Drone footage filmed in Saint Petersburg, Saturday, shows a naval fortress named after Russian Emperor Alexander I, which has been abandoned for more than 30 years. The naval construction, which used to fortify the Kronstadt Fortress in the middle of the 19th century, was built between 1838 and 1845 on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland, near St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. During the Crimean War (1853-1856) the fort guarded the base of the Imperial Russian Navy in Kronstadt against the Royal Navy and French fleets, which attempted to enter the Baltic Sea. However, the Alexander Fort has never been involved in hostilities and lost its military value in the 1860s. It was used as a warehouse for mines and ammunition and was expelled from the military register of fortresses in 1896. Video ID: 20160611-018 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://ift.tt/1jV9FB4 LiveLeak: http://ift.tt/1jV9FRi Vine: https://vine.co/Ruptly Instagram: http://ift.tt/Os9WkK YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/RuptlyTV DailyMotion: http://ift.tt/1oNS9DV
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