Shelon River

Shelon River

Infobox River | river_name = Shelon River


caption =
origin =
mouth = Lake Ilmen
basin_countries = Russia
length = 248 km (154 mi)
elevation =
discharge = 44 m³/s (1,554 ft³/s)
watershed = 9,710 km² (3,749 mi²)

Shelon River ( _ru. Шелонь) (Finnish / Karelian Selonajoki) is a river in the Pskov Oblast (Pihkovan lääni) and Novgorod Oblast (Uudenlinnan lääni) in Russia (in Finnish). The towns upon Shelon are Porkhov (Porhova) and Soltsy (Soltsina).

The Battle of Shelon (July 14, 1471) between Muscovy and Novgorod Republic happened in between the town of Soltsi and the mouth of Shelon. It ended up with a victory of the Moscovian army led by duke Kholmsky, and consequently resulted in the annexion of Novgorod to Muscovy (1478).


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