Voroshilov Battery
Ворошиловская батарея
A 1930s coastal battery on Russky Island, where visitors can enter the giant 305 mm twin gun turrets and the underground ammunition store.
The Voroshilov Battery is Battery No. 981, built between 1931 and 1934. It was equipped with two 305 mm twin gun turrets taken from Imperial Russian battleships, with a range of about 30 kilometres, and was used to block the bay leading to Vladivostok until it was decommissioned in 1997. It is now open as a branch of the Pacific Fleet Museum. Visitors can climb onto the turrets, enter the several levels of underground tunnels, the ammunition store and the command post, and the outdoor area has various guns. It is located in the middle of Russky Island, so you need to take a taxi or join a day tour. It is often closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Admission costs a few hundred rubles.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00 (closed Mondays and Tuesdays; check on site)
Nearby sights
- Cape Tobizina
- Primorsky Aquarium (Oceanarium)
- Russky Island & Russky Bridge
- Tokarevsky Lighthouse
- Primorsky Stage of the Mariinsky Theatre
- Vladivostok Railway Station
- Golden Bridge (Zolotoy Bridge)
- Krasny Vympel Memorial Ship