Kotlin Island
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Kotlin is a Russian island, located near the head of the Gulf of Finland, 32 kilometres west of Saint Petersburg in the Baltic Sea. Kotlin separates the Neva Bay from the rest of the gulf. The fortifi
Luftwaffe aerial reconnaissance photo of Kotlin Island, 1 June 1942
Beach in west Kotlin Island
Fort Alexander, also Fort Alexander I, or Plague Fort is a sea fort on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland near Kronstadt, one of the sea forts of the Kronstadt Fortress. From 1899 to 1917, th
Kotlin Island
…it from the Swedes in 1703. In March 1921, Kotlin was the site of the Kronstadt rebellion, which resulted in over 11,000 casualties. Off Kronstadt is Fort Alexander, an artificial island that housed a research laboratory on plague and other bacterial diseases, from 1898 to 1917. In general outline, the island forms…
RUS 2016 Aerial SPB Forts of Kronstadt
View of Fort Alexander from Kronstadt
Interior view of Fort Alexander