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Kyminlinna Fortress, Kotka
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Kyminlinna Fortress, Kotka
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Kyminlinna Fortress, Kotka
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Kyminlinna Fortress, Kotka
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Kyminlinna Fortress, Kotka
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Kyminlinna Fortress, Kotka

Крепость Кюминлинна (Кюменьгород)
FinlandКотка1803–1808Military sites
A fortress in the north of Hovinsaari island in Kotka, part of the South-Eastern Finland fortification system built by Russia after the war of 1788–1790. The first bastion fort of 1791–1795 was built under the supervision of Alexander Suvorov; in 1803–1808 it was replaced by a caponier fortress six times larger, designed by General Jan Pieter van Suchtelen. The area was part of the Russian Empire when built and passed to Finland after 1917; the Finnish Defence Forces used the fortress from 1939 to 2005.
Крепость на севере острова Ховинсаари в Котке, часть системы укреплений Юго-Восточной Финляндии, созданной Россией после войны 1788–1790 годов. Первое бастионное укрепление 1791–1795 годов строилось под руководством А. В. Суворова; в 1803–1808 годах его заменила в шесть раз большая капонирная крепость по проекту генерала П. К. Сухтелена. Территория в момент постройки входила в состав Российской империи и отошла к Финляндии после 1917 года; в 1939–2005 годах крепость использовали Силы обороны Финляндии.

Property abroad

EraRussian Empire
FunctionFort, settlement
Present ownerCity of Kotka
Acquisitionbuilt, 1803
StatusSold, transferred or lost
As of2025-05
According to Yle (May 2025), Kotka city council decided to buy the fortress area from the state company Senate Properties for one euro, with restoration to follow.

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