Билеты на метеор в крепость "Орешек" (Шлиссельбург)

Nameless Height

"Nameless height" ("Hill of Glory") - a monument in the Vsevolozhsk district of the Leningrad region. The memorial was built in 1965-1968 (architect L. I. Kopylovsky, sculptors G. D. Yastrebenetsky, V. G. Kozenyuk). The memorial is dedicated to the soldiers-defenders of Leningrad, who participated in the battles at the Ivanovskiye rapids and in breaking the blockade of Leningrad on the Sinyavinsky swamps in January 1943. The slopes of the 20-meter-high artificial hill, similar to a pyramid, are covered with turf; there are observation platforms made in the form of acute-angled ledges, to which stairs lead. There are bronze sculptures on the upper platform, memorial inscriptions are placed on the ledges of the platforms.

Blagoveshchensky cathedral

Simultaneously with the founding of the Oreshek fortress, a graveyard appeared on the left bank of the Neva River, in which, by definition, there was a temple, which was destroyed by subsequent military events. After the fortress was liberated from the Swedes, Peter I ordered the construction of a wooden Orthodox church in it. The opening took place in October 1702. However, soon the Church of the Annunciation fell into disrepair, the wooden structures rotted, and in 1725 the church, which at one time kept the relics of St. Alexander Nevsky, was dismantled. The consecration of the newly built stone church took place on August 8 (19), 1764.

Bolsheokhtinsky bridge

The bridge of Emperor Peter the Great or the Bolsheokhtinsky bridge, is a local cultural monument of St. Petersburg. The bridge was named “Emperor Peter the Great” when it was laid in 1909 on the significant date of the 200th anniversary of the victory of Peter I in the Battle of Poltava. The bridge stretches 335 meters, went through restoration and redevelopment. Now the crossing has a modernist highlight, with which it looks even more fascinating.

Smolny Cathedral

The Smolny Cathedral is located on the left bank of the Neva, in the area of ​​the Smolny Dvor, in the place where the resin was cooked for the manufacture of ships. Built in the Baroque style. The architecture of the ensemble organically combines elements of Old Russian architecture and European architecture. The construction was started by the architect B. Rastrelli in 1748. The height of the cathedral is 93.7 meters, the building can accommodate up to 6,000 people. According to the architect's plan, the tallest five-tiered bell tower in Russia (140 meters) was to be built nearby. But these plans were not destined to come true. Rastrelli died in 1771 without seeing his creation in its final form. The entire monastery complex took 87 years to build, the interior decoration was completed only in 1835.

Prison fortress "Oreshek"

From the beginning of the 18th century, the fortress began to be used as a political prison. The first famous prisoner of the fortress was the sister of Peter I, Maria Alekseevna (1718-1721), and in 1725 Evdokia Lopukhina, his first wife, was imprisoned here. John VI Antonovich, Emperor of the Russian Empire, deposed in infancy by Elizaveta Petrovna, was kept in the Shlisselburg fortress from 1756 and was killed in 1764 during an attempt to free him by Lieutenant V. Ya. Mirovich. The longest term in prison in Shlisselburg (37 years, died in 1868 at the age of 81) was spent by the Pole Valerian Lukasinsky. By 1883, the old prison had been rebuilt with 10 solitary cells and a new two-story building for 40 prisoners was erected.The disciplinary battalion was withdrawn from the fortress, and only political prisoners were kept there. Since 1907 Oreshek served as a central hard labor prison (hard labor central). Reconstruction of old and construction of new buildings began. By 1911, the 4th building was completed - the largest building of the fortress, where 21 general and 27 single cells were arranged. Many famous political prisoners (especially populists and socialist-revolutionaries) and terrorists, as well as many Poles, were kept in the fortress. Some of those sentenced to death were brought to the fortress for execution. So, A. I. Ulyanov (Lenin's brother), who attempted on Alexander III, was executed here.In the 1910s in St. Petersburg, there was a “Group of assistance to political prisoners of Shlisselburg”, which included M. L. Likhtenstadt, A. A. Aristova, A. Ya. Brushtein, E. V. Pozner and others. In 1917, during the February Revolution, the prisoners were released, and the prison buildings were burned down by the workers of the Shlisselburg gunpowder factory.

Monument to the defenders of the fortress "Oreshek"

Monument to the defenders of the Oreshek fortress during the Great Patriotic War in the destroyed St. John's Cathedral. The fortress was badly damaged during the Great Patriotic War. In 1941-1943. for 500 days, a small garrison of soldiers of the 1st division of the NKVD troops and sailors of the 409th marine battery of the Baltic Fleet defended the fortress from German troops who failed to cross to the right bank of the Neva, close the blockade of Leningrad and cut the road of life.

Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist

Church of the Nativity of John the Baptist - a dilapidated temple of the Tikhvin diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, located inside the fortress Oreshek Orekhovy Island of Lake Ladoga; administratively belongs to the city of Shlisselburg, Leningrad Region.
It was erected in 1826-1831 and until 1917 it was a garrison prison temple of the fortress. Destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. Since 2010, the temple has been active and has a rector who from time to time conducts divine services in it. Attempts were made to restore the church, but they were unsuccessful due to the opposition of museum workers and officials.