Historical, architectural and art museum "Ivangorod fortress"

The museum complex of Ivangorod consists of three objects:
- fortress - a monument of architecture of XV-XVI centuries;
- art gallery;
Museum of military-defensive architecture.
Opening hours of the museum: 10.00 - 18.00, weekends - Monday, Tuesday.

The fortress was built in 1492 on the Narov River (opposite the German fortress of Narva) and named after Ivan III Ivangorod. It became an outpost on the border with Livonia. In 1496, the fortress was repaired and from the east another, much larger fortress was added to it, which later received the name of the Big Boy Town. In 1507, the space around Ivangorod was surrounded by walls and towers, thus creating a “fortress in a fortress”. The last stage of the expansion of the fortress was the construction to the north of the Great Fire Town of the so-called Fore Town at the beginning of the XVII century.
During the Great Patriotic War, most of the towers of the Ivangorod fortress were blown up. Currently, its restoration continues: some towers and walls, St. Nicholas and Uspenskaya churches inside the fortress have been restored. Services are held in temples.


Ivangorod is part of the border zone, and entry into the city is carried out under certain rules established by the legislation of the Russian Federation. If you are a resident of St. Petersburg or Leningrad region, decided to visit Ivangorod for tourist purposes, then you need to have a pass with you. Pass can be issued in Ivangorod at the address: Gagarina, 10b. Schedule of work of the department of passes: 9.00 - 12.00 (Monday to Thursday). Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region can issue a pass in the Regional Border Department of the FSB of Russia and the North-Western Federal District, which is located at St. Petersburg, St. Shpalernaya, 62 (st. m. "Chernyshevskaya").