Mikhailovskiy coastal battery (Sevastopol)
Ukraine /
Sevastopol /
Sevastopol /
ulitsa Gromova / vulytsia Hromova
World
/ Ukraine
/ Sevastopol
/ Sevastopol
, 3 km from center (Севастополь)
World / Ukraine / Sevastopol'
museum, fortification, 1840s construction, military museum, object of cultural heritage of regional importance (Russia)
Protect the Sevastopol bay, actively forms a sea facade of Sevastopol. As well as Konstantinovkiy, it is built on a place of the former earthen battery for protection of a bay. The plan of strengthenings of a fortress including Mikhailovskiy batteries, the engineer-colonel K.I.Byurno sent to Sevastopol has developed in 1834. Most likely its project has been added engineer-colonel Felkerzam who since 1843 was engaged in its construction, after it the engineer-colonel, subsequently the general-lieutenant, Pavlovskiy has replaced. It was under construction of the limestone extracted in stone quarries of the Kilen-beam. In 1846 the basic civil work have been completed. Represents П-shaped by way of the two-story volume consisting of the central case and lateral wings, located to them under a corner in 100 degrees. Length of the battery (fort) of 205 meters (with flanks), thickness of an external wall of 1,8 meters. In a rear part (Gorgi) there was a defensive wall with Row. Internal corners of domestic facades were adjoined by two 3-Circle towers-Barbets with embrasures (one was kept only). On battery plased two kernel-heat ovens have constructed furnaces for 24-pound kernels. A lay-out of internal premises for staff of the battery is Anfilads, adjacent casemates on both circles are connected among themselves by a corridor. Interiors of the battery, despite of significant losses and reorganizations, basically also have nowadays kept the protogenic kind.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°37'40"N 33°31'33"E
- Battery 2 1.1 km
- Konstantinovskaya Battery 1.1 km
- Northern Fort 1.2 km
- Coastal battery 10 2.3 km
- Roman Citadel 3.2 km
- State Museum-Preserve Tauric Chersonesos 3.6 km
- Coastal battery 12 and 13 3.7 km
- 14th battery remnants 4.5 km
- Battery number 15 and number 17 named Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolayevich 5.9 km
- Shelters for military aircraft 8 km
- Shipbuilding Research Institute 0.3 km
- Matyushenko Bay 0.3 km
- Old-Northern bay 0.4 km
- ulitsa Zagordyanskogo / vulytsia Zagordianskoho, 6 0.5 km
- ulitsa Zagordyanskogo / vulytsia Zagordianskoho, 2 0.5 km
- Anchorage № 387 0.5 km
- Radiogorka (Radiohill) 0.6 km
- Konstantinovskaya (Constantine) bay 0.8 km
- North Side 1.8 km
- Sevastopol Bay 2.7 km
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