Askold Island, The Island of Abandoned On the Sea of Japan

Askold is a small island located in the Sea of Japan. Formerly it was attacked in broad war. The war started because the goldfields are located on the island. Local cemetery who has turned into a jungle now quite hides many mysteries on the island.

 

In 1892 the Headquarters of Vladivostok Fortress creates a permanent observation post on the island. It connects with the central office with the help of the telegraph lines. But the main task of Askold department is to oversee the Japanese who tried to build a mine field in front of the headquarters of the Bosporus. Also, Askold Island formerly known as axis deer breeding.

 

The island is visible from all over. If you look at a map of the ocean resembles the shape of a horseshoe. View of the sea which can not but admire the majesty and mystery. The weather is unpredictable. Bright sky might turn into a gray and rainy in the twinkle of the eye.

The beautiful island used to be the place for breeding deer, building pretty lighthouses, artillery fortifications to protect Peter The Great gulfs, deploying missiles… But then it was abandoned…
A rotten pier, devoured by the time…
Lots of various metal rubbish can cover the whole coast.
Somebody was trying their hardest to get all the fuel out of this barrel.
The weather changes suddenly: the sun, rain and fog change one another constantly.
7 pillboxes were constructed to protect the island from the landing forces. But it seemed unlikely as all the water space was under the protection of the Voroshilovskaya Battery. The luminescent navigational signs are installed in the northern part of the island.
Also, there is an artillery battery number 26 consisting of the two MB-2-12 plants. Its construction started on July, 13 in 1936 and it was being tested until 1991. It is really huge.
This 180-mm battery number 26 consisted of two concrete tower blocks, a power station, a command post, land defense constructions and barracks.
The distance between the tower blocks was 169 meters. The command post and the power station were situated in the different blocks. AÂ revolving armoured deckhouse was located in another block, but still it was connected with the command post.
The range finder is still in a good state.
The guns of the 26th battery could fire the 97 kg shell to a distance of 37 km.
Fireworks launched by the guns
These used to be the shelters.
Lots of technical equipment
Unique lighthouses
This one built in the Soviet times is still working. You can easily get there down the stairs.
This one has been functioning since 1950.
As for the older lighthouse, you can only get there by boat as the bridge disappeared.
A long way up
Stairs leading to the oldest lighthouse, built in 1881
There it is.