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east of Kotlin Island

Northern Fort 7 at Sed'moy Severnyy Fort
This fort has the same topography, as the fort #3.

Northern Fort 6 at Sixth North Fort
The fort is restricted area now, because there were secret labs of the naval institute of St.Petersburg.

Northern Fort 5 at 5th Northern fort
This fort has been built in deadly haste during East (Crimean) War for defence of North seaway. There was a little temporary battery on artificial island before that. The new fort had the bowl form and was made with earth and wood. Famous Russian fortification engineer Eduard Totleben was in charge of these works.

Northern Fort 4 at Fort Zverev
General-engineer Konstantin Zverev (1821 - 1890) was on the builder of Kronstadt Fortress in 1870.

Northern Fort 3 at Tretiy Severnyy Fort
You can get to the casemates of right flank of the fort from the deep ditch in front of the rear wall of the battery. To the upper floor casemates led a special metal bridges which could be removed in emergency.

Northern Fort 2 at 60°01'41.9"N 29°47'28.7"E
Old gun two-storey casemates of the central part of the fort were constructed in 1830-50.

north of Kotlin Island

Fort Obruchev at 60°03'33.0"N 29°43'12.5"E
The fort is more than 950 meters long and it is one of the biggest sea fortified installations of Northern Europe.

Tolbukhin Lighthouse at 60°2'32.032"N 29°32'32.46"E
The current structure was built in 1810 and is believed to be the oldest active lighthouse in the area.

on Kotlin Island

First Nothern Fort at 60°1'47.782"N 29°45'25.973"E
The fort founded in 1860 and originally had three brick casemated battery of two guns each. Fort has been constructed on the artificial island and was supplied by barges and boats. The harbour with granite piers was arranged at the east side of the fort.

Fort Shanetz at Kronshtadtskoye Shosse 47 (Krepostnoy Rov)
In 1899-1908 the old fortifications were demolished and in theirs place built a new concrete artillery fort with three concrete batteries - the central mortar battery and two flank cannon batteries, connected by a earthen rampart.

Fort Rif at Kronshtadtskoye Shosse
Big and impressive barracks shelter for fort's garrison were built in 1910. The installation is diked by earth on three sides. Flak fire-post of 1930s and radar tower of 1950s are seen on the top of it.

Fort Konstantin at Fort Konstantine 1
This is one of the largest artillery fortified installation of the fortress of Kronshtadt.

south of Kotlin Island

Fort Kronshlot at 59°58'45.5"N 29°45'03.3"E
Kronshlot is the father of all Kronshtadt's forts - it was built in 1704 and was the first Russian sea fortification of Baltic Sea. Peter the Great was the author of it's project. There was a 3-level wooden tower of 36 meters height with 14 cannons.

Fort Petr 1 at 59°59'23.367"N 29°43'59.516"E
In 1721, Peter demanded the protection of ships located in the Merchant Harbor from shelling from the sea. First, the battery of St. John is strengthened, and then, realizing the insufficiency of this measure, they are building a new battery, the Citadel.

Fort Alexander I at 59°59'21.807"N 29°43'3.661"E
The fort was constructed in 1838-45 under the project of engineer-colonel Carbonjer and Moris Dastrem on an artificial island in Finnish Gulf close to Kronshtadt. It had a task to cover the south water-way to S-Petersburg by cross-fire with forts Peter I, Risbank and Kronshlot together.

Fort Paul 1 at 59°58'27.5"N 29°43'00.6"E
This fort was destroyed by the explosion of a mine depot in 1923.

Fort Milyutin at 59°58'20.731"N 29°41'43.985"E
Actually, the fort is one big one-story brick-concrete massif with barracks, shelters, gunpowder magazines and gun's emplacements.

South Fort at 59°56'59.132"N 29°42'12.855"E
This fort was built in 1855 at the artificial island. It was named as South battery #1 in that times. Construction it's casemates is the same as northern forts ##1,3 and 5.

Fort Dzichkanets at 59°57'27.609"N 29°42'15.926"E
Like all other Kronstadt forts, this fort has a harbor protected by a breakwater. In front of the barracks is a magnificent granite dock with stairs to descend to the water.

west of Kotlin Island

Struve Geodetic Arc *** on Gogland Island at 60°4'27.00"N 26°58'11.00"E + 60°5'7.00"N 26°57'40.00"E
These are points of a survey, carried out between 1816 and 1855 by several scientists (surveyors) under leadership of the astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, which represented the first accurate measuring of a long segment of a meridian.