On the edge of Victory Park (Mountain street) are some of the seven city gates of Konigsberg, preserved to our days. The name of the gate in translation from German means "the gate for picnics. Appelscha gate has been used since the twenties of the 17th century as a pedestrian.

During the construction of the defensive wall, in 1866 on the site of the old Ouspensky gate was erected a brick building in the Gothic style by the architect Ludwig von Aster. A new gate was located below ground level and actually crashed into the shaft. In relation to the rest of the gate Appelscha was considered less important, so as to miss pedestrians only and had only one pass with the outside. To this day preserved and the stairs are rather narrow bridge over the moat. Powerful brick building on the sides of the aisle - casemates with embrasures flanking and frontal fire. The outer walls were lined with granite slabs and decorated with rustici. Directly above the gate was built combat platform with a notched parapet. On the domestic side bolstering is no information, as it was covered with earth and turned into the shaft tunnel.

In the twentieth century gates were established and assigned to the military Department of the city. During the war defensive structure was converted into a control room units with separate compartments and sealed doors. After the war, the historic structure was used as a bomb shelter near the police school.

In 1993 by Guards Avenue, on the upper floors Ouspensky gate was raised Orthodox chapel of St. George, in memory of Soviet soldiers who died during the storming of Koenigsberg.

In 2007, Appelscha gate was transferred to the Kaliningrad history and art Museum in exposition. Nearby is the monument to 1200 guardsmen and Astronomical Bastion, which with Asfalistiki gate part of the military-historical complex.