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The map of Retusaari Island with Kronstadt and Kronslot. [1721-1722].
1 p. Manuscript. Illuminated. Paper,
Indian ink, watercolour. 387,2x480,8 mm. Swedish.
North-oriented.
Decoration:
Perspective view of Retusaari Island from south-west, decorative
compass card.
Territory: A part of the area of Gulf of Finland with Retusaari
Island in the centre.
Shown:
Piers and “magazines” (stores) on the shore, which
were constructed from 1709, harbours on the south shore of the
island, which were constructed from 1712, a canal’s project
(1721-1722). Kronslot Fortress is shown from the island south.
The reconstruction was fixed on 5 (16) of December 1715, but it
was begun in reality from January 7 (18), 1716; south-west from
Retusaari Island on the sand-bar there is the Citadel, constructed
in 1722-1724.
Annotation:
A special attention was paid to the fortification and defence
structures. The construction works were carried out by the soldiers
of F.S. Tolbukhin’s, P.I. Ostrovsky’s and I.M. Molchanov’s
regiments. The general leadership from 1710 by brigade-leader
Poroshin. Remarkable is that the drawing of Retusaari Island and
its perspective view are very inaccurate. The outlines of objects,
of the shoreline are unreal as though they were made “by
heart”. One can suppose that this is a result of an intelligence
action. Probable date of the plan is 1721-1722, it’s connected
with the Niestadt peace treaty.
Literature:
Razdolgin A.A., Skorikov Yu. A.
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