Opened to European trade by the tsar Boris Godunov, it flourished as the sole Russian seaport until St.Petersburg was built in 1703.

• 沙皇戈东诺夫对欧洲开放贸易，该市因为是俄国唯一的海港而繁荣起来，直到1703年圣彼得堡建立为止。