Project
“Guardians of the Kronstadt Reef: From Peter the Great to the Present Day”
Category
Best Implemented Project of Temporary or Permanent Museum Exposition
About the project (provided by the applicant)
After 8 years of dedicated work and with the support of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, the renewed exhibition was opened, covering the key stages of the 300-year history of the Russian fort — from the era of Peter the Great to the present day. The exhibition occupies 7 casemates of the barracks for lower ranks. It presents authentic items from the 16th–20th centuries: weapons, engravings, books, personal belongings of the fort’s officers and soldiers, ship and aircraft models, reconstructed uniforms, and more.
Interactive installations with unique chronicles in authentic interiors highlight lesser-known pages of local history:
– Peter the Great era — construction of the first fortifications on the western tip of Kotlin Island;
– late 19th century — the role of experimental structures on the reef in the development of Russian concrete fortifications;
– early 20th century — construction of the powerful fort, its armament, life of builders and garrison;
– Civil War — events of 1919 and the Kronstadt Rebellion of 1921;
– World War II — the heroic role of Fort “Komsomolsky” (Reef) in the defense of besieged Leningrad.
Location
74a Kronstadtskoye Hwy, Kronstadt, St. Petersburg, Russia
Project implementation year
2025
Project website
http://www.fortreef.ru
Extra visual materials
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/n1fiJRM9t-rBSQ
https://disk.yandex.ru/d/OeNqPN8X2IX1lQ
Applicant
ANO “New Life of Forts”
ANO “New Life of Forts” was founded by LLC “NAF,” the tenant of the cultural heritage site “Fort Coastal Reef.”
Authors of the project
Kirill Korobov, Stanislav Vorobyev, Olga Beyder
Photo
A. Mashkov
Customer
LLC “NAF”
Other participants
LLC “F-Design” — showcase manufacturing
Alexey Almakaev — ship models
Alexey Makeev — restoration of barrack bunks
“Kuznitsa Tor” — restoration of a historic stove damper, window, and Ericsson cabinet
Status of the project
Implemented
