Krepost Sveaborg
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The Krepost Sveaborg was an Imperial Russian system of land and coastal fortifications constructed around Helsinki during the First World War. The purpose of the fortress was to provide a secure naval base for the Russian Baltic fleet and to protect Helsinki and block routes to Saint Petersburg from a possible German invasion. Krepost Sveaborg was part of Peter the Great's Naval Fortress, a coastal fortification system protecting access to Saint Petersburg by sea. The central part of Krepost Sveaborg was the old fortress of Sveaborg where the fortress headquarters were located. Due to technological advances in artillery the old fortress was no longer capable of providing a sufficient protection, and a new main defensive line was built well beyond the old fortress boundaries. New coastal artillery guns built on outlying islands protected Krepost Sveaborg from the sea, while fortified lines constructed around Helsinki were intended to stop any attacks on land. The primary coastal guns were 10 in (254 mm) model 1891 guns and 6 in (152 mm) model 1892 Canet guns. Older 11 in (279 mm) model 1877 guns were also used. In summer 1917 the fortress had two hundred coastal or anti-landing guns, of which 24 were 10-inch guns in six batteries, 16 were 6-inch Canet guns in four batteries and twelve were 11-inch guns in three batteries. The artillery used in land fortifications included older coastal guns, old fixed carriage guns and newer light field guns. In March 1917, Krepost Sveaborg had a total of 463 guns, although many of them were obsolescent. Krepost Sveaborg was still partly incomplete in 1917 when the February Revolution halted most of the construction work. Some further construction work was carried out during the remaining year, but all work halted during the October Revolution. Following the Finnish Declaration of Independence, parts of the land fortifications were used in the Finnish Civil War. The coastal fortifications were later taken over by Finland to protect Helsinki, while the land fortifications were mostly abandoned and disarmed.
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Location: 60.14, 24.98, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
27 places
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bombing of Helsinki in Winter War ⓘ
bombing of Helsinki by the Soviets in 1939-40 -
Battle of Helsinki ⓘ
1713 battle during the Great Northern War -
Siege of Sveaborg ⓘ
1808 battle of the Finnish War -
Battle of Suomenlinna ⓘ
1855 battle of the Crimean War -
Sveaborg Rebellion ⓘ
1906 Russian military mutiny -
Battle of Tikkurila ⓘ
1918 battle in the Finnish Civil War -
Battle of Helsinki ⓘ
1918 Civil War Battle -
bombing of Helsinki in Continuation War ⓘ
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Kuivasaari ⓘ
island in Helsinki, Finland -
24 warehouse shelters ⓘ
buildings on Vallisaari, Helsinki -
Alexander Battery ⓘ
building on a Vallisaari island, Helsinki -
Battery 1 ⓘ
building on Vallisaari, Helsinki -
warehouse shelters ⓘ
buildings on Vallisaari, Helsinki -
Suomenlinna B 26a ⓘ
building in Suomenlinna -
cavern luola, 1900 (5) ⓘ
Area on a kuninkaansaari island in Helsinki -
protective structure, originally a casemate for a kerosene engine, 1937 ⓘ
building on Kuninkaansaari, Helsinki -
Ruoholahti air-raid shelter ⓘ
air-raid shelter and tunnel in Helsinki, Finland -
Itäkeskus swimming hall ⓘ
underground swimming center in Helsinki, Finland -
Crownwork Ehrensvärd ⓘ
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Isosaari Fortress ⓘ
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Krepost Sveaborg ⓘ
Russian fortifications in World War I -
Ulricasborg ⓘ
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Suomenlinna ⓘ
sea fortress by Helsinki, Finland -
Bastion, caponier and cavalier Hamilton ⓘ
Bastion Hamilton in Susisaari, Suomenlinna, Finland -
Military Museum of Finland ⓘ
military museum in Helsinki, Finland -
Vesikko ⓘ
Finnish submarine museum ship -
Anti-Aircraft Museum ⓘ
anti-aircraft defence museum in Tuusula, Finland
Свеаборг Айвазовский
Sveaborg fort
The survey vessel H.M.S. Merlin narrowly escaping destruction by two Russian mines off Sveaborg early in August 1855 by John Wilson Carmichael
The French Mortar Battery before Sveaborg - ILN 1855
Ivan Aivazovsky - Sveaborg
The Bombardment of Sveaborg. Officers on the Island of Tona Miola - ILN-1856-0105-0021
Admiral Dundas, in the 'Merlin,' surveying Sveaborg, explosion of infernal machines, sketched by J. W. Carmichael - ILN 1855
The Bombardment of Sveaborg, sketched by J. W. Carmichael - ILN-1856-0105-0021
