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Russia: Drone captures ghostly abandoned 'Plague fortress' from Tsar Alexander I era
Drone footage filmed in Saint Petersburg, Saturday, shows a naval fortress named after Russian Emperor Alexander I, which has been abandoned for more than 30 years.
The naval construction, which used to fortify the Kronstadt Fortress in the middle of the 19th century, was built between 1838 and 1845 on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland, near St. Petersburg and Kronstadt.
During the Crimean War (1853-1856) the fort guarded the base of the Imperial Russian Navy in Kronstadt against the Royal Navy and French fleets, which attempted to enter the Baltic Sea. However, the Alexander Fort has never been involved in hostilities and lost its military value in the 1860s. It was used as a warehouse for mines and ammunition and was expelled from the military register of fortresses in 1896.
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The Forts of Kronshtadt, St. Petersburg
The Kronshtadt fortress is a complex of forts of different centuries located on artificial islands. There are no similar naval constructions in the world built in such adverse climatic conditions. The forts fulfilled their mission in early XVIII century during the attack of Swedish landing troops, and in 1854-1855 when they scared away the joined English-French fleet who tried to attack the city.
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Since the formation of Saint Petersburg in 1703, the waterways in the Gulf of Finland were of strategic importance for Russia. Peter I initiated the construction of forts in the Gulf of Finland and directed the foundation of the first military installation on the island of Kotlin, Fort Kronshlot, in 1704. Throughout the following two centuries, Russia continued to fortify the area.
Louis Barthelemy Carbonnier d'Arsit de Gragnac (aka Lev Lvovich Carbonnier) drafted the initial blueprint for Fort Alexander. Earlier, he had planned the 1827 reconstruction of another military installation in the Gulf of Finland, Fort Citadel (later Fort Peter I). Upon Carbonnier's death in 1836, Jean Antoine Maurice (aka Moris Gugovich Destrem), a Russian military engineer of French origin, revised the plan for a new fort. The construction began in 1838 and under the supervision of another Russian military engineer, Mikhail von der Veide. The builders drove 5535 piles, each 12-meters long, into the sea bed to reinforce the ground. They then covered the piles with a layer of sand, a layer of concrete blocks, and a layer of granite slabs. The brickwork of the fort received granite face-work. Emperor Nikolay I officially commissioned the fort on 27 July 1845; the fort was named to honor his brother, Emperor Alexander I.
Drone captures chilling footage of Saint Petersburg’s 'PLAGUE FORT’
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The history of Russia’s “Plague Fort” is colder and darker than the ice flows surrounding it in the murky waters of Saint Petersburg’s Neva Bay.
Also known as Fort Alexander I, it was originally built to defend the bay from foreign foes, however, the only action the fortification saw was the battle against the plague within its own walls.
Following the discovery of the plague pathogen Yersinia pestis in the late 1890s, named after the man who discovered it, Alexandre Yersin, the Russian government set up the “Special Commission for the Prevention and Cure of the Plague in Russia” at the fort.
After its reconstruction in 1899, the structure was fitted with heating, a lift for transporting lab animals and an incinerator for cremating them. Rabbits, guinea pigs, monkeys and horses were infected with the plague in the hope of extracting their blood serum to develop a vaccine. Despite strict hygiene control measures, there were two outbreaks of plague at the lab, one in 1904 and another in 1907, which resulted in two deaths and the fort’s grisly nickname.
By the end of 1917, most of the research assets were transferred to various research institutes around the country and the laboratory stopped functioning. Ownership of the fort was transferred to the Russian Navy, which used it as a storage facility. Since then the building has played host to rave parties in the 90s, two TV shows in the early 2000s and anyone brave enough to visit Russia’s infamous “Plague Fort” these days can take a boat excursion to the site.
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Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow receives President Putin in Navy's Kronstadt's Cathedral
His Holiness Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Cyril has received President Vladimir Putin in Russian Navy's Kronstadt's Cathedral , celebrating the Russian Navy's Anniversary.
Форт Александр 1 (Чумной) Fort Alexander I
Один из фортов, построенных в Финском заливе, вокруг Кронштадта.
One of the forts built in the Gulf of Finland, around Kronstadt.
From the ruins of fort Alexander in Fermathe, Haiti
I took a motorcycle ride away from the ruins of Fort Alexander in Fermathe. The view was amazing, so was the weather
Abandoned 'Plague fortress' from Tsar Alexander I era.
Abandoned 'Plague fortress' from Tsar Alexander I era.
Eerie drone footage: Russia’s ‘Plague Fort’ where scientists battled death
The history of Russia’s “Plague Fort” is colder and darker than the ice flows surrounding it in the murky waters of Saint Petersburg’s Neva Bay.
Also known as Fort Alexander I, it was originally built to defend the bay from foreign foes, however, the only action the fortification saw was the battle against the plague within its own walls.
Following the discovery of the plague pathogen Yersinia pestis in the late 1890s, named after the man who discovered it, Alexandre Yersin, the Russian government set up the “Special Commission for the Prevention and Cure of the Plague in Russia” at the fort.
After its reconstruction in 1899, the structure was fitted with heating, a lift for transporting lab animals and an incinerator for cremating them. Rabbits, guinea pigs, monkeys and horses were infected with the plague in the hope of extracting their blood serum to develop a vaccine. Despite strict hygiene control measures, there were two outbreaks of plague at the lab, one in 1904 and another in 1907, which resulted in two deaths and the fort’s grisly nickname.
