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Attractions in Sevastopol - Historical Boulevard - Former 4th Bastion

The bastion of the Historical Boulevard was known as 4^th bastion during the Crimean war. Bastion No 3, Bastion of Malakhov and the 4th Bastion were the most important defensive siege barriers during the war.  Fortifications of the bastion were built in several defensive lines. There were redoubts, batteries and lunettes, all connected by trench lines. The bastion was surrounded by a ditch.

By the beginning of the Crimean war Sevastopol was very well fortified from the seaside but almost unprotected on the land. Land fortifications were built in the shortest possible time. The construction of earthworks and redoubts was carried out in the period of fortnight. The ship cannons were demounted from the scuttled battleships and transported to bastions. 8 bastions had been built by the beginning of the siege.  The bastions had numbers from 1 to 7 and there was also a bastion known as bastion of Malakhov.

Defensive and sapper works were carried out under the command of a talented military engineer Eduard Totleben.  His idea of entrenched fortifications allowed the city to stand up to the enemy for longer time. The monument to Eduard Totleben was erected in the beginning of XX century on Historic Boulevard.   

Part of fortification works including cannon yards with genuine cannons of the Crimean war and the ditch are now attractions of the Historical Boulevard. Memorial slabs show the borders of the former batteries. The entrance to one of mine galleries, a peculiar defensive construction, is seen from the breastworks of the former 4^th bastion.