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Fortifications and barracks on the island of Utö

Укрепления и казарма на острове Утё

FinlandПарайнен (остров Утё)1914–1916Military sites

Coastal fortifications erected in 1914–1916 on the island of Utö at the entrance to the Archipelago Sea to protect the sea route to Petrograd; Finland was then part of the Russian Empire. Temporary positions were later replaced by stone and concrete casemates and gun emplacements; a cobbled road and a narrow-gauge railway were laid across the island, a pier about a hundred metres long was built in the harbour, and a barracks, a wash-house and an ammunition store in the village. After 1917 the works were used by the Finnish coastal defence. The garrison was disbanded at the turn of 2005 and 2006 and the buildings passed out of state ownership.

Береговые укрепления, возведённые в 1914–1916 годах на острове Утё у входа в Архипелаговое море для прикрытия морского пути к Петрограду; Финляндия тогда входила в состав Российской империи. Временные позиции позднее заменили каменными и бетонными казематами и артиллерийскими позициями; через остров проложили булыжную дорогу и узкоколейку, в гавани построили причал длиной около ста метров, а в посёлке — казарму, прачечную и склад боеприпасов. После 1917 года укрепления использовала финская береговая оборона. Гарнизон упразднён на рубеже 2005 и 2006 годов, постройки вышли из государственной собственности.

Property abroad

EraRussian Empire

FunctionFort, settlement

Present ownerNon-state owners in Finland (after 2006)

Acquisitionbuilt, 1914

StatusSold, transferred or lost

As of2009-12

After 1917 the fortifications passed to Finland; according to the RKY inventory approved in December 2009, the Utö garrison was disbanded at the turn of 2005 and 2006 and the buildings passed out of state ownership.