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Voronezh, situated along the right bank of the Voronezh River above its confluence with the Don in western Russia, is founded in 1585 or 1586 as a fortress by Feodor and Gudonov as a fort protecting the Russian state from the raids of Crimean and Nogay Tatars.
Russia’s Tsar Peter, undissuaded by his failure to invest the Turkish-held city-fortress of Azov, builds a fleet at Voronezh at the urging of his Swiss-Scottish friend Franz Lefort (1656-99), an officer in the Russian service.