Castles in Russia
19 entries in the Castles in Russia compendium.
BagrationovskTown near the Polish border, site of the 1807 Battle of Eylau.ChernyakhovskHistoric town in Kaliningrad Oblast, renamed after a Soviet general.DetinetsA historic Russian citadel, older than the term kremlin.Great Gatchina PalaceA palace built for a favourite, later an imperial residence and museum.GvardeyskTown in Kaliningrad Oblast, former Tapiau, with Teutonic castle.Ivangorod FortressA 15th-century fortress on the Narva River border.Kerch Fortress19th-century fortress guarding the Kerch Strait.KrasnolesyeSettlement with imperial hunting lodges and a complex political history.KremlinFortified complex in Moscow, seat of Russian government.Meyendorff CastleA Châteauesque castle near Moscow, now a presidential residence.Nizhny Novgorod KremlinStone fortress built 1500-1515, defended Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow.NyenschantzSwedish fortress that became the site of Saint Petersburg.PolesskRussian town on the Deyma River, site of the 1656 Treaty of Labiau.Priory PalaceA palace built of earth for the Order of St John.Saint Michael's CastleFortified palace built for Paul I, later an engineering school.Schaaken CastleRuined Teutonic castle with medieval origins and modern restoration efforts.ShlisselburgHistoric fortress town at the head of the Neva River.ShlotburgPeter the Great's name for the captured Swedish fortress Nyenschantz.VyborgMedieval fortress town on the Karelian Isthmus with a contested history.
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