Nikolai Rogozhev was born and lived in the village for the first twenty years. Then he left for St. Petersburg and worked on an electrician - made alarm and radar stations. But later everything threw and returned home.
In the restructuring in the next village, the big slides of his mother gave a plot of six acres. Nicholas there built a house, a bathhouse, and somehow began to be lacking.
Moved across the road wherethere was an abandoned quarry. And I decided there Nikolai to build a fortress - "Nikolaev funny".
At first he painted everything with her daughter on paper, then he took up the tool. I did everything myself, although I did not know much before. Sometimes friends assistants came, in particularly painful cases - migrant workers.
The building material Nikolai mined right here in his career. The work was hellish. Stones lay open soil. At first he raised them and tuskal manually, then on the slook, children's icy glasses, then a swan. In the end, came to the conclusion that hire a tractor and faster and cheaper.
The fortress Nikolai divided into three zones. Upper - with "extreme" slides.
Average - with a lighthouse and boat. Barcas he dragged out of the rock - In the local club he served the garbage. Here is the "music cuisine", where everyone can play on covers and saucepans.
Well, at the bottom - a concert scene and platforms for throwing an ax and archery.
Watching towers rises around the perimeter. There you can just sit, and play the war to play.
Now Nikolay is building a forge. Again the stones turn around and pulls the earth.
But his main tool is a shovel. Without her - nowhere. Slides for the cheesecakes require constant "updates": where it is necessary to throw snow, and where, on the contrary, scraping. Only then it turns out the perfect slip.
Nikolai does not earn money on the fortress. As he says, only enough for tea, and only.
- Where? After all, the entrance is free, for money only renting your chews. And that's all, "Nikolai says.
This ravine has long been in private property from a private organization, which in the near future is going to start building cottages.
- They say while use. So I use it, as I can, "Rogozes is sad.
In the village of large slides near St. Petersburg, the stone "fun" fortress is towers, where everyone will find entertainment in the shower: here you can go through a real bar of obstacles, shoot from Luke, to become a drummer on the "Musical Kitchen", ride on the cheesecakes with high slides, exercise in throwing The ax or just take a walk on the stone walls. A few years ago, a simple village resident of Nikolai Rogosev was erected this fortress with all the fun. Nikolai tuskal stones tuskal and built the walls of them so that the local population could have the time to spend time. Now in the "Nikolaev fortress", as the construction is called in the people, people are coming out not only from the nearest surroundings, but even from St. Petersburg. Rogozhev is just happy to all guests: the more people, the more fun.
Nikolai Rogozhev grew up in one of the villages in the Leningrad region, and in his youth left to conquer the city: he moved to Petersburg, where he worked as an electrician for a long time. Despite the great possibilities of the urban resident, Nicholas still attracted the countryside, and he decided to return to his native places. Rogozhev settled in a small house in the village of large slides in the Lomonosovsky district, and life began to flow quietly and peacefully.
Next to the site of Nikolai was located an abandoned quarry, which was idle without a case and only spoil the surrounding landscape. Thille thinking, Rogozhev decided to turn the unfavorant terrain to the chief village center: he conceived to build a "fun" fortress with entertainment, which would attract children and adults. Inspired by his idea, Nikolai drawn on the paper the plan of the future stone town, and then set as a business.
Nikolai erected a fortress from stones found in the career. Photo:
The construction of the fortress turned out to be not easy at the first stage of work. Nikolai pulled out a Career of Boulders and Stones and wore them to an improvised construction site. To at least make it easier to relieve your work, Rogozhev thought to transport heavy load on kindergarten, and then I understood: without a tractor could not do. When the materials were finally prepared, the former electrician began to build walls and towers. Although before Nicholas had never had to work tools, the construction of the fortress was in full swing and it turned out that it was impossible to be better: Rohozov helped friends and some locals.
In the fortress a lot of entertainment for every taste. Photo: From the personal archive of Nikolai Rogozhev
Soon in the place where an abandoned ravine was located before, an unusual stone fortress rose. It consists of three parts. On the Lower Floor, Nikolai has established a scene for various events and has been equipped with a forge and a shooting range for the archery and ax. In the central part of the fortress - a musical installation of a saucepan with covers. The site illuminates a small lighthouse, near which a real renovated ship was moored, which previously performed the functions of the garbage. Having climbed to the very top, everyone can ride with high slides or overcome the bar of obstacles - to move to the other end of the fortress in the rope over the ravine.
The construction of the Nikolaev fortress was started in 1836, a few later on the territory of the fortress was erected by the temple of Nicholas of the Wonderworker. The fortress was intended, as well as the heiress fortress, to protect against raids of units of nomads of rebellious Sultan Kenisar Kasymov, during the expansion and strengthening of Russian borders.
The Nikolaev fortress, as well as the heirotskaya, is built in the shape of a square of 66.5 x 66.5 meters, but a little more magnitude than the heirot fortress. The fortress has all the necessary fortress attributes: stone walls, the height of which is about four meters, viewing towers, rifle teeth on the walls and loopholes, as well as an adhesive grille on the gate.
At first glance, the fortress seems not very serious strengthening, but nomads, knowing how to use only tactics of raids, did not know how to lead a long siege, did not have artillery and assault stairs. For them, even such low walls were a very serious barrier.
By the end of the 19th century, the Nikolaev fortress fully lost its purpose, gradually turning into a fence of the temple ...
In the mid-1990s, the fortress and the Temple of Nicholas The Wonderworker were renovated, the church began to conduct worship.
