Totleben (island)
Totleben ( Russian Тотлебен ) is a Russian, about one kilometer long artificial island in the form of a lying "C" with an area of 4.8 hectares and a former fort in the Baltic Sea off Saint Petersburg ; the fortress structure consists of three front and two short flanking parts. A continuous road between the command posts , casemates and the port connects the accommodations for around 700 people.
history
The planning of the fortress under the military designation Fort "A" began in 1895. The surveying work was carried out in 1896, and in January 1897 construction work began. In 1903 the construction of the artificial island and the port facility was completed. The construction of the buildings and the placement of the equipment and guns lasted until 1913.
Fort “A” was renamed “Totleben” fortress in 1910, while the construction work was still going on, in honor of the Russian general Eduard Ivanovich Totleben , who was also involved in the construction of the nearby fortresses in Kronstadt .
After the October Revolution in 1917, the fortress was renamed Fort "Perwomaiski" (German: May Day).
In 1990, the fortress among other buildings in Kronstadt of which was UNESCO in the list of World Cultural and Natural Heritage of Humanity added.
Web links
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- ↑ deutschlandfunk.de , Das Feature , November 25, 2016, Paula Schneider : A Russian Island That Does n't Exist (December 10, 2016)
- ↑ Paula Schneider: Totleben - A Russian island that does not exist . In: Feature . Deutschlandfunk, Cologne September 28, 2012 ( online ).
- ↑ Ткаченко В. Ф. Ключ от Северных ворот. СПб (Key to North Gate St. Petersburg), "Галея Принт", 1999.
Coordinates: 60 ° 5 ′ 9 ″ N , 29 ° 50 ′ 52 ″ E