Fortification. The city is a fortress.

In ancient times, danger caused People surround their cities with high and strong walls. Here's the story. Königsberg is the history of the city behind the walls. In the thirteenth century. was erected a fortified order fortress, in the XVII century built a defensive rampart, surrounded by a dense The whole future Koenigsberg was completely rebuilt in brick and stone in the XIX century. Gate, tower, bastion, Many of which have survived to this day, embodied the experience of the best European countries. Fortification schools. Red burnt The brick – a symbol of the Order of Prussia – makes modern Kaliningrad special in relation to Russian cities. Despite the upheavals that brought XX. Today we can talk about a single ring of defensive structures that have no analogues in Russia.

You will see the preserved part of the fortress city wall of the XIX century, which includes: gates, towers, barracks, bastions, etc., as well as a visit to the fort, which will create a complete impression of the city - the fortress.

The Baltic Fleet Museum was founded in Baltiysk in 1957 and opened to the public on 23 February 1959. Three years later, the museum was transferred to Tallinn to the main base of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, where its further development took place over the next thirty years. In 1992, during the withdrawal of the fleet from the Baltic States, the command of the Baltic Fleet decided to relocate the museum to Baltiysk. Currently, the Navy Museum is located in a building built in 1903, which until 1945 housed the judicial authorities of Pillau. The museum funds number more than 20,000 exhibits: photos, documents, awards, models of ships, weapons, works of fine art, uniforms. Among the unique exhibits: the helm of the Imperial yacht "Polar Star", the office of Vice-Admiral S.O. Makarov, ship models, documents and belongings of the best naval commanders of the Baltic Fleet, boarding and firearms, breastplates