Thousands of years ago people began to build ships and go to sea. Then, probably, and the first lighthouses represent the pillars well kept campfire. In Russia, the construction of lighthouses began not so long ago, just two centuries ago, when Peter the great began to develop a Navy. However, at all times thanks to beacons mariners returning from dangerous elements home to their families, it is not surprising that even today the lonely building on the edge of the water fanned by romanticism and thrill in the soul. Today we have compiled for you a selection of 9 beautiful and unusual lighthouses of Russia, which can make heart-stopping.
Lighthouse Aniva, Sakhalin island
Photo: Maksim Pasyuk
Fans to tickle your nerves, for sure, will appeal to the abandoned lighthouse at Cape Aniva. The journey is not close is a remote rocky promontory on the island of Sakhalin, but it is worth it — the waves crashing, shrouded in thick fog is a high half-ruined gray tower. The lighthouse was designed by Japanese engineer Shinobu Miura: round column of the main building with a small rectangular annexe inscribed in the oval base. Proper harmonic architecture contrasts with the sharp rocks and creates a sense of scenery to a psychological Thriller.
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Ore lighthouse, Cape Briner, Primorsky Krai
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The lighthouse at Cape of Briner on the shore of the sea of Japan not only be described as canonical. White stone tower octagonal section crowned by a glazed around the perimeter of the lamp structure. In the afternoon, upon closer examination, it is clear that the protective grating and the handrails of the stairs were in very poor condition and covered with rust, but when night the lights come on, and a shining beacon sends warm yellow rays into the impenetrable darkness, it causes admiration.
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Lighthouse Shoyna, the Kanin Peninsula, Nenets Autonomous Okrug
Photo: Sergei Yermokhin
Development of the Northern regions in the middle of the last century owes its existence to a very pretty lighthouse on Peninsula Kanin. Minimalist cylindrical reinforced concrete tower with a height of 32.5 meters would not be remarkable, if not a bright color, a red and white horizontal stripes makes her look like a Christmas candy that stuck in the wilderness by some giant. In winter, the surrounding terrain snow, which, however, only reinforces the similarities.
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Tokarevskiy lighthouse, Vladivostok
Stately Tokarevskogo lighthouse, one of the oldest in the far East, was built in 1876. Its name is derived from the name of a promontory on the edge of which stands. To reach the lighthouse through a long sand spit that poured to connect the structure to the shore. Previously, this task was carried out by a wooden bridge, but over the years the sea has left him lonely just sticking out of the iron pile. The walls of the lighthouse is painted in a classic white color, and the roof in bright red, it sends you into a sea of white and red signals, nicely blinking in the night.
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The Tolbukhin lighthouse, Gulf of Finland
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One of the oldest lighthouses in Russia next year will be 300 years. It was built at the personal decree of Peter I on artificial mounds in the Gulf of Finland, near the island of Kotlin on which Kronstadt is located. To the massive tower adjacent to residential and technical buildings, reminiscent of a massive protective wall around the perimeter of the island, giving the lighthouse a lot of similarities with the famous Alcatraz prison. For a long time Tolbukhin was a temporary wooden building, but seniority was awarded a large-scale restoration.
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Lighthouse on the lake, the village of Turka, Republic of Buryatia
Photo: Vladimir Tyumentsev
Lighthouses in Russia is not only in the seas and bays, and on the shore of the deepest lake on the planet — lake Baikal. However, this lighthouse is very young, built it in 2014, but it is modern and beautiful. Grey tower with a base of masonry and the pointed red roof is very similar to a fairytale castle. Around the lighthouse features a pretty promenade and an observation deck upstairs to enjoy a panoramic view of the lake, the valley of the river Turk and snow-capped mountains.
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Lighthouse “Irbene”, Kaliningrad
Photo: Sergey Lutov
One of the most unusual lighthouses in our country is located in Kaliningrad, he is now converted into a Museum, where interactive tours, and almost all equipment is in perfect working condition. Its peculiarity is that it is a floating light — ship “Berinsky” who had once worked at the shipyard Laivateollisuus in Finland. Beautiful red ship with a length of 43 meters equipped with a high mast with a light equipment, and the beacon light is held in a horizontal plane by a special pendulum. “Berinsky” was the last built ship lighthouse in the world.
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The Church of the ascension on the top of Sekirnaya mountains, the Solovetsky archipelago
Photo: Dmitry Porechnyy / Photobank Lori
The highest, 98 meters, the lighthouse North of the White sea is the Solovetsky island on top of the Sekirnaya mountain. It is unusual in that the navigation light is lit skete monks, because the lighthouse itself is crowned by a dome of the domed temple, built in the mid-nineteenth century. Under a modern spotlight, there is a small bell tower and the temple. Light the beacon all year round, but only from mid-August to mid-November.
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Lighthouse Forest Like The Back Flap, Saint Petersburg
Photo: MeShock Team
To see the highest in Russia the lighthouse, do not have to go to a deserted shore of the ocean. Tower Forest Like Flap Back height of 76 meters is located in the Northern capital on the Gulf of Finland. It was built just 30 years ago at the shipyard, so that ships safely came to the technical part of the Bay. Since the cylindrical structure of relatively narrow, the lighthouse looks a real giant, especially next to the two smaller neighbors in height 16 and 26 metres.
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Text: Irina Krokhaleva
Photo preview: Vyacheslav Ivanov / Photobank Lori