Currently, the territory of the temple can only be found during worship (when a priest comes). The service schedule is traditionally postponed on the gate.
The Nikolaev fortress is located in the border areas of Russia and Kazakhstan.
In mandatory, you need to take passports with you on all passengers - documents can be checked at any time. The car must be combined with other architectural objects of this direction, for example, you can drive through an automatic drive: mausoleum and two white-name fortresses (go on the link).
Coordinates of the Nikolaev Fortress: N 53º02.008'; E 62º 00.260 "
From Yekaterinburgwe leave in the direction of the city of Chelyabinsk (we pass it by bypass) - Yuzhnouralsk. From the city of Yuzhnouralsk - we go to the city of Plast and further on the village. Varna - pos. Nikolaevka. You can drive through the city of Troitsk, the distance is slightly smaller than through the city, with a significantly higher traffic of heavy trucks (FU).From Chelyabinskwe leave in the direction of the city of Yuzhnouralsk. From the city of Yuzhnouralsk - we go to the city of Plast and further on the village. Varna - pos. Nikolaevka. You can drive through the city of Troitsk, the distance is slightly smaller than through the city, with a significantly higher traffic of heavy trucks (FU).
Distance from Chelyabinsk to the fortress - about 360 km.
From Perm.we leave in the direction of the city of Yekaterinburg - Chelyabinsk (passing it by the bypass) - Yuzhnouralsk. From the city of Yuzhnouralsk - we go to the city of Plast and further on the village. Varna - pos. Nikolaevka. You can drive through the city of Troitsk, the distance is slightly smaller than through the city, with a significantly higher traffic of heavy trucks (FU).
Distance from Perm to the fortress - about 935 km.
From Ufawe leave in the direction of Beloretsk - Magnitogorsk - pos. FERSHAMPENUAZ - POS. Martals - pos. Varna - pos. Nikolaevka.
Distance from Ufa to the fortress - about 630 km.
From Orenburgwe leave in the direction of Orsk - pos. Breds - pos. Varna - pos. Nikolaevka.
Distance from Orenburg to the fortress - about 695 km.
On the border of the Chelyabinsk region with Kazakhstan there are two little-known and poorly studied fortresses - Gemini. One of them is Nikolaevskaya - Located in the village of Nikolaevka Varna District, the other - Haretitskaya - located in the village of Serenitsky of the Bredensky district, between them more than a hundred kilometers, but the fortresses have a lot in common.
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In the 30s of the XVIII century, the Orenburg Governor V.A. Perovsky amounted to the draft of the new line of fortifications in the east of the province to prevent nomad raids. Along this line, the fortresses later appeared. However, on title signs it is stated that the structures were built in the XVII century, but it is just a mistake of local history.
According to various data, these fortresses were five or more. They were located every hundred kilometers, and between them were constructed. Since nomads did not have artillery, these not very massive fortress walls completely coped with their defensive function. Only during 1837, the fortresses of the Orenburg Rublinnia had to withstand about fifty attacks organized by Kazakh Sultan Kenesar Kasimov.
Nikolaev and the heiress fortress are the only of the strengthening line, which have survived to the present day in Russia. They were built according to one typical project, so they are similar to each other as two drops of water: the square fortress of 66.5x66.5 meters is surrounded by a toothed wall, in the corners - massive towers with embrasures, in the middle - steel gates and, as researchers say, both Have underground moves.
In the center of each fortress there is a temple, only in the Nikolaev - Temple of St. Nicholas Wonderworker, and in the heirotskaya - St. Blessed Prince Alexander Nevsky.
The fact that both churches have been preserved so far, in many respects the merit of local residents. In Soviet times, when the churches were universally destroyed and turned with the "light hand" of the state agencies in the cult spots of the institution, these temples were also not easy.
The Temple of Alexander Nevsky, for example, was used for the needs of the machine-building station, inside stood machines and workers worked.
Marauders ruined the temples, the painting on the walls was irretrievably corrupted by the folders of the treasures, and part of the icons burned right in the courtyard of the church. The first priest of the temple of Alexander Nevsky, Mikhail's father, first he was persecuted, and then sentenced to death.
Restore temples and fortress walls began relatively recently. Today both churches existing ones. The decoration of the temples is very modest: wooden iconostasis, vintage icons on the walls, but luxury and beauty - not the main thing, here is a special, peaceful atmosphere.
Charm in these places not only fortresses with their rich history, not only landscapes from the cover, but also quite amazing, good and open people: be it a random passerby or father. Everyone is ready to pay attention and assist.
Exception - border guards. Since both fortresses are adjacent to the real border guards, prepare the identity documents, otherwise do not pass you and do not drive.
From Yekaterinburg, you need to go through the Chelyabinsk tract on Troitsk, then on the steppe, then to Chesm, then to Varna, there will be a pointer to Nikolayevka. The road is good to the fortress, which is clearly seen when the entrance to the village. Common kilometer - 500 kilometers.
To get to the herettice fortress, it is necessary to drive from Varna to Kartals, from there to nonsense, there find a pointer to heiretie. Last 15 kilometers - primer. The total length of the path is about 700 kilometers.
In large district centers: Varna, Radah and Marthah have small, very budget motels in which you can do.
Heiretskaya Fortress 
Heiretskaya Fortress 
Nikolaev Fortress 
Nikolaev Fortress 
Church of St. Nicholas Wonderworker in the Nikolaev fortress 