The bombardment of Sveaborg. French gun-boats going to the battery with shots and shell - ILN 1855
The Bombardment of Sveaborg, burning of the 60 Gun-Boat Sheds, sketched from an Opposite Rock - ILN 1855| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| class | watercraft | Iosif Stalin-class passenger ship | passenger vessel, ship | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | bombing of Helsinki in Winter War | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 1713 | Battle of Helsinki | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1808 | Siege of Sveaborg | siege, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1855 | Battle of Suomenlinna | Second French Empire, battle, Russian Empire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1906 | Sveaborg Rebellion | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Tikkurila | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Helsinki | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1941 | bombing of Helsinki in Continuation War | aerial bombing of a city | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | Königin Luise | motor ship | Wikidata | |
| organisation | arms industry | 1997 | Patria | business, enterprise, arms industry | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1951 | Valmet | enterprise, shipyard, shipbuilding, business, metal industry | Wikidata |
| organisation | shipbuilding | 1952 | Rauma-Repola | wood industry, metal industry, shipbuilding, business, enterprise | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | Kuivasaari | artillery battery, island | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 24 warehouse shelters | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Alexander Battery | battery, barracks, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Battery 1 | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | warehouse shelters | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | 1897 | Suomenlinna B 26a | architectural structure, bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1900 | cavern luola, 1900 (5) | bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1937 | protective structure, originally a casemate for a kerosene engine, 1937 | bunker | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1978 | Ruoholahti air-raid shelter | Alko, air-raid shelter, tunnel | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | 1993 | Itäkeskus swimming hall | underground structure, swimming center, bunker | Wikidata |
| site | fort | Crownwork Ehrensvärd | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Isosaari Fortress | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Krepost Sveaborg | fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1747 | Ulricasborg | fort | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1748 | Suomenlinna | Ehrensvärd Society, fortress island, sea fort, fortress | Wikidata |
| site | fort | 1753 | Bastion, caponier and cavalier Hamilton | star fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1929 | Military Museum of Finland | specialised museum in Finland, military museum | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1936 | Vesikko | preserved watercraft, museum ship, submarine | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1967 | Anti-Aircraft Museum | specialised museum in Finland, military museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Свеаборг Айвазовский | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Sveaborg fort | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The survey vessel H.M.S. Merlin narrowly escaping destruction by two Russian mines off Sveaborg early in August 1855 by John Wilson Carmichael | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The French Mortar Battery before Sveaborg - ILN 1855 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Ivan Aivazovsky - Sveaborg | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Bombardment of Sveaborg. Officers on the Island of Tona Miola - ILN-1856-0105-0021 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Admiral Dundas, in the 'Merlin,' surveying Sveaborg, explosion of infernal machines, sketched by J. W. Carmichael - ILN 1855 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Bombardment of Sveaborg, sketched by J. W. Carmichael - ILN-1856-0105-0021 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The bombardment of Sveaborg. French gun-boats going to the battery with shots and shell - ILN 1855 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Bombardment of Sveaborg, burning of the 60 Gun-Boat Sheds, sketched from an Opposite Rock - ILN 1855 | Commons | ||
