Shlisselburg

The ancient fortress Oreshek had not only military value. Under Peter I, a “secret house” appeared here - a small building where prisoners were kept. There were only 10 cells in the prison. Two stone buildings of the "new prison" appeared later. The new convict high-security prison is known as the Narodovolcheskaya prison. The name stu...

The ruins of the cathedral destroyed during the defense of Leningrad are preserved on the territory of the Oreshek fortress. After lengthy shelling, fragments of brick walls and the lower tiers of the bell tower remained. Inside the destroyed cathedral there is a monument to the heroic defenders of the fortress. Red brick ruins are part of the comp...

In the vicinity of Saint Petersburg there is an ancient Russian fortress Oreshek. The fortification was named after Orekhov island where it is situated. The fortress was founded in the 16th century by Prince Yuriy Danilovich, a grandson of Alexander Nevsky. For a long time Oreshek served as the major defensive construction on the border with Swede...