Prince Menshikov Battery

The "Prince Menshikov" battery in Kronstadt was built from 1843 to 1850 on the site of a former wooden fortification as a four-tiered casemated fortress. Its plan is a rectangle with two annexes on the edges of the rear side, where lifts, bomb magazines, and personnel staircases were located. The facade of the structure was faced with granite slabs, and during construction, concrete vaults on hydraulic lime, sand, and gravel were used for the first time. Before the Great Patriotic War, the battery was used for storing ammunition, and in the post-war years, its two upper closed tiers were completely dismantled.