Mikhailovsky Battery
Description:
Mikhailovskaya Battery - Situated on the northern side of the Sevastopol bay, the large-scale fortification in Sevastopol city with multitude of loophole windows is clearly seen from the city quay. It is the Mikhailovskaya Battery, one of Sevastopol Fortress's forts that survived until now, called after the name of one of the sons of Russian Emperor, Nikolas I. This object of huge historical importance has become the symbol of the hero city. Today, majestic ravelin's premises are turned into original exhibition hall, whose unique exhibits are devoted to the heroic period of Sevastopol's and Black Sea Navy's history.
Mikhailovsky Battery - built on the North side of the Sevastopol Bay as one of the greatest fortifications on the coast of the city of Sevastopol, a two-tiered fort with towers for guns, preserved to this day. The battery is named after Grand Duke Mikhail Nikolaevich, son of Nicholas I. This object has a major historical defensive significance. Now on the territory of the battery there is a military-historical museum complex Mikhailovsky Battery, exhibits of which are devoted to the naval history of Sevastopol.
