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Visit to Fort Constantine

The President visited the museum exhibition of the restored Fort Constantine. Before the visit, Mr Putin laid flowers at a monument honouring the memory of the fortress’s defenders.

August 18, 2015
18:30
Sevastopol
Fort Constantine.
Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister and President of the Russian Geographical Society Sergei Shoigu, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov laid flowers at the monument to the fort’s defenders before their visit to Fort Constantine museum exhibition.
Monument honouring defenders of Fort Constantine.
Vladimir Putin laid flowers at the monument honouring defenders of Fort Constantine.
During a visit to museum exhibition of the restored Fort Constantine casemate.
During a visit to museum exhibition of the restored Fort Constantine casemate.
During a visit to museum exhibition of the restored Fort Constantine casemate.
During a visit to museum exhibition of the restored Fort Constantine casemate.
During a visit to museum exhibition of the restored Fort Constantine casemate.
During a visit to museum exhibition of the restored Fort Constantine casemate.
At the Fort Constantine observation deck.

Vladimir Putin viewed the documents on the construction of the fort, old maps of Crimea from the 16th and 18th centuries, and photographs showing various periods in the history of Fort Constantine.

The President also toured the makeshift soldiers’ and officers’ casemates, as well as the part of the exhibition showing the history and work of the Russian Geographical Society. Next, the President went up to the open-air platform of Fort Constantine with a view of the bay and the sea.

Construction of the earthen fort, protecting the entrance into Sevastopol Bay, began in 1778 on Alexander Suvorov’s orders. This fortification was called Fort Constantine. In 1834, a decision was made to build a stone fort in the same location, using that period’s advances in fortification. The fort played an important role during the Crimean War of 1854–1855 and the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945.

See also

Participation in Russian Geographical Society expedition
August 18, 2015
Trip to Crimean Federal District
August 17 − 19, 2015

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Publication date: August 18, 2015, 18:30

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