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      Kronstadt: Naval Cathedral and Fort Island

      ⏱ 5 h 30 min🚶 5 km🍽 1📍 4 stops
      🚶 Moderate — 3–7 km

      A fortress town: a majestic cathedral and a new park on the shore of the bay.

      👶 With kids🏛 History and architecture✨ New places🚆 Out of town
      👶 3–6, 7–12, 13+ years · ✓ stroller-friendly

      “Island of Forts” has wide asphalt alleys. Get to Kronstadt by bus or taxi. The Naval Cathedral has steps at the entrance.

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        🏛 Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
        Якорная пл., Кронштадт
        A huge Neo-Byzantine church with a dome and a marble floor decorated with naval motifs.
        Bus 101 from Staraya Derevnya metro to Kronstadt (~50–60 min, every 10–25 minutes in the daytime; there is also an express, 101E). The Meteor hydrofoils no longer run to Kronstadt in October. The Navy’s main church
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        Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
        © Никонико962 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Kronstadt Naval Cathedral
        © MBH · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • It is the last and largest of the Russian Empire's naval cathedrals, a memorial to all sailors lost at sea.
        • It was built on Anchor Square, where old anchors used to be stored; Vasily Kosyakov's design was approved in 1901.
        • The dome was calculated to be tall enough to serve as a landmark from the sea.
        • The cathedral was consecrated on 10 (23) June 1913 in the presence of the emperor; construction cost 1,876,000 roubles.
        • In 1930 the bells and crosses were thrown down and the building became the Gorky cinema — known locally as "Maksimka".
        • The restoration, finished in 2013, kept the trace of an unexploded German bomb that had pierced the dome.
        • The first liturgy in 75 years was held here on 19 December 2005; since 2013 it has been the main church of the Russian Navy.
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        🌳 Petrovsky Park and the Italian Pond
        Кронштадт
        A mid-19th-century square with a monument to Peter I by the harbour; nearby is the Italian Pond from Peter's era.
        The monument to Peter and a view of the harbour
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        Petrovsky Park and the Italian Pond
        © A-Z.Anisimov · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Petrovsky Park and the Italian Pond
        © Blindpew100 · CC BY-SA 4.0
        Petrovsky Park and the Italian Pond
        © Kemal KOZBAEV · CC BY-SA 4.0
        • The park grew on the site of the 1752 Arsenal Square, where parades and reviews were held.
        • Governor Bellingshausen, appointed in 1839, began landscaping at his own expense; the formal park was laid out from 1859.
        • The monument to Peter I was cast in 1841 by Peter Clodt from a model by Théodore Jacques.
        • All pre-revolutionary Russian round-the-world voyages began from the Winter Pier by the park.
        • The pier holds the anchors of the boats that landed the Peterhof assault force on 5 October 1941.
        • In Soviet times the park was called Freedom Park.
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        ✨ Fort Island Park
        Кронштадт
        🎟 partly ticketed · the park is free, the Naval Glory Museum requires a ticket
        A park on Kotlin Island: lighthouses, the Naval Glory Museum, playgrounds.
        Lighthouses and the Navy museum
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        Fort Island Park
        © Sergey A. Demidov · CC BY 4.0
        Fort Island Park
        © Sergey A. Demidov · CC BY 4.0
        Fort Island Park
        © Sergey A. Demidov · CC BY 4.0
        • The park opened in 2020: officially on Navy Day, 26 July, and to visitors on 8 August.
        • The complex covers more than 100 hectares around the Cabotage Harbour.
        • The names on the Alley of Fleet Heroes were chosen by a nationwide public vote.
        • The main exhibit of the Naval Glory Museum (opened in 2023) is K-3 Leninsky Komsomol, the first Soviet nuclear submarine.
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        ☕️ Teremok on the Island of Forts
        Кронштадт, парк «Остров фортов», у Цитадельского ш., 14
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        Lunch in the park. Back by bus 101/101E to Staraya Derevnya metro (about an hour), running until late in the evening; check the interval on Yandex Schedules
        🍴 A Teremok blini kiosk in the Island of Forts park: blini and soups. What to order: blini, the soup of the day.

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