Thirty-fifth battery Photo: Thirty-fifth battery

The construction of the 35th coastal battery in Sevastopol began in 1912 under the Imperial decree, but because of the First world war, the process was interrupted. After coming to power of the Bolsheviks battery decided to finish, were used for those still drawings, which amounted to the Royal engineers. The construction of the battery was doing the best specialists whose skill amazes to this day.

35 coastal battery is a four - storey building, three floors of which are underground. According to historical data, powerful fortification, with an impressive fighting force, enduring no less than three hits a two-ton bombs, three huge sea shells and also protected against the penetration of dangerous toxic substances – solid, liquid, gas and sputtered. The battery can be compared to a small city where there is a boiler room, water supply system, sewer, power, telephone and radio, and underground tanks for water, fuel, oil, workshop, auto fire extinguishing system, the wardroom and the medical unit. The armament of coast batteries – four 305-millimeter gun, with a firing range of 40 km.

The battery played a very important role in the defense of Sevastopol. She, along with 30-second tower battery was a kind of "backbone" system defense artillery fortress. Having shot all the ammunition and firing about 50 practical projectile, by order of the Commandant of the coast defense of the Main black sea fleet base of major-General P. A. Morgunova, 35th coastal battery in the night of 1 to 2 July 1942 was blown up.

During the occupation of the city in the surviving casemates of the battery was equipped command post of the commander of the German seventeenth army General K. Allmendinger and the hospital. In may 1944 the battery was freed.

After the war, the 35th coastal battery was not restored. But despite this, her casemates were used as command post, cellars of ammunition and premises personnel chetyrehjadernoj 130 mm battery No. 723, which was located near the array of the 35th battery.

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