Fortress Vladivostok — Pospelov`s Fort

On Russky Island, among other defensive structures of the Vladivostok fortress, is Pospelova Fort on the mountain of the same name (167 meters above sea level) on the Saperny Peninsula.

Defensive moat. At the bottom of the natural moat there is an artificial moat with water. The photograph does not convey what kind of bias, but I can say that I did not dare to go down - I was afraid for the camera.


Part of some kind of defensive structure on the way to the fort.


View of Ajax bay from Pospelova Mountain.


Staircase to the fort.




The author of the detailed project and the builder of the fort is military engineer Captain Gnuchev.


It was built in 1901–1903, was completed in 1904 .


The fort was designed for ten 9-pound (107-mm) guns and two machine guns on the fortress machines. In addition, two 9-pound guns were embedded in the embrasures of the wardrobe trunk.


The fortification is a slightly distorted rhombus, being the only example of the type of “fort of Buinitsky” on about. Russian.

Kyoto for the icon and construction date of the fort.




Powder cellar (ammunition depot).


Do you see a gopher?


But he is! The turret of a rangefinder post.


The village of Pospelovo.


Ajax Bay, in the distance - Skrypleva Island.




Panorama of Russky Island and Ajax Bay from Pospelova Mountain.

It is a pity I did not know about the megalithic labyrinth nearby - I would definitely have turned it up (I only saw this once - on the Solovetsky Islands ).

You can get by bus from Vladivostok to DFU (Far Eastern Federal University) and walk about 5 kilometers. Coordinates: 43°2'58"N 131°52'53"E.