By the end of 1917, most of the research assets were transferred to various research institutes around the country and the laboratory stopped functioning. Ownership of the fort was transferred to the Russian Navy, which used it as a storage facility. Since then the building has played host to rave parties in the 90s, two TV shows in the early 2000s and anyone brave enough to visit Russia’s infamous “Plague Fort” these days can take a boat excursion to the site.
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Lighthouse Museum at Fort Konstantin, Kronstadt. St. Petersburg, Russia
30Km (19mi) west from Saint Petersburg, there is a municipal town of Kronstadt, located on the Kotlin Island. Kronstadt is known as sea gates of Saint Petersburg, the only way to get to the city from the sea (Baltic Sea and Gulf of Finland).
Peter The Great founded it in the same time as Saint Petersburg with just one fortification called Kronslot which is finally turned into a unique complex of 20 forts on Kotlin Island itself and around it.
Most of fortifications are made for an artillery defense of an approaches to Saint Petersburg. Back in those days there was so called Nortnern War between Sweden and Russia for the lands around Baltics (1700-1721), and demand for such a defense was obvious.
Besides that, for over 300 years history, Kronstadt became Saint Petersburg's main port, the seat of the Russian Admiralty and the base of the Russian Baltic Fleet with a population of 43,000 residents.
Nowadays, with a development of modern weapons, artillery of Kronstadt fortifications became outdates and de-militarized. But with getting a public access to all those forts, it's a great time to learn more about Kronstadt. In the summer time it's going to be the whole series of the videos.
This video about the first lighthouse museum of Russia founded in a former army barracks of 1868 at Fort Konstantin is the beginning.
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Kronschlot Fort
The Kronschlot fort was a fortress designed to be the “lock on the doors to Saint Petersburg” and protect the budding city from the enemy from the sea. The place for the fort was picked by Peter the Great personally, and the construction of the fortress was under his vigilant control. Peter the Great strategic plan proved to be a very long-term one.
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Russia: Kronstadt diesel-electric sub launched in St. Petersburg
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The Russian Navy’s Kronstadt Lada-class diesel-electric submarine was launched in Saint Petersburg on Thursday.
The Project 677 vessel boasts anaerobic engines, meaning that the submarine can stay underwater for weeks. It is equipped with six 533-mm torpedo tubes and can fire cruise missiles. Its primary role will be to defend naval bases, coastal waters and sea communication lines.
“All the technical characteristics of this boat are superior to its predecessor, the Project 636 submarine. We believe that the future of the [Russian] Navy, in terms of non-nuclear submarines, lies in Project 677 submarines,” Head of the Admiralty Shipyard Aleksandr Buzakov said, adding that he believed that many of this class of submarine will be made.
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Kronstadt Naval Cathedral of Saint Nicholas.
Kronstadt is a town located 30 kilometers (19 mi) west of St. Petersburg near the Golf Gulf.
It was founded by Peter the Great in 1703.
The Naval Orthodox Cathedral was built in 1903–1913.
The cathedral was closed in 1929, was converted to a cinema, a House of Officers (1939) and a museum of the Navy (1980). The Russian Orthodox Church reinstalled the cross on the main dome in 2002 and served the first Divine Liturgy in the cathedral in 2005.[1] In 2013, the Patriarch of all Russia, with Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev and his spouse attending, conducted the ceremony of grand reconsecration in the now fully restored cathedral.
Así es la mítica 'Fortaleza de la Plaga' de Rusia
La histórica 'Fortaleza de la Plaga', más conocida como Fort Alexander I, luce en invierno todavía más siniestra de lo habitual, rodeada de bloques de hielo desplazándose por las gélidas y turbias aguas de la bahía de Neva, en San Petersburgo.
La fortificación fue originalmente construida con el objetivo de defender la bahía de enemigos extranjeros. Sin embargo, la única batalla que vivió la fortaleza fue la que libró con sus propios muros contra una plaga.
Tras el descubrimiento del patógeno Yersinia pestis a finales de la década de 1890, el gobierno ruso estableció en Fort Alexander I la Comisión Especial para la Prevención y Cura de la Plaga en Rusia.
Tras su reconstrucción en 1899, a la estructura le fue añadido un sistema de calefacción, un ascensor para el transporte de animales de laboratorio y una cámara incineradora para proceder a su cremación. Conejos, cuis, monos y caballos fueron infectados con el patógeno con el objetivo de desarrollar una vacuna a través de extractos de su sangre. Pese a los esctrictos controles de higiene, se produjeron dos brotes de la plaga en el laboratorio, uno en 1904 y otro en 1907, lo cual provocó dos muertes e hizo que la fortelaza fuera bautizada como 'de la plaga'.
Hacia el final de 1917, la mayoría de los recursos habían sido transferidos a diversos institutos de investigación a lo largo del país y el laboratorio cesó su funcionamiento. La propiedad de la fortaleza fue transferida a la Marina rusa, que la utilizó como un depósito. Desde entonces, la estructura ha sido sede de dos fiestas 'rave' en los años 90 y dos programas de televisión a inicios de los 2000.
Asimismo, cualquiera que lo desee puede acceder a la fortaleza a través de una excursión en la que los visitantes son llevados en barco a la fortificación.
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