Welcome to my pages.


SS. Peter and Paul Fortress

Saint Petersburg - Russia



Home




Hungary




Cardinal József Mindszenty




1956 Hungarian Revolution (My Story)
(My Eyewitness story of our Freedomfight
and Resistance against the Soviet Invasion)




50th Anniversary of our Freedomfight





My Travel Pages


Africa


America


Asia


Europe


Hungary


Oceania

My Russia pages


Russia
Russia History & Facts in brief

Moscow


Moscow


Catholic Cathedral


Christ the Saviour Cathedral


Kazan Cathedral


Kremlin


Kremlin Cathedrals


Moscow Airport


Moscow Buses


Moscow Metros


Novodevichy Convent


Red Square


Virgin on the Moat Cathedral

-   -   -    -   -

Saint Petersburg


Saint Petersburg


Artillery Museum


Hermitage


Kronstadt


Peterhof


Oranienbaum


Peter and Paul Fortress


Saint Petersburg Airport


Saint Petersburg Buses


Saint Petersburg Metros


Saint Petersburg Trams


Vyborg

-   -   -    -   -

Vladivostok


Vladivostok


Vladivostok Buses


Vladivostok Trains


Vladivostok Trams

-   -   -    -   -

Volgograd


Volgograd


Tractor Factory - Museum


Volgograd Airport


Volgograd Buses


Volgograd Trams


Volgograd Trolleybuses




Russia facts & history in brief                 My Russia pages directory    
Map of Russia


Peter and Paul Fortress
Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


The Peter and Paul Fortress (Russian: Fortress of SS Peter and Paul) is the original citadel of St. Petersburg, Russia, designed by Domenico Trezzini and founded in 1703.

The fortress contains a number of buildings including the Peter and Paul Cathedral, where all Russian tsars from Peter I to Alexander III are interred; the remains of the Imperial martyrs, Nicholas II and his family and entourage, were also interred there, in the side St.Catherine's Chapel, on the 80th anniversary of their deaths, July 17, 1998.
Towards the end of 2006, the remains of Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna, mother of the murdered Nicholas II, who died in 1928 were brought from Roskilde Cathedral outside Copenhagen, Denmark to finally rest next to her husband, Alexander III.
The newer Grand Ducal Mausoleum is connected to the cathedral by a corridor.
The latest burial there was of Nicholas II's first cousin once removed, Grand Duke Vladimir Cyrilovich, son of Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovitch.
Other structures inside the fortress include the still functioning Mint building, the Trubetskoy bastion and the City Museum.

The fortress was established by Peter the Great on May 16 (by the Julian Calendar, May 27 by the Gregorian Calendar) 1703 on a small island, Zayachii (hare) (or Vesiolii - cheerful) ostrov, on the Neva River.
Built during the Northern War, the fort was never actually needed.
The fort was completed with six bastions in earth and timber within a year, it was rebuilt with stone from 1706 to 1740.
From around 1720 the fort served as a base for the city garrison and also as a prison for high ranking or political prisoners.
The Trubetskoy bastion, built in the 1870s, became the main prison block.
The Cathedral was built from 1712 to 1733, and has a 123.2 m bell-tower and a gilded angel-topped cupola.

An aerial view of the fortress. During 1917, it was attacked by mutinous soldiers of the Pavlovskii regiment on February 27 and the prisoners were freed.
Under the Provisional Government hundreds of Tsarist officials were held in the Fortress, for their protection from the angry people.
So many officials were held that the Fortress was filled and the rest had to be taken to the Mikhailovskii Manege.
The Tsar was threatened with being incarcerated at the Fortress on his return from Mogilev to Tsarskoe Selo on March 8, the threat was not followed through and he was placed under house arrest.

On July 4 when the Bolsheviks attempted a putsch the Fortress garrison of 8,000 men declared for the Bolsheviks.
They surrendered to government forces without a struggle on July 6.

On October 25, again, the Fortress quickly came into Bolshevik hands.
Following the ultimatum from the Petrograd Soviet to the Provisional Government ministers in the Winter Palace, after the blank salvo of the Cruiser Aurora at 21.00, the guns of the Fortress fired thirty or so shells at the Winter Palace.
Only two actually hit, inflicting minor damage, and the defenders refused to surrender - at that time.
At 02.10 on the morning of October 26 the Winter Palace was taken by forces under Vladimir Antonov-Ovseenko, the captured ministers were taken to the Fortress as prisoners.

The Provisional Government ministers were the last prisoners at the Fortress.
In 1924 most of the site was converted to a museum.
In 1931 the Gas Dynamics Laboratory was added to the site.
The structure suffered heavy damage during the bombardment of the city during WW II by the Nazi German army who were laying siege to the city.
It has been faithfully restored post-war.

For a more information about Peter and Paul Fortress see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This page was retrieved and condensed from (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Paul_Fortress) see Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, November 2007.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (see Copyrights for details).
About Wikipedia
Disclaimers

This information was correct in November 2007. E. & O.E.




2007

You can click on these photos for an enlargement

SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress SS. Peter and Paul Fortress
SS. Peter and Paul Fortress





Site Index            Back to Top            Photos Index

Thanks for coming, I hope you have enjoyed it, will recommend it to your friends, and will come back later to see my site developing and expanding.

I'm trying to make my pages enjoyable and trouble free for everyone, please let me know of any mistakes or trouble with links, so I can fix any problem as soon as possible.

These pages are best viewed with monitor resolution set at 640x480 and kept simple on purpose so everyone can enjoy them across all media and platforms.

Thank you.

You can e-mail me at Webmaster


free webpage hit counter