Northern Fortress

Flood of 1824

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In the passage of the Nevsky Gate there is a measuring rod and memorial plaques with marks of the maximum water levels of the most significant floods. The biggest flood occurred on November 7 (19), 1824. The water was up to 4.21 m above normal. At the current ground level in Petropavlovka fortress it will be up to my neck...

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