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      🏛 Earth Fortress — Osinovets Redoubt

      Голицынская ул., Осиновая Роща

      A star-shaped earthwork built in the Russo-Swedish War of 1788–1790.

      • The redoubt is a star fort: a five-pointed star also surrounded by a ten-rayed rampart with a ditch.
      • According to 1997 measurements, the ramparts run about 650 m around the perimeter and rise 6.5 m.
      • The date of construction is disputed: the accepted version is 1789 on Catherine II's orders, but no construction documents have been found.
      • On Schubert's map of 1840 the fortification is labelled "Osinova Roshcha Fortress".
      • Catherine II gave the Osinovaya Roshcha manor to Potemkin in 1777; after his death in 1791 it passed to the treasury.

      Part of these routes

      • Levashovo and Osinovaya Roshcha: the wasteland, Fabergé and a redoubt
      • Fabergé's Dacha, Osinovaya Roshcha and a Star Redoubt

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