Vladivostok Fortress - Coastal Battery No. XIII

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On Russky Island on the Zhitkov Peninsula, next to the Primorsky Aquarium, there is a coastal battery No. XIII (No. 373) - part of the powerful fortification of Vladivostok fortress. The battery was built in 19111913 according to the project of the military engineer F. D. Shabanov, it included 4 10-inch guns, 30 casemates, an under-gallery gallery and a barracks.

Coastal Battery No. XIII
General types of batteries.

Coastal Battery No. XIII





Coastal Battery No. XIII


Fire control cabin
Fire control cabin

Gun heel
Gun heel

Gun heel

Flags
If not for such a fog, that would have gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean.

Entrance to the casemate
I did not have a flashlight with me, but without it there is nothing to do inside. Well, for the sake of the photo, you need an external flash, which I didn’t intentionally carry across the country.

Coastal Battery No. 922
In Soviet times, a battery of the Vladivostok coastal defense sector No. 922 was placed at its position (designed for four 152-mm Kane guns, later replaced with four 130-mm B-13 guns - these are exactly the guns in the photo).

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