Kronstadt (originally Kronshlot) is the most remote and unusual of the seven suburbs of St. Petersburg. Located on the island of Kotlin in the Gulf of Finland, the city throughout its history served as the sea shield of St. Petersburg and the capital of the Baltic Fleet of Russia.

The name "Kronstadt" means in translation from German "City-Venetz", Kronslot - "Fortress-Crown" "

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How to get to Kronstadt

There are shuttle buses and bus number 510 from St. Petersburg from the metro station Staraya Derevnya. You can get there by meteor from St. Petersburg or Lomonosov in the summer, but it's quite expensive.

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Entertainment, excursions and attractions Kronstadt

An interesting landmark of Kronstadt is the ancient the Gostiny Dvor building (1832). The narrow Obvodny Canal begins almost immediately after it, and for a few hundred meters there are huge port warehouses (food stores), perhaps one of the most interesting industrial facilities in Russia.

The grandiose Nikolsky Naval Cathedral, erected in a pseudo-Byzantine style in 1903, 1915 (the height of the dome is 70 meters, second only to Isaac.)

A complex of dams and adjacent hydraulic structures (culverts and passages) that extend across the top of the Gulf of Finland from Bronka to Sestroretsk (n solok the Mountain), through the island of Kotlin, which is the city of Kronstadt - this is the famous Kronstadt dam. An impressive construction erected in the 80s of the 20th century and connecting Kronstadt with the big earth and St. Petersburg. The length of the defenses is 25, 4 kilometers. Not so long ago, the southern half of the dam was completed (summer works are being completed in summer 2010).

Dam structures are interesting and unusual, and in fact almost every Russian is familiar (here was shot the popular in the early 1990's clip "Clouds" group "Ivanushki International). Along the dam there are old forts available to motorists, a good place for tourists, fishermen, and simply lovers of sunbathing on clean sand and clean water.

In windy weather, the contrast between the raging waves of the Gulf of Finland and the calm waters of the Neva bay is impressive.
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Gulf of Finland Forts

In fact, the most interesting landmark of Kronstadt is a chain of sea forts, a 40-kilometer-long arc crossing the Gulf of Finland. Now they are in complete disrepair, and only in the most spectacular of which are held in the summer party or championship paintball

Northern Forts -. The least impressive, are nothing more than the islands with some concrete buildings and wells. In the cellars of the forts in the Soviet era were tested combustibles and explosives, and their consequences ( "icicles" of bricks on the ceiling, etc...) Can be seen to this day

Fort Constantine -. The only fort on the island of Kotlin in western part. It is a complex, highly elongated concrete structure with gun nests. All metal out of the fort, as usual, been stolen, but now there is a project to create here a museum and entertainment center

Excursion to Kronstadt)

Fort Kronshloss (Kronshlot.) - a small one-storey fort is almost opposite the port of Kronstadt. It is the oldest of the forts of Kronstadt, founded by Peter the Great, and, unlike the others, it can be seen at close range in any season

Fort Alexander I -. The most beautiful and powerful fort Kronstadt . On the roof you can see a small booth: it is nothing but a plague laboratory . This fort was in the beginning of the 20th century the first Russian research institute where, due to the complete isolation of the fort from the outside world, vaccines were sought for various diseases, including plague . Therefore this fort received the nickname "Plague" . From the Kronstadt here went the paroch Dick "microbe", as the inhabitants of the city closed the windows, when the wind blew from the fort . Now Fort Alexander I abandoned, and only occasionally is tripled "Freaky party", but diggers have twice found in the dungeons of the fort strange ampoules .

Kronstadt Map Southern forts - in many ways similar to the fort Alexander I, but virtually inaccessible

in general, in the summer it is almost impossible to reach the forts (there are rumors that in Kronstadt, some make money on the boats carrying tourists. Fort Alexander I). In winter, forts can be reached on ice. But it is worth remembering that visiting forts without special training is very dangerous. There you can easily get into an unforeseen situation (the collapse of the floor or ceiling, the inability to leave the dungeons or even the ampoules with the plague). In winter, on the way to the forts, there is a constant threat to fall under the ice.

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