• Complex of fortifications of the Roundabout and Middle city.jpg 7,360 × 4,912; 35.82 MB.
  • The first stone fortifications at the site of the Pskov Kremlin, also known as the Pskov Krom...
  • The core of the fortress was an ancient fortification, kremlin, on the triangular elongated nape on the point where the Pskov River empties into the Velikaya River.
  • Комплекс крепостных сооружений Окольного и Среднего города 121.JPG2,592 × 1,944; 1.96 MB.
  • All remaining wooden fortifications were replaced by stone ones and redesigned for using of firearms. Pskov withstood twenty-six major sieges during its long history.
  • The most valuable ancient architectural artifacts of Russia, medieval fortifications, have been preserved in the Pskov region.
  • The Pskov Kremlin, together with the other city’s fortifications, experienced more than a hundred wars and dozens of sieges, but actually, was destroyed only once...
  • Historical landscape with fortifications and Orthodox sights of Pskov Krom. ... Churches and watchtowers of the city fortifications of Pskov, Russia.
  • These were not the only fortification walls of Pskov – the medieval city was surrounded by five rings of defensive walls!
  • Pskov-Pechory Monastery or The Pskovo-Pechersky Dormition Monastery or Pskovo-Pechersky Monastery (Russian: Псково-Печерский Успенский монастырь...
  • Up until the 18th century, Pskov played the role of a fortress city - its ancient fortification buildings were used up until the Great Northern War (1700-1721).
  • It got its name from Prince Dovmont, who ruled Pskov for 33 years. From the 13th to the 18th centuries, the fortifications built here played the role of the...