The Fortress of Vladivostok

Fort № 1 was assembled as a part of a new land defense main line of the fortress in 1910-1917.

The fort is located on the Russian Island. It was designed to protect the Sapper Peninsula from the enemy.

Initially it was built of wood and earth in 1888, and in 1897-1903 it was rebuilt in concrete according to a new project.

The battery faces the south with its front and was designed for artillery attacking the outer anchorage in front of the eastern passage of the Bosfor Vostochny (Eastern Bosphorus) Strait.

The most roomy tunnel magazine of the Fortress of Vladivostok. It served as the central magazine for the Russian Island.

The battery had got its name in the memory of the visit of Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich, the Inspector General of Artillery, to Vladivostok in 1908.

The fort was supposed to block the entrance to the Sapper Peninsula in case of war.

The semi-caponier is located on the Russian island at the base of the Tobizin Peninsula.

The fort is located on the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula on the hills of the northern side of Pervaya River valley.

The fort was assembled to block the valley sloping down towards the Holuay Bay flat coast which was quite convenient for landing.

The redoubt is located on the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula and was designed and built as а part of the second main land defense line of the fortress in 1899-1904.

The temporary fortification work was designed and assembled as a part of the second main land defense line of the fortress in 1899-1904.

The battery was built in 1888-1889 as the Irodovskaya mortar battery (named after Irodova Cape ) and was designed for artillery attacking the outer anchorage in front of the eastern passage of the Bosfor Vostochny (Eastern Bosphorus) Strait.

The battery was named Petropavlovskaya in the memory of heroic defence of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky by Russian troops and Navy in 1854, during the Crimean War of 1853-1856.

The entire group of batteries in the area of Larionov Cape was assembled to defend the entrance to the Bosfor Vostochny (Eastern Bosphorus) Strait and Novik Bay from Amur Bay side.

The magazine was built during the period of strengthening the Fortress of Vladivostok between the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905

The battery is located on Elena Island and consists of two half-batteries, separated by a cut rock mass.

The coastal battery is located on the Zhitkov Peninsula of the Russian Island and belongs to the eastern part of the fortress coastal front.

The battery was designed to protect the anchorage of Achlestyshev Bay and the distant approaches to the eastern entrance to the Bosfor Vostochny (Eastern Bosphorus) Strait

The battery belongs to series of land batteries of the Fortress of Vladivostok. They were built before the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and are few in number.

The battery is located in the historical center of Vladivostok, on the Tigrovaya hill, and was assemled for artillery
attack of the entrance to the Golden Horn Bay.

The caponier was designed to protect the Achlestyshev Bay beach from assault landing.

The semi-caponier is located on Elena Island at the base of the southwestern slope of Larionov Mount.

The semi-caponier is located on Elena Island and belongs to the southern front of the coastal frontline of the Fortress of Vladivostok.

The semi-caponier is located on the northern shore of Firsova Cape and was assembled for anti-landing defence of nearby beaches.

The magazine is located on the Muravyov-Amursky Peninsula. Modern address is 7, Yumasheva St.

The fort provided the junction of the land line of defence and the coast of the Amur Bay coast line. It is located in the area of the present Akademgorodok at Height 77 (Toropov Mount).

The fort is located on the slope of Height 165 (Zubritsky Mount). It is the southern side of the Sedanka River valley and is similar in plan to the letter «П» oriented to the еast.

The fort is located at the overriding Height 200 (Popova Mount ). From the top of the Hight the entrance to the Golden Horn Bay can be seen.

The stronghold is located in the gap between Forts № 5 and № 4 about 100 meters to the east of the single trunk of Fort № 5 on Zubritsky Mount spur.

The stronghold is located in the gap between Forts № 6 and № 5. In its design, size and armament, it does not differ from some forts.

The fortification is a horseshoe-shaped concrete parapet with a sub-parapet gallery, two barbettes and shelters for anti-assault guns.

The caponier is located on the Russian Island and was designed to protect the Achlestyshev Bay beach from assault-landing.

The semi-caponier is a concrete casemated shelter for two field 3-inch rapid-firing guns of the 1902 model and an earthen barbette next to it.

The semi-caponier has a special design, since it also served as a mine station to control a minefield placed on the Shkot Island anchorage.

The caponier is located on the Russian Island, at the tip of Staritsky Cape (southern cape at the entrance to Novik Bay).

The battery was designed to protect the minefield between the Novosilsky and Nazimov capes — in the passage to the inner anchorage.

The battery was built in 1902-1903, that means — in the period between the Chinese Campaign of the Russian Army in 1900 and the Russian-Japanese war of 1904-1905.

Located on the southwestern slope of Kholodilnik (Refrigerator ) Hill (former Muravyov-Amursky Mount, 260 m height) the battery was assembled for artillery attack of the approaches to Muravyov-Amursky Fort.

The battery belongs to land batteries of the Fortress of Vladivostok. They were built mainly before the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and were relatively few in number.

The battery consists of six earthen gun positions oriented to the north-east, covered from the front and sides with an entire earthen parapet and separated from each other by earthen traverses.

The battery is located on the eastern slope of Kholodilnik (Refrigerator) Hill (former Muravyov-Amursky Mount, 260 m height) and was assembled for artillery attack of the approaches to Muravyov-Amursky Fort.

The battery was assembled to fight the enemy Navy on the southern approaches to the Russian Island.

The battery was built in 1932-1934 and belonges to the Vladivostok fortified are of RF Navy Pacific Fleet.