Marienburg
The nice cottage place to the north-west of Gatchina was named after the wife of prince Pavel Petrovitch (emperor Pavel I) princess Maria Pheodorovna. There were one-two caserns and mill at first. Then after the construction of rail-way to S.Petersburg in 1870 it became the popular summer cottage place. Nowadays this is the suburb of Gatchina city nicknamed as "Madrid". This name has it's origin in 1942-43, when the 250-th Spanish Blue Division fought here. Their soldiers nicknamed local points for geographical points from Spain.
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Land forts and fortress:
Bip Castle Gatchina Ivangorod Izborsk Kexholm Kirillov Monastery Koporye Novgorod Pechorskiy Monastery Peter&Paul Fortress Porkhov Pskov Schlisselburg Staraya Ladoga Tikhvin Vyborg Hameenlinna Hamina Kastelholm Kymenlinna Lappaenranta Raseborg Castle Savonlinna Tavetti Turku Visby Fredrikstadt Fredriksten Hegra Fort Hoytorp Fort Arensburg Narva Tallinn Antipatris Caesarea Jerusalem Latrun Fort Masada
Sea forts and fortresses:
Alexander Fort Ino Fort Krasnaya Gorka Fort Kronstadt: Kotlin isl. Kronstadt: North Forts Kronstadt: South Forts Trongsund Hanko Svartholm Sveaborg Marstrand Siaro Fort Vaxholm Oscarsborg
Artillery batteries and individual guns:
Coastal Artillery Hemso Fort
Fortified areas and defensive lines:
Karelian Fortified Area (KaUR) KrUR Leningrad Mannerheim Line Nevsky Bridgehead VT Line Harparskog Line Salpa Line Gothland
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