The Pillage of Sigtuna was the raid of the Swedish town of Sigtuna by pagans from the Eastern Baltic in 1187, leading to its destruction. [1] The pillage is most commonly attributed to Estonians, Curonians, Karelians, or Novgorodians. [2]

Three famous sets of gates adorned the cathedral over the centuries; they are known as the Korsun, Vasilii, and Sigtuna (or Płock, or Magdeburg) Gates. The Korsun Gates hang at the western entrance to the Chapel of the Nativity of the Mother of God at …

The gates themselves were made in Magdeburg in 1152–1154 and were be designed for the Assumption Cathedral of the Ever-Virgin Mary in Polotsk. But after they were captured by Novgorodians they were called for a long time the "Sigtun gates".

A gate standing at the entrance is known as the Sigtuna Gate (mid-12th century); according to legend, it was brought from the Swedish town of Sigtuna in 1187. The second name of the gate derives from the town of Magdeburg, where it was made.

The gates found in Hagia Sophia today are gates of bronze which are believed to have been taken by the Novgorodian pirates in a Swedish town Sigtuna in 1187. These gates open only on special occasions.

‘Ushkuiniks’ were river pirates from the Russian North that pillaged Sweden, Finland, Norway - and even the capital of the Golden Horde, Sarai Batu. The Cathedral of St. Sophia in Novgorod, built...

The State Historical Museum houses a copy of the Sigtuna Gates from the Novgorod St. Sophia Cathedral. It was made specifically for the exhibition. The original gates are located in the cathedral in Veliky Novgorod, but they are opened only during great church holidays.

In the summer 1187 Eastern Vikings – Karelian – with the help of other Novgorod allies – Estonian islanders – stoke a lightning raid on one of the few towns of the medieval Sweden – Sigtuna. Sigtuna, trade and political center of Uppland province, situated on Mälaren Lake, was a bishop residence.

Sigtuna has a medieval-style town centre with restaurants, cafes and small shops. The old church ruins, Viking runestones and the old main street (Stora gatan) are popular attractions for tourists, especially in the summertime.

Based on this assumption, in the 19th century the story of Sigtuna ’s destruc- modern-day Estonians. As such, it was evoked as evidence of the spectacular. evidence of close Estonian –Swedish...