travel russia st petersburg peter and paul fortress

"When Peter the Great re-claimed the lands along the Neva River in 1703, he decided to build a fort
to protect the area from possible attack by the Swedish army and navy.
The fortress was founded on a small island in the Neva delta on May 27, 1703 (May 16 according to the old calendar)
and that day became the birthday of the city of St Petersburg.
The Swedes were defeated before the fortress was even completed.
For that reason, from 1721 onwards the fortress housed part of the city's garrison and rather notoriously served as a high
security political jail. Among the first inmates was Peter's own rebellious son Alexei.
Later, the list of famous residents included Dostoyevsky, Gorkiy, Trotsky and Lenin's older brother, Alexander."
- saint-petersburg.com

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Peter and Paul Fortress, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009.



Peter and Paul Fortress from the rostral columns embankment, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2009.





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