Kiev Fortress

Kiev Fortress
Київська фортеця

Location	24a Hospitalna Street Kiev Ukraine
Public transit access	Klovska station, Palats Sportu station ( Syretsko-Pecherska Line); trolleybus

The Kiev Fortress (Ukrainian: Київська фортеця; Kyivs'ka fortetsia; Russian: Киевская крепость; Kievskaya krepost' ), also known as the Pechersk Fortress, is a generic name for the 19th century fortification buildings situated in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, that once belonged to the system of western Russian fortresses. These structures (once a united complex) were built in the Pechersk and neighbourhoods by the Russian Imperial army. Now some of the buildings are restored and turned into a museum called the Kiev Fortress, while others are in use by various military and commercial installations.

Having lost their military importance in the 20th century, the buildings continued to be used as barracks, storage and incarceration facilities. Some of them played independent historical roles. The Kosyi Caponier ("Skew Caponier") became a prison for the political inmates in the 1900s–1920s and was later turned into a Soviet museum. Now it is the center of the modern museum. A small fortress built in 1872 on the legendary Lysa Hora ("Bald Mountain") in 1906 became a place of executions for convicted political inmates. It is now a landscape reserve and part of the museum complex.

Notable individuals who served at the fortress

Constantine Ypsilantis - served as a commandant of the Pechersk Fortress between 1807 and 1816.

Kiev Fortress Museum

Within the Kiev Fortress is the Kyiv Fortress Museum,or Kyivska Fortetsya. It is semi-underground. The museum is housed in a 19th-century building,which was formerly a wing of the fortress.^[1]

Kiev fortress

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Gallery

Main gate to the Hospital fort
View from the Main gate of the Hospital fort
Cannons on the wall of the Hospital fort
The Main gate and the wall to the Hospital fort (view from the East)
The Main gate and the wall to the Hospital fort (view from the West)
Skew Caponier

References

↑ "Kiev Fortress Museum - Unique Semi-Underground Museum". NewMedia Holdings, Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

Coordinates: 50°26′4″N 30°31′40″E / 50.43444°N 30.52778°E / 50.43444; 30.52778

Museums in Kiev, Ukraine

Art museums and galleries	Ivan Honchar Museum Museum of Russian Art in Kiev Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema Arts of Ukraine Museum of Ukrainian folk art Museum of Western and Oriental Art National Art Museum of Ukraine PinchukArtCentre

History	Kiev Archive Museum of Transitional Period Museum of Ukrainian Revolution (1917-1921) Memorial in Commemoration of Famines' Victims in Ukraine Museum of The History of Ukraine in World War II Museum of Soviet Occupation National Museum of the History of Ukraine National Museum-Preserve "Battle for Kyiv 1943" Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum

Religion	Kiev Pechersk Lavra St Andrew's Church St Sophia Cathedral St Cyril Church St Nicholas Cathedral

Transportation	Kiev Museum of Electric Transportation Kiev Railway Museum Ukraine State Aviation Museum Kiev Subway Museum

Culture	Golden Gate Kiev Fortress Mamayeva Sloboda Mikhail Bulgakov Museum Museum of Cultural Heritage in Kiev One Street Museum Pyrohiv Savka House

Infrastructure	Pedagogical Museum Kiev Fire Service Museum Kiev Pharmacy Museum Kiev Recycling Museum Kiev Sewer Museum Kiev Toilet History Museum Kiev Water Museum National museum of health care in Kiev

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