Unknown persons have caused the inscription on the facade of the coastal battery № XVII («The grand») Vladivostok Fortress, thereby breached its historic character. Foreign inscriptions found in the Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God on the left flank of the unique historical object.
Vladivostok Digger Club sent the appeal to the management of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation seaside with a request to find and punish those responsible. Diggers turn to citizens for fortification leisure facilities Russian island , With a request to immediately report to the police by phone. 24909272490907 on the recorded facts of vandalism at historic sites.
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Coastal battery № XVII («The grand») was built in the period from 1909 to 1913 in the Southern Division of Defense Vladivostok fortress. Position the battery is located on the eastern shore of. Russian. The battery was designed to shore-4 gun with a caliber 254 mm. and had a range of up to 18 km, gun courtyards interconnected podbrustvernoy semi-subterranean gallery of 160 m object has the status of historical and cultural monument of federal importance, the catalog number of monuments of architecture — 2510023165. In Soviet times, the Grand-premises storage batteries were used as anti-aircraft missiles, and 2012 battery was restored on the initiative of the Agency for the Protection and Use of Monuments of History and Culture. In October 2012 in kiotnuyu niche was installed reproduction of Port Arthur Icon of the Mother of God. The battery is a popular place for townspeople, there are guided tours.
