Staraya Ladoga, known as Ladoga until 1704, is a rural locality in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River near Lake Ladoga, 8 kilometers north of the town of Volkhov, the administrative center of the district.
It used to be a prosperous trading outpost in the 8th and 9th centuries. It was dominated by Varangians who became known as the Rus'. For that reason, Staraya Ladoga is sometimes called the first capital of Russia, and is regarded as one of the original centers from which the name Rus' spread to other territories inhabited by the East Slavs.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staraya_Ladoga
Coordinates 59°59'49.178" N 32°17'46.485" E
