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• Fort Alexander (St. Petersburg) — Fort Alexander (later nicknamed the Plague Fort ) is a fortress on an artificial island in the Gulf of Finland near St. Petersburg and Kronstadt. It was constructed in 1838 45 and was comissioned on July 27, 1845 by Russian Emperor Nikolai I. It… …   Wikipedia

• Kronstadt — Kronstadt, 1) Kreis im österreichischen Kronlande Siebenbürgen; 135 QM. mit 275,000 Ew., (Sachsen, Ungarn, Wlachen, Kalibassen [700 Familien, walachischen Ursprungs, im Bezirk Terzburg], Griechen u.a.); zerfällt in 10 Bezirksämter; Gebirg:… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon