Fortress Leningrad

These pages will be devoted to some defensive structures of the city of St. Petersburg (aka Leningrad), referring mainly to the times of World War II.

Museum of Izhora defence line

The machine-gun bunker or pillbox No. 204 was built in the autumn of 1943 at Izhora defence line in Leningrad city . Since 2013 the bunker houses the museum of the defensive line 'Izhora'. This is the first museum of its kind in St. Petersburg.

Tank turret bunker of 'Izhora' defence line

There is KV-2 (Kliment Voroshilov) tank turret bunker of ADOT-1 type situated at Prospect Slavy in Saint-Petersburg. Here is a digging and research history of the bunker.

The Flagship command post of Baltic Navy or Admiral Tributz bunker

The bunker of the flagship command post of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet, built in 1942 as part of a huge complex of fleet headquarters facilities on the territory of the evacuated electro-technical institute (now LETI). Pictures of 2016 and 2017.

Machine gun bunker No.20

Single-embrasure machine-gun bunker of the Izhora defence line. This is the smallest (and most comfortable) bunker in all the line of the surviving (and museumified) bunkers of Leningrad fortress. Located at Prazhskaya street (St.Petersburg), near building No 35.