Northern Fortress

Russian orthodox church's ruins

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There are the concrete ruins near to the Finnish positions. There was the Church in the name of Icon of Mother of God. It was built in 1906 by the project of architect A.Fomin. There was the grave of famous Russian writer Leonid Andreev (died in 1919). In 1959 his remains were reburied on the Volkovo cemetery in Leningrad. Breaking burial vault is seen on the foreground.

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