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Peter and Paul Fortress. The fortress was established by Peter the Great on May 16 (Old Style; henceforth "(O.S.)"; May 27 by the Gregorian calendar) 1703 on small Hare Island by the north bank of the Neva river. From around 1720, the fort served as a base for the city garrison and also as a prison for high-ranking or political prisoners.
The Solovetsky Stone is a monument to the victims of political repression in the Soviet Union and to those who have fought and fight for freedom. It stands in Troitskaya (Trinity) Square in Saint Petersburg, near several other buildings directly related to political repression in the Soviet era—the House of Tsarist Political Prisoners; the prison and necropolis of the Peter and Paul Fortress ...
Pushkin, who had fought several duels, managed to rise and shoot at d'Anthès, but only wounded him lightly in the right arm. As he lay on his deathbed, Pushkin sent a message to d'Anthès pardoning him of any wrongdoing. Pushkin died two days later, after which d'Anthès was imprisoned at Peter and Paul Fortress in St. Petersburg.
Peter and Paul Fortress; S. Solovetsky Monastery; Stolobny Island; Sukhanovo Prison; T. Taganka Prison This page was last edited on 27 March 2018, at 15:06 (UTC ...
Pages in category "Prisoners of the Peter and Paul Fortress" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
She was imprisoned in the Peter and Paul Fortress, where she died of tuberculosis that December. She was buried in the graveyard of the fortress. She was buried in the graveyard of the fortress. A popular theory postulated that her death was faked and that she was secretly forced to take the veil under the name Dosifea.
Prison of the Holy Apostles Peter & Paul (Mamertinum) The Mamertine Prison in Rome, with an altar commemorating the imprisonment of Saints Peter and Paul there. The Mamertine Prison (Italian: Carcere Mamertino), in antiquity the Tullianum, was a prison (carcer) with a dungeon located in the Comitium in ancient Rome.
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