Despite the fact that Baltiysk is a very small town, his story has not one century, but the status of a closed military station, which he was over the past five post-war decades, only adds his raisin. And this is besides interesting places associated with military events and the protection of the Western border of Russia.
And, probably, the first thing that seeks to see every tourist who came to Baltiysk is an old Fortress "Pillau" having a form of a peculiar flower and built in the 17th century by order of the Swedish king of Gustav-Adolf II with a defensive goal. By the way, it was 1626 that the moment of the construction of the fortress, or the citadel, is often referred to as the date of the founding of the city. And although it was completed only in the second half of the 17th century, after the transfer of this territory under the authority of Prussia, so far you can hear about Pillau Fortress as a Swedish Citadel ... Each Party of this formidable pentagon (or flower, how it seems Consider it on the map) is about 80 meters and crowned with a powerful bastion. There is a wide ditch around, as if complementing and emphasizing its defensive value. By the way, the fortress always performed military functions, without ceasing to be military facilities for a second. That place it is now. So it is not necessary to count on the inland premises. The first thing you see, approaching its walls - signs with prohibiting passage for inscriptions. But the place is still very atmospheric and terribly interesting.
The same, who is interested in the history of fortification, can be advised to continue the inspection of the fortress with the acquaintance with defensive structures 17 - 19th centuries, stretching on the territory of the city and its nearest surroundings. We are talking about Forte Western (1869) located on the Baltic Spit, Fort East (1889), as well as Fort Stille (1889), which can be found directly within the borders of the Baltiysk. Of all the three most effectively, in my opinion, the fort Western fort, towering right above the shore of the Baltic Sea.
In addition, a non-one gaping hole of dzotov and defensive fortified firepoints, created for additional protection of the country's marine border in the pre-warning of the bay, can be seen along the bay's shore.
Walking along the embankment, you can also pay your attention to monument Dedicated to the soldiers participating in the defense of Pillau (this is exactly the so-called Baltiysk in a pre-war time) and those who died during the protection of the city, as well as a memorial sign in honor of the fighters participating in Pillau storm in 1945.
Interesting attention to themselves attention is also the brick buildings that arrived in the city center. These are the buildings of the present headquarters Baltic Fleet bases who were in their time infantry barracks. Built at the very beginning of the 20th century in a classic German style, they originally served to accommodate the soldiers of the military garrison of Pillau fortress, later - served as warehouses for the German army, the place of preparation of German submariners (during the Second World War), and only after the war became the location of the location Baltic fleet bases.
It is impossible to imagine a military town and without the cathedral. And Baltic is no exception. On the territory of the city you can find Cathedral St. George Sea SoboR The Baltic Fleet opened in 1991 in the building of the former German church, built in the 19th century in a neo-neutic style.
Walking around the city, it is impossible not to pay attention to high Water towers , lonely towering here and there. In total, there are three of them in Baltiysk, were built at the beginning of the 20th century for urban water supply, and the height of the most powerful of them is 32 meters, making it a very noticeable and rather notable urban construction.
Among other unusual and memorable attractions that can be found within the port of Baltiysk and its embankment - Big lighthouse , towering over concrete pavement and water stroke. He appeared in the city in early 19th century (it was built between 1813 and 1816), and today is the most Western Lighthouse in Russia.
The present symbol and even, can be said, the Baltic Wool is Sculpture of a woman with a child standing on the banks of the Kaliningrad Bay and personifying the joy of the family, waiting for her husband and father from swimming.
Figure also uses no less popular Peter I. Standing on the shore of the Strait, not far from the place of departure of ferries to the Baltic Spit. How was Peter I in Baltiysk? The fact is that the Russian emperor already visited Pillau three times, lovingly calling him "My Little Amsterdam" and the feeding of a special weakness to this Western defensive point of the Great Empire. The monument itself appeared in the city in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Baltic Fleet, and today it is one of the most beloved places to appoint meetings from citizens and guests of the city.
The same of the most majestic and notable monuments of Baltiysk, no doubt, is equestrian Monument to Empress Elizabeth Petrovna created in 2004 and installed on the northern Mall of Baltiysk.
Approaching the extreme point of the waterfront, it is impossible not to love the majestic figure of the Empress, towering on many meters over the shore of the sea and peering from the height of its growth somewhere in the distance ...
But it is not necessary to think that the sights of Baltiysk are extremely limited to the structures associated with the defense history of the city or military actions. Among the most vintage architectural monuments, which can be found on the ground of the Baltiysk (or more specifically, on the territory of the village of Pavlovo) - Ruins of Knights Lochstyt castle built in the 13th century to protect land from the enemy. Later, an amber administration was placed in it - administering amber mining at the surrounding lands. In addition, it was in his walls that the so-called "amber room" was located outside of Prussia - a room in which the largest and valuable pieces of amber were stored and stored. And although only a part of the external wall and several underground structures came to this day, this, from my point of view, one of the most mysterious and impressive places of the city.