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Kronshtadt / St. Petersburg Environs / Petersburg CITY / Guide to St. Petersburg, Russia
A small city, NW European Russia, on the small island of Kotlin in the Gulf of Finland, c.15 mi (20 km) from Saint Petersburg. It is one of the chief naval bases for the Russian Baltic fleet. The harbor is icebound for several months each year. It was founded (1703) by Peter I as a port and a fortre...
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Kronshtadt - Encyclopedia.com
. It is one of the chief naval bases for the Russian Baltic fleet. The harbor is icebound for several months each year. It was founded (1703) by Peter I as a port and a fortress to protect the site of St. Petersburg, and it was the commercial harbor of St. Petersburg until the 1880s. The port lost i...
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Kronshtadt -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
naval port, Leningrad oblast (region), northwestern Russia. It lies on Kotlin Island near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Peter I (the Great) captured the island from the Swedes in 1703 and constructed a fort and docks—then called Kronslot—to protect the approaches to St. Petersburg. Unti...
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for several months each year. It was founded (1703) by Peter I as a port and a fortress to protect the site of St. Petersburg, and it was the commercial harbor of St. Petersburg until the 1880s. The port lost its commercial value after the development of St. Petersburg. The visit (1891) of a French ...
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The island Kotlin was known from ancient times, but its modern history began since autumn of 1703, when under the command of Peter I on a small island-swept to the south from Kotlin the fort Kronshlot was founded. This fort blocked for the potential enemy a main waterway let to a mouth of Neva, wher...
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City of Kronshtadt
Pronounced As: Kronshtadt , city, NW European Russia, on the small island of Kotlin in the Gulf of Finland, c.15 mi (20 km) from Saint Petersburg. It is one of the chief naval bases for the Russian Baltic fleet. The harbor is icebound for several months each year. It was founded (1703) by Peter I as...
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