Kronstadt Admiralty

The Kronstadt Admiralty, located on Anchor Square, was designed by a commission led by Admiral Samuel Greig on the territory near the Petrovsky Dock. Construction began in 1785 after Catherine II approved the General Plan, and after the death of architect Mikhail Vetoshnikov, Vasily Bazhenov took over the work. A Bypass Canal was dug around the complex, the granite lining of which was completed by 1827, and from 1829 to 1830, the construction was supervised by architect I. G. Gomzin. On the territory, by 1797, a rope-spinning factory, a tar works, provision warehouses, a biscuit factory, sheds, and sail-making workshops were erected, and the building of the Artillery Officers' Classes, presumably designed by Charles Cameron, appeared in the early 19th century.