Constantine battery

Konstantinovsky battery - fortification in Nikolaev since the Crimean War. It`s a long artificial spit at the end of which is an island. Located in an area. Small Koreniha on the banks of the Bug estuary. He was lined up in 1855 by the famous military architect Eduard Totleben. Designed by architect dam reaches almost half the waters of the Bug estuary, built at the end of the island to the strengthening - Flagstaff. The building is lined with stones and protected by ramparts. Located on the island together with the artillery guns on the other side of the estuary covered the crossfire of a narrow passage for ships.

Construction of the battery lasted for about 4 months. In the creation of strengthening the active involvement of not only the soldiers, but also the residents of the city. In total there were about 10 thousand. Man. His name was in honor of the battery in Constantine, the son of Emperor Alexander II.

An interesting fact is that in the battles of the dam did not participate and was abandoned a few months after the end of the Crimean War. Today it is one of the main objects of military tourism in Nikolaev.