochek waterway (1709) linking the Volga river to the Baltic Sea, passed through Lake Ladoga. The Ladoga section of the route was one of the most difficult and dangerous because the lake is prone to winds and storms which destroyed hundreds of cargo ships. Peter the Great decided to avoid the navigation in the huge and stormy lake by building a
Finnish Ladoga Naval Detachment After the evacuations the light naval assets successfully protected the flank of the land front and repulsed Soviet attempts to penetrate to the northern part of the lake Ladoga until mid July when Soviet naval activity on the lake started to decrease. Majority of the ships and boats used by the Finns were evacuated overland to Finland after the Moscow Armistice. Listing (not necessarily exhaustive) of wartime vessels and their armament Finnish Ladoga Naval Detachment Finnish Ladoga Naval Detachment () was a Finnish naval unit stationed on Lake Ladoga between 1920-1940 and 1941-1944. The Treaty of Tartu was signed by