vladivostok fortress

This fortress is surrounded whole the city. Unique construction. But difficult to visit it without a guide. Therefore, going to the little piece that possible for see.

First off, ignore the Lonely Planet Directions, they are as good as always or in other words WRONG! YOu enter through the steps by the Oceanarium on the seashore/Naberezhnaya...Its a bit expensive 200 rub for adults, discounts only for pensioners and kids. But it has a lot of cool tanks and guns and gun turrets and old bombs. The museum inside is cool if you want to know more about history of Vladivostok fortresses. Signs are in both English and Russian.

WW I type of fortress in the center of town near the stadium, aquarium and the main beach/seaside area. Most of the exhibits are in the open so hope for good weather. The ticket is cheap is you ask me. First of all you've got a lot of coastal batteries which can be seen from all sides and even accessed from the back. Guns pointing to the bay with the city in the background is a very nice photo. Then you have a whole lot of different WW 2 soviet guns arrayed in the courtyard and the beautiful thing is you can touch and move most of them! Or at least I did... and everyone else who was there at the time. I've seen a lot of anti air artillery and guns but never have I moved it the olden way with turning the wheel! I spent quite some time playing with different pieces of military hardware and making first person movies while rotating the turrets so this is a big plus for this museum in my eyes (so will everyone whole likes these things). In the inside of the fortress you have exhibitions about the fort itself with some items from the old WW 1 times like bricks and old Nestle commercial ads, dioramas of different forts around Vladivostok and a lot of guns from WW 1 to some modern.Also there's a map with the positions of all the forts in Vladivostok which helped me find the Voroshilov battery on Russky Island which is another MUST SEE in Vladivostok.

Vladivostok fortress— the complex of unique long-term defensive works constructed at the end of XIX — the beginning of the XX century in Vladivostok and its vicinities. Construction of fortress was finished approximately on 2/3, because of the beginning World War I, and afterwards October revolution. On the 400 square kilometer territory, about 130 fortifications, strongholds and shore batteries were placed; they were equipped with 1,400 guns, which, however, fired not a single shot at the enemy. Its mere appearance deterred the enemy at once.Fortress belongs to number of the most powerful seaside fortresses of the world, was created by exclusively Russian military engineers and builders, soldiers, sappers. Still, in 1923, the fortress was no longer deemed a working fortification under the terms of the agreement with Japan, and the fortifications were permanently abandoned. It was only in the early 30s, after the formation of the Marine forces of the Far East, that the fortress came to the defence lines of the Soviet Union once again.Quality and durability of the erected constructions and their subsequent modernization allowed to keep the value within several decades. It served one of the reasons for which the Japanese government didn't decide to enter war on the party of Hitlerite Germany. In 1934, the Voroshilov battery was built on the Russky island, an imposing edifice of Soviet engineer-fortifiers. It took two years of construction to conduct the underground building. Concrete structures for each of the two towers reach an underground depth of 15 meters. The concrete vault of 3.5 meters can withstand a direct hit by bombs weighing a ton. The towers of the battery are connected by an underground passage of more than 200 meters. Huge battery guns weighing 51 tons could be rotated only with the strength of 10 people in the absence of electricity. Until 1997, the Voroshilov battery was a fighting unit of the Russian Armed Forces. Today, it is a branch of the Military Historical Museum of the Russian Pacific Fleet, which is particularly enjoyed today by Vladivostok schoolchildren.

Really small and not much to be seen but ok if you are totally desperate for it.All displays only in Russian. Most of the artillery is targetting local businesses.

An excellent museum with some interesting and quirky exhibits

What is called "Vladivostok fortress", but rather less than 10% of what had been a hundred years ago - is now a very serious need of restoration and other organizations, but now almost unacceptable for tourists!

I felt like a WW2 gunner... If you like WWII stuff, this is the place for you. It's outside so go when there is nice weather....

It is a bit unexpected. The fortress has nothing to do with medieval castles. It is something relatively new, maybe one of the last samples. In fact, the "fortress" consists of plenty of forts scattered around all the territory of Vladivostok, its suburbs and some islands. Naturally, it's impossible to visit all the sites at once, or even in one day. Just a few forts are open for visitors, some sites are still used by navy. Small forts and batteries located in the downtown are well kept by volunteers, others are just torist attractions. Altogether it's definitely worth looking at.

OMG, this is the best fortress ever, there were cannons and i saw an 18th century COMPUTER! best part was did u know that russians really made mahjong i found mahjong on the comuter from 18 century dating over 400 centurys before chinese mahjong. it was amazing they even grow pot there!

Всем рекомендую для посещения данное место,без него не полностью проникаешься Владивостокской атмосферой. Рекомендую к посещению

Владивосток изначально строился не как город, а как чисто военный пост на берегу бухты Золотой Рог. При слове «крепость» возникает картина сплошной стены с зубцами, высоких бастионов, или башен с бойницами. Но ничего этого во Владивостоке нет. 200 лет русские учились у «просвещённых» европейцев как строить крепости. И взяв за основу всё лучшие у них , в итоге превзошли своих учителей. Продумали линию отдельных фортов, расположенных на командных высотах. Форты, будучи изолированными, могли поддерживать друг друга огнем. Противнику каждый форт необходимо было брать в отдельности, и прежде чем несколько из них не были взяты, оборона крепости Владивосток не могла быть прорвана. Кроме того, на выручку осажденного форта в любой момент могла прийти на помощь сухопутная армия, расположенная позади других фортов. Как правило, все постройки одного форта соединялись между собой бетонированными подземными ходами. А артиллерию главного калибра вынесли за пределы форта, который оставался лишь пехотным опорным пунктом. Благодаря этому огонь осадной артиллерии противника рассредоточивался по многим целям, что вело к уменьшению его эффективности.К 1916 году крепость включала в себя систему различных оборонительных сооружений и развитую инфраструктуру, что позволяло выдерживать осаду намного превосходящих морских и сухопутных сил противника. Путешествуя по Владивостокской крепости загляните в музей. Он расположен в самом центре города на Безымянной сопке. С территории музея открывается чудесный вид на Амурский залив и центральную часть города Владивостока. На территории музея выставлена коллекция орудий, состоявших на вооружении береговой обороны Тихоокеанского флота в 1930-е - 1990-е годы. Смотришь и восхищаешься - за державу НЕ обидно!!!

Владивостокская крепость - лучшая морская крепость в мире начала 20 века. Она в свое время сдерживала возможные атаки со стороны стран Востока и Запада на Россию до тех пор, пока не появились хорошие подводные лодки, которые стали основой боевого сдерживания противника Приморья. Крепость ни разу не участвовала в боях именно из-за своей мощи. Все понимали, что проиграют... Дух истории, воплощенный в камень... Много фрагментов по всем городу Владивостоку, включая остров Русский. Интересный музей в центре в районе ул.Набережной. Если придете, обязательно возьмите экскурсовода. Экскурсия недорогая, и оно того однозначно стоит... Был не раз и еще приду..

Очень красивый вид. Даже не верится что была воина но по крепости с разу можно сказать что город не возьмут так просто.

Отличный вид. Когда стоишь рядом с орудиями и смотришь в море, испытываешь патриотические чувства. Конечно же хочется, чтобы этим местом занялись и сделали его более информативным с точки зрения истории и более ухоженным с точки зрения территории.